Rand cancer vaccine controversy echoes Salk polio caution
The piece contrasts the Rand cancer vaccine dispute with the 1955 Salk polio vaccine rollout. It cites Cleveland Academy of Medicine findings that Rand had no animal tests or double blind trials, no federal compliance, and that release to physicians lacked safeguards. The U S judge banned Rand's manufacture.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Academy of Medicine
The
Academy
U. S
Rand
Garrison Warned Against Hasty Oswald Letter Claims
Paul Harvey reframes Jim Garrison’s Oswald letters as a risky overreach. He warns the New Orleans DA not to weaponize questionable documents to chase political gain, urging a cautious, evidence based approach and cautioning against discrediting oneself.
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Oswald
United States
Jim Garrison
Editor Joe Wing Sees Big Pencil Slashing Paragraphs
The Needle describes editors as smart yet foolish and notes Joe Wing as a longtime editor with a blue pen. He jokes editors rework history like Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, implying editors misinterpret news and reporters, columnists, and newsboys fill roles.
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Joe
Joe Wing
Lincoln
Freshman Republicans press same yardstick on all Congressmen
Washington column alleges Rep. L Mendel Rivers used influence with the Pentagon to aid defense contractors, aiding Power Equipment Corp in a disputed Navy repair bill. It accuses Rivers of securing favorable treatment via Admiral Will and implies a link to Rivers' law partner. The piece compares this to the Powell case and notes other political conundrums in Wisconsin and Minnesota pollution ties.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Congress
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Defense
Military Sea Transportation Service
Power Equipment Corporation
Navy
Randall
T. E. Pedersen
Pedersen
Rivers
Sellers, Conner and Cuneo
Cuneo
Mendel Rivers
Brooklyn
South Carolina
John “Dutch” Will
MSTS
American Export Lines
Joe Kelly
Albert Watson
R-S.c
Durward Hall
R-Mo
Louis A. Wehde
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Guido Rahr
Manitowoc
Wis
Wisconsin Conservationist
Rahr
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rahr Malting Company
Mississippi
Lake Pepin
Minnesota
Powell Merits a Harlem Battle Over Black Leadership
In a vivid portrait of Harlem politics Adam Clayton Powell boasts of marching with a picket sign while James Meredith faces a hostile Mississippi. Meredith argues no Negro leader truly speaks for all, while Powell claims a loyal base that might welcome him back to office even after death.
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Bob Considine
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Bimini
James Meredith
Powell
Elmer Gantry
Meredith
David
Upset
Harry
University of Mississippi
Jim Meredith
Vincent Albano
Colgate University
Mississippi
Martin Luther King
Roy Wilkins
Do You Smoke A Journal Letter to Cancer Crusaders
A reader admires Cancer Crusaders and asks how many will prevent germ entry by answering a simple question do you smoke. The note requests signed letters on local topics for the forum with optional name printing.
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Cancer Crusaders
Crusader
Diplomatic Immunity and Legal Immunities in the United States
A paternity suit against a foreign ambassador was dismissed due to diplomatic immunity. The piece explains ambassadors and their close associates enjoy broad protection from U S criminal and civil courts as a practical safeguard in international relations. It notes potential actions by the State Department and the concept’s historical roots. An ABA public service feature by Will Bernard. In London Canon John Pearce-Higgins faces possible trouble for declining to read a Revelation lesson, with clergy legally required to follow the Church Calendar.
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Charnees
State Department
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
London
John Pearce - Higgins
Jezebel
Southwark
Church - England
Mervyn Stockwood
Biddeford Lace Journal: Campaign Watch Pricks Voter Interest
In Biddeford Maine a term like a termite assault on a 50 ton tank is noted as a distant metaphor. For Harlem voters the upcoming campaign offers choice beyond a straight ticket with Meredith Powell as a visible candidate, a novelty in recent memory.
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Meredith
Powell
Washington leaders split as impatience grows in Negro civil rights struggle
Washington observers report a widening split between moderates in the NAACP and Urban League and radicals in CORE and SNICK. A. Philip Randolph is expected to convene a summit next month, while moderates press the president for new civil rights proposals and private-sector support amid slow gains and uneasy vigilance for a turbulent summer.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assn
NAACP
Urban League
CORE
SNICK
A. Philip Randolph
White House
Johnson
Congress
U.S
Watts
Chicago
Cleveland
Harlem
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Floyd McKissick
Stokely Carmichael
An Editor's Outlook on Disruptive Students and School Order
The piece criticizes urban slum schools and a controversial program to sensitize teachers. It argues that without discipline, order cannot exist and teachers cannot teach. The author laments classroom chaos for Chicago and Washington and urges removing violent or disruptive students to preserve learning.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago Daily News
Washington Star
Chicago
South Side
Daily News
Norman Mark
Center For Inner City Studies
Mark
Stanley Newman
i'Newman
Washington
John Stacks
The
Star
Stacks
Hitler
Mao Tse-tung
Edward Eggleson
Hoosier
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Harold Howe, II
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Paper Industry Prepares for Demand Boom in 1999
The text notes paper companies plan large tree planting to double output from 50 million tons annually by 2000. Seedlings bred from 44 superior trees aim to boost faster growth and disease resistance. One company plants 82 million seedlings in Alabama as industry probes future needs for newsprint tissues and plates. It urges broader vision among followers and applies a biblical reflection.
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Alabama
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