Life Expectancy of 121) Years May
Be Common by End of This Centnrv
CHICAGO (/Pt — Life expectan
cy of 120 years may be common in
America by the end of this cen
tury, and some persons may live
to be 140.
Even longer life expectancies
will not be improbable in the 21st
Century, if scientific advances
continue.
This is what the Journal of the
American Medical Assn. said.
“Life expectancy in America
in the last half of this century
seems destined to approach that
which the Hunza male has experi
enced for many generations,” the
journal said.
Hunza, a little known front
ier land in Northern Pakistan, has
a population of around 25,000. En
trance visas and rugged terrain
have made Hunza virtually inac
cessible to western world tourists.
The journal said evidence that
the Hunza males live to be 120 j
or even 140 years of age is not !
documented with reliable statis- |
tics but is believed within the
limits of possibility.
The Hunza people eat little ani
mal protein, few eggs and no pre
pared vitamin supplements. Their
principle diet is whole grains,
fresh fruit, fresh vegetables,
goat’s milk and cheese, rice and
grape wine.
“If scientific advances continue
i to be productive, and there is lit
tle doubt that this will be factual
—with the eradication of infec
tion, prevention of cancer, and in
hibition of progression of degen
eration diseases — life expectan
cy should approach that of the
fabled Hunzas by the end of this
century.
TASS REPORTS QUADS
BORN IN THE SOVIET
MOSCOW (TP) — Quadruplets
—three boys and a girl—have been
born to Anabegim Namedova, 27
year-old wife of a laboratory
technician, in Masally, Azerbaijan,
Tass said. The quads, whose
weight ranged from four pounds
to slightly over five pounds, are
doing well, the Soviet news agen
cy added.
Meanwhile, the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet announced it has
awarded the title “Mother Hero
ine” to 200 Soviet women who
have given birth to and are rais
ing 10 or more children.
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Premature Births Among
Women Who Smoke
BALTIMORE UP) — The Balti
more Health Department reports
that a 2-year study of 2,736
pregnant women showed more
premature births among those
who smoke cigarettes than among
those who did not.
“However,” Todd M. Frazier of
the department told the Johns
Hopkins Medical and Surgical
Assn, “there is no evidence that
a reduction in prematurity rate
could achieved in a randomly se
lected group by their curtailing
or stopping cigarette smoking
during pregnancy.”
Among the women surveyed,
Frazier said, 11.1 per cent of those
who did not smoke had premature
births. The percentage rose to
2.9 per cent for women smoking
more than one pack of cigarettes
a day.
WAGON TRAIN
WINS TOP TV AWARD
Wagon Train, which is featured
every week over KNOM-TV was
judged the best western program
on TV by the All American
Awards of the year, it was an
nounced this week.
The most dramatic show of the
year, was Macbeth, also shown
on the local TV station.
Dinah Shore was acclaimed the
Woman of the Year, and David
Susskind Man of the Year. Dinah
Shore also received the award for
the best female vocalist and Perry
Como the best male vocalist.
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Searching for Civil
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JUNEAU — The Alaska Dept,
of Labor announced it is cooper
; atirg with the State of Highways
| Division in the recruitment of
more than 200 Civil Engineers
and Technicians this spring.
Commissioner of Labor Gil
| Johnson said the Alaska State
Employment Service was search
ing ten western states and Alaska
for experienced highway plan
ning engineering personnel to
staff the expanding Highways Di
vision of the Alaska Dept, of
Public Works.
During late February and March
two representatives of the High
ways Division will interview ap
plicants in Seattle and Olympia,
Wn.; Portland and Salem, Ore.;
San Francisco, Sacramento and
Los Angeles, Calif.; Reno and
Carson City, Nev.; Phoenix and
Tucson, Ariz.; Sante Fe and Albu
querque, New Mexico; Salt Lake
City, Utah; Boise, Idaho; Chey
enne, Wyo.; and Denever Colo.
The Alaska employment serv
ice, through cooperation with the
public employment services in
the states, has scheduled news
paper advertisements and inter
viewing facilities for the High
ways Division recruiting teams.
SPORTS ODDITY . .~7~
Two college basketball teams
have scored 112 points in Madi
son Square Garden this season—
Dayton and Duke. Both did it
against Seaton Hall.
Fox Jumps Over the Moon . . .
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— Manchester University’s big
radio telescope sent this message
to Australia by bouncing it off
the moon: “Jodrell Bank testing.
The quick brown fox jumps over
the moon.”
Letter
To The Editor
Ft. Richardson, Alaska
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Dear Editor:
My detachment and I want to
thank you and the citizens of
i Nome for making our visit so en
joyable and rewarding. Each one
of us had feelings of regret and
sorrow when we left Nome.
Personally, Nome will always
be listed in my memories as the
“Best Army Town in the World.”
I deeply regret that my wife and
children were not able to enjoy
the hospitality and friendliness
of Nome.
Perhaps, in future years, my
team and I will again enjoy the
Town of Nome.
Sincerely,
Herbert J. Dexter,
Capt., Infantry,
7th Special Forces
Group (Airborne)
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