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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1976
Page
2
Massachusetts General Hospital reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that doctors transplanted bones from deceased donors into two cancer patients aged 16 and 63. They noted both procedures proceeded with success and that two implants faced complications.
A New England Journal of Medicine study ties rising uterine cancer to estrogen therapy for menopause. USC researchers find eightfold higher endometrial cancer rates among users, with prescriptions rising from 1958 to 1974 and projections of continued increases into 1980.
At Mt Washington New Hampshire engineers test a 35 foot Australian windmill to gauge its potential for ski lift power. The unit would run on mountain winds up to 231 mph with a 12 to 14 foot blade span and a maximum output of two kilowatts enough to light about twenty 100 watt bulbs. The project funded $7,500 from the New England Regional Commission aims to study wind behavior and energy translate on turbulent high elevation winds.
Radiologist Dr. Leonard Berlin from Skokie wins an $8,000 verdict in Cook County against Harriet Nathan and attorneys after her $250,000 malpractice suit failed. Berlin argues the decision will curb costly suits and force firmer evidence and proper naming of defendants.
Night guards were posted at Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower replica as security measures expanded to other historic sites after a bomb damaged the rock site. A subsequent fire at the Boston Tea Party museum caused 75000 dollars in damage, with anonymous threats linked to anti busing protests. Gov. Dukakis ordered a law enforcement briefing to safeguard historical locations statewide.
The pound fell to a new low near 1.70 dollars amid a surge of selling. Chancellor Denis Healey urged Britons not to panic while the currency devalued further and holiday costs rose for travelers abroad.
The King and Queen of Spain presented the Smithsonian a Bicentennial loan of 39 Columbus related documents and artifacts. The show titled Christopher Columbus and His Time opens at the National Museum of History and Technology and runs through the year. It includes the first New World map by Juan de la Cosa from 1500 and Columbus letters, books, and a nine foot tall wrought iron pulpit used to read royal decrees.
A Gallup poll for a magazine and a San Francisco PR firm shows only 40 percent of those surveyed changed eating habits, though interest in nutrition rises. Among changers sugar intake fell by half and high cholesterol foods dropped 38 percent. The exhibit also includes Columbus era letters, two royal decrees, Behaim globe, and late 15th century armor and tapestries.
Washington hosts Britain's legal treasure the Magna Carta dating to 1215. A 12 car motorcade with motorcycle escort delivered it to Capitol Rotunda for a year long exhibit in a glass dome. British delegation led by Lord Elwyn Jones presents the charter to Congress as a Bicentennial gift.
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