Over this land of ours, a bitter war is being fought against tuberculosis. Warriors armed with the modern weapons around the firing line. How goes the battle . Come with me on a journey and lets see what is being done. First to washington to get a few facts. In this building is the Census Bureau where uncle sam keeps his Health Record books. There is a card here for each of us telling when we were born, married, what we die of, and many other facts. Ingenious machines make these cards so that statistics may be compiled from them. Imagine all of the people in the United States divided into groups of 100,000 each. Here is one such group. This grecian urn represents tuberculosis. In 1910, there were 150 deaths from tuberculosis for each 100,000 persons. 10 years later, there were 100 deaths for 100,000 persons. In 1935, about 50. The death rate cut to 1 3 of what it was 25 years ago. What a retreat. Next, we visit new york city. In new york, the headquarters of the National Tuberculosis a
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Tribute. How a cameo appearance of a droid dressed in pink honors the dream of a little girl who lives on. Nightly news begins now. And good evening. We begin tonight with new developments in the investigation of a terror attack that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, california, ten days ago. As they look for clues and physical evidence recovered, were hearing as well about another potential blind spot. Over this one, whether authorities were able to look at Tashfeen Maliks posts on social media before she was given a visa to come to the United States. Reporter she wasnt shy about her quest for violent jihad on social media. American Law Enforcement officials told the New York Times Tashfeen Malik supported it and said she wanted to be a part of it. Nbc news has learned that fbi investigators now believe malik and syed farook were independently radicalized as early as 2010. Maliks public social media posts may have been overlooked when her visa was processed. Immigration officials ra
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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Demolition workers at the site of the old McLaren hospital on Greenlawn Ave in Lansing made an interesting discovery. As one of the oldest parts of the campus was being torn down, workers found a time capsule believed to be 97 years old, placed in the foundation in 1929. This dates […]