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...quickly established chapters in Hartford, New York, Portland, and Taunton, Mass. Pretty soon there were a million members all over the country--buying magazines (Sample want ad: "Pictures needed of cabooses seen from the side."), swapping photographs (Advertised Mr. G. A. Porter of Savannah, Ga.: "8 X 10 neg. of A-AWP supplement to emp. tt. governing train carrying body of Jefferson Davis from New Orleans to Richmond, May 29, 1893. 10 cents each. Timetable fans and Confederate collectors write."), and attending mass meetings to hear reports from local railroad vice-presidents...
David B. Abernethy, Francis X. Gorman, Peter B. Gustafson, John A. Hamilton, Jr., John S. Hammond III, Philip P. Holtz, William T. Murray, Eugene F. Proctor, David R. Raty, Richard H. Seaton (captain), James D. Stanley 2d, John N. Trainer III, Stepphen L. Wailes, Edgar S. Walsh, Kenneth W. Washburn, Arthur A. Windecker III, Theodore P. Burgess III (manager). Minor 'H' in major colors to Paul Levin '57 (associate manager...
Paper Profits. In Montreal, an irate businessman asked the cops to X-ray the stomach of a colleague who had just torn up their tentative contract and eaten...
...cost to the patient has climbed 132%, from $9.39 to $21.76, or almost four times faster than prices in general. ¶ Increased efficiency has cut the average patient's stay in bed from 9.1 to 7.8 days, but intensified care and new techniques, e.g., blood chemistry tests and X rays, raise the average bill to $169.73, almost double the 1946 average. ¶ Although the annual total of patients per bed has gone up 11% in the nine years, rapid turnover has actually decreased the daily percentage of available beds in use. While demand for beds fluctuates widely, costly overhead...
...appalled by his task. The islanders refused to pay bills or take orders. Some 300 Senans were seriously ill with bronchitis, rheumatism and TB; many of the children had whooping cough. What lie de Sein needed, L'Haridon pleaded to mainland authorities, was a modern dispensary equipped with X ray to spot TB cases, plenty of drugs, and a helicopter to remove serious cases to the mainland. Last week the mainland offered to equip a dispensary-but only if the islanders would pay their taxes. "No. never. We will never surrender." said Innkeeper Felix Guilcher...