New England doctors air views on Laetrile
National responses to a May 19 New England Journal of Medicine editorial on legalizing Laetrile show 22 letters, with 14 in favor, six against, and two neutral. Editor emeritus Inglefinger called Laetrile useless and a quack cure, though suggested FDA oversight to monitor outcomes. A San Diego case report notes a patient treated with Laetrile developed a second cancer and saw no benefit to prostate cancer or leukemia.
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Boston
UPI
New England Journal of Medicine
Franz J. Inglefinger
Inglefinger
Food and Drug Administration
Billingsley
Naval Regional Medical Center
San Diego
Calif
Paul M. Davier
Harry J. Long
Local Socials and Visitation Notes in Glens Falls
Walloomsac Bertha Hoag hosts 686 7282 birthday party as family marks Mrs Hoag and grandson Keith Paul Cipperly. Edward Cottrell attended events in Glens Falls Monday. Mrs Oscar Stewart Sr. returns home from Mary McClellan Hospital. Mrs Edwin Lennon remains in Glens Falls Hospital with visits from James and Robert Baldwins and Eugene Levin. Mr and Mrs Charles White vacationed with relatives in New Hampshire and Maine.
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John Hoag
Mrs. Hoag
Keith Paul Cipperly
Oscar Stewart Sr
Mary McClellan Hospital
Edwin Lennon
Glens Falls Hospital
James Baldwin
Robert Baldwin
Eugene Levin
Charles White
New Hampshire
Maine
Thomson Breaks Promises in New Hampshire Governance
Gov. Meldrim Thomson in his fifth year fights accountability over two pledges from 1973: to hold weekly news conferences and to release federal income tax returns. He has held only four major conferences since November. News secretary Buddy Jenkins urges more conferences, citing legislative duties as a reason.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
State House
Thomson
Buddy Jenkins
Jenkins
Wasp solves problem after DDT couldn't in Connecticut
Six years after gypsy moths defoliated large areas, Connecticut reports no noticeable defoliation this year due to a natural predator, a tiny wasp, that destroys elm spanworm eggs. Entomologists caution the moth population may rebound, and ongoing research into biological controls continues.
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New Haven
Connecticut
John Anderson
Anderson
Robert Moore
Valley Laboratory
Windsor
United States
France
Medford
Mass
Leopold Trouvelot
PCB drunk trout test in Connecticut
Connecticut officials report PCB accumulation in river trout after short exposures. Of four fish placed in the Housatonic at Cornwall in spring, three exceeded federal safety PCB limits. Tests on Lake Lillinoah fish revealed a white catfish with more than twice the safe PCB level, while two white perch showed mixed results.
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Cornwall, Conn
UPI
Housatonic River
New State
Cornwall
John Redys
Connecticut Health Department
Redys
Lake
Lillinoah
Vermont Catholic Bishop ends abortion controversy cited
In Burlington the Most Rev John Marshall says the abortion dispute involving Elizabeth Candon is closed as far as he is concerned while urging caution toward dissent. A joint statement with Gov Snelling says there is no inherent conflict between faith and public life.
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Burlington
UPI
John Marshall
Human Services
Elizabeth Candon
Elizabeth
Marshall
Richard Snelling
Rensselaer Starts Parks Plan as Bid Work Begins
City planners surveyed land in Rensselaer north end for two new parks in a $20,000 project. Art Brod said field work preps specifications, with bids expected after August. Planned amenities include a tennis court basketball courts and playground equipment. Watervliet to bid on converting the former school district admin building into a Senior Citizens Center in a $107,000 project across three floors with a workshop ceramic shop meeting dining and library space and crafts rooms.
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Rensselaer
Art Brod
Brod
Watervliet
James Sage
Citizens Advisory Committee
Berkshire City Council orders open delinquent tax records
NORTH ADAMS The City Council voted 7-1 to require Tax Collector Harold F Less to disclose delinquent tax records to the public. Mayor Bianco will not sign, causing a 10 day delay. the move tests public access and a pending supreme court decision. OTIS The town advertises for a full time police chief with at least five years police experience and Police Academy graduation. salary ranges from 12000 to 15000 annually.
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North Adams
Harold F. Less
Less
James M. Bowes
Joseph R. Bianco
Supreme Court
OTIS
Selectmen
Maxwell Pyenson
Police Academy
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Donna K. Thompson
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Len A. Billingsley
Henry Ford Hospital
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Bankamericard Ea Ad
Partici
Bennington
Mammoth Mart
BUR Tandy Company
Tims Sipzn
Radio
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Edward Cottrell
Glens Falls
Wasp
Hamburg
Walker
North Street
Henry
Dolores Chalifoux
Dolores
Louise
Vermont
Satis
South Hero
Donald Magill
Lawrence Harris
Magill
Grand Isle
Michael Cain
Montpelier
Legislative Administrative Rules Committee
Wendesday
Fish and Game Department
Thetford
UPS
Health and Welfare
Edgar May
Springfield
Labor and Industry
Joel Cherington
Kent Stoneman
Mental Health Department
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