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Oct 19 Sunday We went over to Molly's for a couple of hours. We saw their new television set. Most of her sisters were there for dinner.

Oct 20 Sylvia stayed home from school with a stuffed nose and belly-ache. She had a temp. Soft coal miners began walking out when the W.S.B. voided the recently signed pay increase. W.E. Dodd, Jr. is dead at 47. Corliss Lamont was prevented from speaking in Syracuse by the Legion and press.

Oct 21 Sylvia still home today and I stayed out also. The Subversive Activities Control Board ruled that C.P. members must register. The decision will be fought in the courts.

Oct 22 Lil took Sylvia to Dr Holzman this morning as she went to school but still felt ill. ...  Trygve Lie fired a group of UN Aides, most of whom had refused to answer questions before the McCarran Comm.

Oct 23 Sylvia had a miserable night. She was nauseous and in pain ... Dr Holzman over the phone told Lil to stop the terramycin and give her oil of peppermint for her nausea. He said ... She has eaten practically nothing for several days. A specific for polio prevention has been announced as in its early stages. Att'y Gen'l McGranery moved to deport 18 Communist leaders.

Oct 24 Dr Holzman came over. He prescribed nothing but farina, jello and cracked ice for Sylvia. ... She has eaten virtually nothing all week. Ed Grammer was found guilty of killing his wife and wrecking her car to make it look like an accident. He was infatuated with a UN secretary and planned to marry her. He faces life imprisonment or the gallows. Whit Chambers accused UN aide  David Zablodowsky of being an underground communist functionary before the McCarran Comm. He also named others. Two more teachers Seltzer and Glucksman were fired without trial. At the UN South Korea was seated 54-5. North Korea was barred 38-11 with eight abstentions. Dr Selman Waksman won the Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery of streptomycin. Bonn banned the neo Nazi Socialist Reich party. Bevanites were ordered to disband or be The American Basketball League disbanded after voting to bar the ex-point shavers - Beard, Groza, Spivey, White etc.

Oct 25 We took Sylvia to Dr Holzman as she was no better. ...He advised hospitalization for her to take tests and xrays. .... She has lost nine pounds this week weighing 80 lbs. She was admitted to Lebanon at 12:30 PM. She didn't take it too badly was a little weepy and whiney. Rep Sen. Morse quit his party to campaign for Stevenson. Susan Peters is dead at 31.