Cancer Virology Studies At Putnam Hospital Lab
In Bennington a hidden research center tied to Putnam Memorial Hospital houses the Institute for Medical Research run by Dr. Helene Wallace Toolan and a six-member staff including Dr. Nadal Ledinko. The H1 virus focus dominates work, exploring its behavior in cancer and placental transfer, with grants from Sloan Kettering and Damon Runyon cited. The unit emphasizes collaboration with New York institutes and ongoing studies in genetics, hormones, and viral interactions.
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Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
United Counseling Service
Institute For Medical Research
UCS
Institute
Helene Wallace Toolan
Dr. Toolan
Robert D. Stout
J.G. Davidson
Union Carbide
New York
Davidson
Toolan
Sloan Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Putnam
Magdelena Usategui - Gomez
Nixon seeks laws to curb obscene mail
President Nixon urged Congress to pass three obscenity laws to block unsold, unwanted, and offensive mail. He proposed five years in prison and a $5000 fine for first offenses and a post office list to bar sex oriented advertising, noting costs could reach up to 3 million dollars annually.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Supreme Court
Congress
White House
France Sets June 1 as presidential election date
France’s caretaker cabinet fixed June 1 for the first round of presidential voting to replace Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Acting President Alain Poher urged calm as clashes erupted in the Latin Quarter with a 40-man rightist group storming Louis-le-Grand Lycee, injuring at least 10 with a hand grenade. If no candidate wins 50 percent, a June 15 runoff will follow.
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Paris
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
Alain Poher
Latin Quarter
de Gaulle
Louis-le-Grand Lycee
Atassi and Nasser Hold Cairo Talks Amid Mideast Clash
Syrian President Noureddin Atassi met Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo on Friday after unannounced arrival with his defense minister. The summit aimed to unite Arab fronts as Egyptian and Israeli artillery fired across the Suez Canal and reports spoke of casualties on the Golan Heights. UN Secretary General Thant warned he may pull the U N observer force if safety cannot be guaranteed.
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Noureddin Al-Atassi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Nasser
Israel
Atassi
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
United Nations
Thant
U.N
Egypt
East Bank
Tel Aviv
Syria
Fire Extinguished on French Liner Tahitien
A fire aboard the French liner Tahitien 12,614 tons forced hundreds to huddle topside in lifejackets after spreading from the engine room. Captain R Chermain reported the blaze extinguished within hours with no casualties among 400 plus aboard. The ship, in Panama Bay area west of the canal, was to survey damage and may be unable to proceed under its own power. Discrepancies in passenger counts existed between Southern Command and canal boarding sheets.
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Panama City
UPI
Pacific
R. Chermain
U.S. Army
Southern Command
Panama
Army
Chermann
Panama Canal Zone
Sydney
Australia
Marseilles
France
Tahiti
Panama Canal Company
Cristobal
C.Z
Von Papen Dies at 89 German Spy and Statesman
Obersasbach Germany reports Franz von Papen longtime German intelligence chief and chancellor just before Hitler died at 89 after a lung infection. He aided the rise of Nazism and worked to keep Turkey from joining allies. code named The Fox by the British. The piece also recalls WWI sabotage claims and a Black Tom explosion link, alongside a campus riot involving SEEK and SDS at a U.S. university.
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Obersasbach
Germany
UPD
Franz von Papen
Adolf Hitler
United States
Hitler
Austria
Constantinople
Turkey
Middle East
Jersey City
N.J
GOP Governors Dodge Endorsement of ABM
Republican governors sidestepped endorsing Nixon’s Safeguard ABM plan to avoid a partisan issue. They urged greater state voice in federal poverty programs and urban policy, urging executive agency control of anti poverty funds and consultation on city policy.
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GOP
Dodge
Lexington
Nixon
Republican Governors Association
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Association
Anti Nukes Committee Formed Here In Bennington
A local group named the Committee for Survival organized Friday night at the Old Bennington schoolhouse to oppose a 2 billion Atomic Energy Commission appropriation for fast-breeding reactors. They plan a petition to Sen John C Pastore and a town poster drive leading to a May 16 meeting featuring Leo Goodman at St Peter's Episcopal Church.
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New England
Bennington
Committee For Survival
Atomic Energy Commission
John C. Pastore
D-R.i
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Leo Goodman
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Inside Page Highlights and Editorial Voices
Inside coverage notes an editorial praising Sen. Aiken as a "wise old bird" for urging America from Vietnam. George Gordon warns of DDT dangers in his Page 4 column. A preview of the pictorial book Vermont: A Special World is offered for Page 5.
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Sen. Aiken
America
Vietnam
George Gordon
Vermont
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Albany
Helene W. Toolan
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Qantara
Queens College
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Third Reich
Search For Education, Enlightenment and Knowledge
SEEK
Joseph McMurray
Radical Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Ronald Reagan
California
Spiro T. Agnew
Guma
Charles Keir
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Peter Hoar
Dale Wilson
David Vicario
Ned Quist
Keir
Hoar
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