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e Page S\centiens are d protection, an igned tor fheir oy t to slow - Record Blood Donation P—Students at | Friday, February 26, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | —- aint OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC ON MIDDLE EAST QUESTION By WARREN ROGERS jr. WASHINGTON #—American of. ficials were reported more opti- mistic today than in some time over prospects for a Middle East defense ailiance, despite political’ The big news, from the stand- lars. But officials said no figures Saudi Arabia, weighed with domes- upheavals in Syria and Egypt. While these countries are not envisioned as part of a defense chain to ring Russia's southern border, their affairs naturally in- fluence the actions of their neigh- bors officers who rule Egypt made point of announcing there would be no change in Egypt's friendly ettitude toward the West. This backed up a State Department estimate that the ouster of Mo- hammed Naguib as president-pre- mier was an ‘internal affair” only. There was no ready interpreta- tion of fast-breaking developments in Syria. A milita:y coup forced the resign-tion of Adib “. +. And we're budgeting the whole vacation with a loan from CITY LOAN COMPANY!” Cur Sey AN co. _of Key West 2-5681 $24 Southard St. Shshekly, who has survived 26 discuss the matter im Parliament assassination attempts while rui- today Speculation on the amount of — an iron hand for three miditary aid to Pakistan has run yea: to between 25 and 50 million doi- point of the proposed Middie East’are firm until a military survey alliance, was President Eisen- team goes to Pakistan and deter- hower’s announcement yesterday mines the ommmery's needs. : of U.S. military aid for Pakistan, Eisenhower also emphasized the Eisenhower was careful to notify Tecent Pakistan-Turkey agreement India’s Prime Minister Nehru in a t form an alliance with an “open letter obviously intended to avoid/end.” that is, open to other Near for the Near East. Pakistan and Turkey, a.__ Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, com- Prist the five-nation defense chain that is contemplated. Iran and | Supervisors \Public Works Department, who on duction, we would be ahead ii echnic Institute do- December 31, 1953, completed ten long run. These gentlemen e |years of service without a lost time developed a seventh sense — saf accident among the employees un. ‘Y first der their supervision Safety Engineer Clifford J. Rain- es added his personai congratula- tans to those extended by Admiral {Towner. Four Naval Station civilian su-/ “17 more People could learn to tie woes, are not considered likely|pervisors have received Navy Sa-\accept the fact that safety pre-| to join any time soon. But offcials fety Awards and letters of com- said today Iraq may within a year. American officials have ruled out the possibility of Egypt's | Presentations were made by 6 8 oft-veoi sitiv; sh has given strong behind-the-scenes|have to wait, they say, until a - it oft-voiced sensitivity toward arms sr to i Pektaten sid betes t Egypt's di ith|Rear Admiral George C. Towner,! not 8 of the Navy, J. H. Smith,' Jr., for “demonstrating a ences] i eventually joining a Near East/hensive knowledge of the princi- The council of 13 young army any further ruffling of Nehru's East nations. The United States'anti-Red alliance. But that will|ples of safety. | How To Relieve | e208 Bronchitis Berar Nehru has campaigned long and|ations while maintaining an offi- Britain over control of Suez Canal USN, Commander, Naval Base. hard against military aid for Pa-|‘!#! hands-off attitude. | bases. region. He argues this wili upset the balance of peace. But American officiais were understood to feel that, having had his say, he may ease his criti- cisms now that they failed to block Pakistan arms aid. The Indian leader has said he will’ not move toward communism in anger but wili continue his efforts to weld a neutral buffer bloc between the East and West. At Karachi, Prime Minister Mo- hammed Ali said Pakistan has} pledged “‘not to engage in any act’ garbage, tin cans, and debris scat- of aggression against any nation.” tereg along Atlantic Boulevard He added that the United States near Bertha Street. For years, ci- has not asked for bases or other'tizens without any self-respect or __|civie pride have used this area as a Foreign Office)a dumping ground. It is a shame the British, “being that their identity is unknown be- convinced that the grant of aid is)cause perhaps the City could pick |designed to strengthen the defense|up the garbage and dump it in jof the free world, believe that it/their own front lawn. | will not be detrimental to India’s} Former Chief of Police Joseph idefense.”” : |Kemp issued warning after warn- | As yet, there was no official|ing about this situation. He even }comment from New Delhi but it; went so far as to station a police |was speculated there Nebru might officer in that area to try to ap- kistan or any other country of the By Bill Gibb There is disgraceful pile of wet for the dumping of trash and gar- bage. One of these days the guilty ther than be taken to the much milder City Court. Cigarette Smoking lave you noticed all of the pub- licity well-known doctors have been giving about lung cancer and smoking? 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Get one now. prehend the persons responsible|ike the health of the population | culprit will be caught and he is) : | likely to face a state charge ra-|‘"e subject. I smoke one or two| have disclosed the fact that the|S™oking habit without Of Ours jchances of developing cancer are jfifty times as great for people who | ismoke a pack of cigarettes or bet- |ter a day. Rather frightening, huh? | But still we keep right on puffing laway on those “coffin nails.” | | T imagine the various tobacco), companies are getting ready for a \show-down fight with medical au-| |thorities concerning the bad pub- licity. They spend millions of dol- | jlars advertising the pleasures to |be derived from their particular brand of cigarette. They can't af- |ford to have a foolish little item |stand in the way of their sales |program. Mind you, I’m not a crank on Packages of cigarettes a day but/ do so of my own free-will knowing that they are probably injurious. What I object to is the mislead-| ing advertising that so often ap-) jpeals to non-smokers in an at-| tempt to indoctrinate them into the | warning them of the dangers. Why! With all the testimonials furnished cer- tain brands of cigarettes by the country’s topmost high school students are absorbing | the idea that they can’t be stars at football, basketball, or baseball | unless they smoke, i Fifty years ago, men confined | themselves mostly to pipes and ci-| Bars. Oddly enough, medical stu. dies show that the incidence of, lung cancer is less amonst this| type of smoker. No satisfactory ex- Planation has been m: regard- ing this fact and it would seem| that perhaps it is the Physical make-up of cigarettes rather than the tobacco that causes the harm. Maybe we had better all switch to “smelly” pipes and get thrown out of the house everytime we light one up. Barring that, if we don’t want to risk lung cancer, we could do the sensible thing and quit smok- | ing — thus saving enough money buy a nice endowment Policy for our retirement later on in life. Metaphysics A very close friend of mine who | has been a student of metaphysics for years wishes to contact other People in Key West who are in- terested in the subject. It is his idea to form a for meditation and ducusion | There would be no formalized pro- gram — just a meeting of free- thinking minds. The idea sounds in- teresting. j This friend I’m speaking of tends toward mysticism. That isn’t a| very good explanation of his ideas because we have no organized re- | ligion today that isn’t mystic — some to a greater degree tha: others. However, he.has delved deeply into various Oriental reli- gions and his studies have carried him through many societies devot- | ed to the occult. The man is @ member of the Christian Layman’s| Movement and has also written | authoritative articles on the inter- Pretation of Christianity. i If anyone is interested in form- ing a discussion group devoted to hysics, drop me a card and| I'll turn it over to the person men- tioned above. Head Injury Proves Fatal FREDERICK, Md. WA fifth-| grader beaned on the head by a! baseball his friend hit back to him died last night in Frederick Memorial Hospital. Dr. Robert Furie, county medical examiner, said he suffered a fractured skull.’ | The youngster, 11-year-old Elmer Mullinix, had not appeared to suf. | fer ill effects from the blow and| was riding his bicycle later in the afternoon, his family said. He was taken to the hospital aftee becoming nauseated early jlast night. He died two hours later, Brando Is Replaced HOLLYWOOD W—Edmund Pur. dom, a British actor, has been signed for the role in “The Egyp-| tian” which Marlon Brando was to have played. 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