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Man who lived decades on iron lung dies
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn this Friday, April 27, 2018, photo, attorney Paul Alexander chats with caregiver and friend Kathryn Gaines as he drinks coffee and she eats breakfast...
Paul Alexander spent seven decades in an iron lung. Polio couldn’t take his hope
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHe had dreams of flying kites and playing baseball, the imaginations of a man whose physical...
How one man lived in an iron lung for 70 years – and wrote a book with his mouth
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFew people write their memoirs by tapping the letters on a keyboard with a pen glued to a stick...
Look Back ... to fundraising for an iron lung, 1948
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 21—April 21, 1948, in The Star: The Anniston Civitan Club will open an energetic fundraising drive here tomorrow for the goal of buying a much-needed portable iron lung for the City of ...
30 Valentine's Day Gifts He Didn't Know He Wanted
Martha Stewart Living via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCourtesy of Williams Sonoma, Vuori, YETI If you're on the fence about whether or not to get the man in your life a Valentine's Day gift, we encourage you...
‘It’s not a story. It’s real.’ Vietnam veteran recalls medic’s life with museum exhibit
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSome veterans don’t talk about their war experience. Ted Mathies, 75, who served as an Army combat...
Look Back ... to Anniston's role in detergent history, 1948
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJun. 1—June 1, 1948, in The Star: The Anniston visit by Monsanto Chemical Co. board chairman Edgar M. Queeny warranted a feature-story writeup in today's paper. It was noted therein that one ...