Today in History October 4 1972 highlights and events
On this date in history, 1777 Germantown battle, 1824 Mexican republic proclaimed, 1940 Mussolini Hitler talk Brenner Pass, 1945 Laval executed, 1965 Pope appeals at UN, 1972 space achievement, Nixon 50-state tour, Charlton Heston birthday.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Germantown
Republic of Mexi
Portugal
Emanual
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Alps
Pierre Laval
Paris
Pope Paul IV
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Charles de Gaulle
French National Assembly
Georges Pompidou
Belgium
Nixon
Delaware
Charlton Heston
Outer Space
Dear Abby Readers Share Daily Pet Peeves And Problems
A collage of letters to Dear Abby from readers in Oregon Florida and beyond covers food stamps clothing shopping and privacy concerns. Mrs C asks why soap is unavailable with food stamps while gum is allowed Hatfield answers the policy and health needs. A Worried reader urges medical help for a pastor with a troubling pattern. Innocent looks guilty shopping observation raises privacy fears and a reader suggests a sharp retort to confidants.
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Abby
Salem
Ore
Mrs. C
Oregon
Mark QO. Hatfield
Congress
Florida
Electrode Skin Stimulant Seen as Pain Controller
Wisconsin surgeon Dr. C Norman Shealy reported that a skin electrical stimulation test used in more than 300 patients can relieve acute pain in conditions such as bursitis back and neck strains ankle sprains fractured bones ruptured discs phantom limb pain causalgia and burning palm or finger pain. He noted that anesthesia for surgical incisions can be achieved by placing electrodes over large nerves with high relief rates for local pain and partial relief for diffuse pain.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin
C. Norman Shealy
Pain Rehabilitation Center
la Crosse
Wis
American College of Surgeons
Shealy
Report Urges Fixed Incomes For Dentists
Portland based advisory panel recommends guaranteed incomes for select licensed dentists as an alternative to Maine dental manpower needs. Recommendations include out of state recruitment, Tufts compact expansion, coordinated guidance through health services, and a two year dental hygiene degree. The Bangor based dental auxiliary program is already in place.
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Portland
Maine
Advisory Council On Dental Manpower Education
University of Maine
Donald R. McNeil
McNeil
Maine Tufts Compact
Tufts University
Department of Health and Welfare
Division of Dental Health
University of Maine At Bangor
Alonzo H. Garcelon
State Division of Dental Health
Curtis Renames Schoenthaler to Manpower Post
Governor Curtis renominates James C. Schoenthaler as Maine Manpower Affairs Commissioner while the Executive Council withholds confirmation. Curtis assigns Schoenthaler to administer the new department until a permanent head is named. William R. Malloy is appointed to head the Bureau of Labor and Industry under Schoenthaler. The council rejected Schoenthaler 6 1 at a September 26 special meeting.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
James C. Schoenthaler
Maine
Executive Council
Schoenthaler
Curtis
Council
William R. Malloy
Employment Security Commission
Bureau of Labor and Industry
Malloy
Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation Shows Pain Control Promise
Shealy notes early results suggest external stimulation may control many forms of pain with few drugside effects. Researchers caution that findings remain preliminary and require interpretation.
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Shealy
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Eve
SUN
Walt Disney
Mits
Technicolor
Barefoot Executive
Manpower Post
Peny
Studie Mears
Seterdey
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