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...Mozart. The State Department thanked him for recordings which the Voice of America beamed to every part of the globe. Satchmo was particularly cheery because he had just learned that he did not have ulcers; all he needed was to stay off his favorite food, red beans & rice. "They X-rayed me every way but running," he said, "then the doc told me I'm straight-that's my best birthday present...
...developed the first method of making the gall bladder visible to the X-ray machine. Thus, gall bladder diseases can generally be detected and diagnosed...
...annual convention of the 24,766-member Guild, meeting in Washington, B.C., did not decide where the union would publish its first general newspaper. But the delegates appropriated $50,000 or "Project X," and set up a committee see where the paper-or papers-should be started. The Guild's idealistic plan: to get other unions to back Guild newspapers with funds and subscriptions, but to keep their editorial policies (though prolabor) free from "the vagaries of union politics." Commented the New York Daily News, with tolerant sarcasm: NICE IDEA, GENTS...
...Louis J. Halle, 39, not to be confused with Mr. "X" (George Kennan), author of the July 1947 Foreign Affairs article favoring a policy of world-wide containment of Russia...
After extensive X rays, the doctors told Patricia's father that her brain injuries were so serious she might never get well. But Shoe Salesman Edwin T. Murphy, 44, never lost faith in his daughter's chances. Twice every day he visited Pima County Hospital, stood beside Patricia's bed and said gently: "Pat-can you hear...