Beech er asserts unethical human experiments in medicine
Harvard Medical School professor Henry Beecher charges that over a thousand people unknowingly participated in medical tests, including withholding penicillin from 500 Air Force men with strep throat. He cites examples from major U.S. institutions and urges adoption of the Helsinki Declaration requiring informed consent.
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Boston
Harvard Medical School
American Medical Association
Henry K. Beecher
World Medical Association
Beecher
Harvard
Air Force
New England Journal of Medicare
Veterans Administration
AMA
House of Delegates
Robert Higgins Ebert
Franklin G. Ebaugh
Boston University Medical School
Boston University
Dean Ebaugh
Grant to WV Air Pollution Control for mine refuge fire demo
The U S Public Health Service approved a 69900 grant to the West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission for a demonstration program on extinguishing fires in coal mine refuge banks. No site was selected yet.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission
Byrd and Randolph Vote to Increase Debt Limit
Washington AP West Virginia Senators Robert Byrd and Jennings Randolph joined 50 senators voting to raise the temporary debt limit to 330 billion dollars in a 50 to 17 tally.
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Washington
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Plenty Of GOP Gas Remains For Campaign
A Mercer County Republican Club meeting faced rain a speaker running out of gas and a power outage. Charleston speaker Robert Q Jones described the hurdles while Charleston visitor Mrs. E K Stevens kept optimism, saying the campaign spirit stays strong despite setbacks.
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Mercer County
Republican Club
Robert Q. Jones
Charleston
West Virginia
Jones
E. K. Stevens
Miner Belcher Killed in McComas Mine Accident
John L. Belcher 61 of McComas, a motor operator at McComas Mine No 11 of Crane Creek for Pocahontas Fuel Co., died after being crushed between the mine roof and a motor about 8 p.m. He died at Bluefield Sanitarium at 9:20 p.m. He was the husband of Naomi Belcher. Funeral arrangements are pending at Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell.
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Mercer County
McComas
John L. Belcher
Crane Creek
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Belcher
Bluefield Sanitarium
Naomi Belcher
Cravens
Bluewell
Red Men Meet in Bluefield West Virginia Convention
The 1966 Great Council Meeting of West Virginia Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas opens at the West Virginia Hotel in Bluefield with Mayor O Judson Lambert delivering the official welcome. Over 200 attendees expected. Calumet Tribe 58 leader Cc L Smith and Bluefield Pocahontas Gladys Fisher will give talks. A Great Council Banquet at 6:30 p.m. tops the evening program.
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Great Council
West Virginia
Red Men and Auxiliary
O. Judson Lambert
Cc. L. Smith
Sachem
Calumet Tribe
Bluefield
Gladys Fisher
Gree
Pocahontas
Aso
Fraternal convention to host keynote banquet and dance
Jim Dalton will deliver the keynote banquet speech on “Why Fraternalism?” Ray Brooks and his Orchestra will provide music for the dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The three day event ends Saturday at noon with state officer elections after morning sessions. State and national fraternity representatives join business sessions today after opening Thursday at 2 p.m. Conventioneers enjoyed square dancing Thursday night to Gordon Jennings and his Band.
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Jim Dalton
Daily Telegraph
Whis-Tv
Ray Brooks
Gordon Jennings
Squall Strikes Old Dominion Rages Across Virginia
A squall line extending from central Virginia spawned unconfirmed tornadoes Thursday night. The Weather Bureau warned counties around Richmond to take safety measures as high winds, heavy rain and hail threatened damage. First unconfirmed tornado reports came from Buckingham County with additional sightings near Ashland in Hanover County and along the James River west of Richmond.
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Richmond
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Buckingham County
Ashland
Hanover County
James River
Three Civil Rights Marchers Arrested In Mississippi Tent Clash
In Greenwood Mississippi three marchers linked to the civil rights drive were jailed for trespassing after attempting to pitch two large tents on a schoolyard. Police later allowed a tent to go up in a city park as Governor Johnsoncut patrols and the city agreed to a relaxed stance.
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Greenwood
Miss
Black-Square
Curtis Lary
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert Green
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Paul Johnson
Jackson
Johnson
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
Bob Smith
SNCC
Bruce Bain
Middle East tensions rise between Nasser and Feisal
The article describes escalating Gulf regional tension as Egypt's Nasser and Saudi Arabia's Feisal clash over Yemen. Soviet moves and U S support for Saudi Arabia heighten the struggle, with Iran and Jordan showing conservative responses and Cairo denouncing Feisal's Islamic Alliance push.
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Birat
Lebanon
Egypt
Nasser
Feisal
Saudi Arabia
Soviet Union
Alexi Kosygin
U. S. State Department
Ameriac
Yemen
Arabian Peninsula
Iran
Jordan
Hussein
Cairo
Martial law declared as Ky seizes Hue control
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky deploys 1,000 airborne troops and 600 riot police to Hue and places the city under martial law. Paratroopers clash with insurgents, killing a dissident and wounding several. In Chu Lai 18 Marines repulse 250 Viet Cong after five hour battle with five American deaths. Casualty figures point to broader Kontum plateau clashes as US forces press the offensive.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
da Nang
U.S
Leatherneck
Chu Lai
Kontum Plateau
101St Airborne Division
North Viet Nam
Water Fire In New York Harbor Kills, Missing
A collision between the British tanker Alva Cape and the Texaco Massachusetts in New York Harbor sparked fires that towered up to ten stories. Coast Guard says at least 20 seamen died with about 70 survivors and 13 unaccounted for. A Coast Guard helicopter rescued five seamen from the Texaco Massachusetts as flames raged.
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New York Harbor
Alva
New York
Coast Guard
Narriow
Newark Bay
Alva Cape
Ameren
Texaco Massachusetts
Alfonso Colon
Naphta
Cape
Colon
Robert Williams
Williams
Silvan Shiffman
Congress rejects standby authority for consumer credit
The House voted 275 to 75 to defeat a proposal allowing President Johnson to tighten consumer credit on autos and home appliances during inflation fears. Democrats supporting the plan argued it would curb buying surges, while Republicans warned of panic buying and cited a short recess and lack of White House backing.
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Washington
Johnson
House
House Banking Committee
White House
Seymour Halpern
R- N.Y
James Harvey
R-Mich
Bet
Leonor K. Sullivan
D-Mo
Banking Committee
Calm Polite Gunman Robs Huntington Savings Office
In Huntington, a white male robber, 25 to 30, 5 8, 170 to 190 pounds, wearing a plaid jacket and blue cap, robbed the Diversified Savings and Loan Co. of 9000 dollars. Manager Tom Duncan chased him a block. no customers were present. The attacker ordered staff to the vault and fled as police were alerted.
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Huntington (Ap
Diversified Savings and Loan Co
Huntington
Tom Duncan
Duncan
Bill McMillian
Charleston
Catherine Shain
Gail Roach
Judy Clark
McMillian
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