Radium's judicial exit ends era of cancer treatment at hospital
In Memorial Hospital basement four radiation experts in yellow suits dismantled the last radium plant in a private US institution. Since 1917 radium treated thousands of cancer patients, but newer isotopes now replace it, and the plant was shut down and the radium buried.
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New York
Memorial Hospital
James Douglas
Douglas
United States
Tennessee
John Laughlin
Medical Physics Department
Laughlin
John Tekin
Grant
Jean St. Germain
George Magyar
Radiation Safety
Mafia Leader Bruno Ordered to Testify in NYC Grand Jury
Angelo Bruno, Philadelphia’s reputed Mafia chief, was ordered by Common Pleas Court Judge Joseph Sloane to appear before a New York City grand jury starting February 2 for five days or until testimony is completed. Prosecutors seek details on the Hispanola Hotel acquisition in Santo Domingo by a firm led by Frank Terranova, an associate of Bruno, after Bruno’s bid was rejected.
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Philadelphia
Angelo Bruno
New York City
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Sloane
Bruno
New York
Frank Terranova
Terranova
20Th Century Pictures, Inc
35-Foot Rubber Bands Anchor Weather Buoy Off Santa Barbara
Oceanographic engineer Fred Roehler of PMR’s Geophysics Division found four 35-foot long rubber bands to anchor a Pacific Missile Range weather station ten miles northwest of Santa Barbara Island. The bands prevent buoy rotation, stretching 700 feet to the ocean floor, with rubber deterioration blamed on air and sunlight rather than salt water.
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Pacific Missile Range
Santa Barbara Island
Fred Roehler
PMR
Geophysics Division
Roehler
Millionaire Brody Fails To See Nixon
Michael J. Brody Jr. a 21 year old heir from Scarsdale New York said he intended to tell President Nixon that the Vietnam War is over. He was turned away by Secret Service at a White House gate while traveling with his wife. He claimed he came by helicopter but had no funds for a bus back to New York. A passerby gave them a ride in a car.
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Washington
Michael J. Brody Jr
Secret Service
White House
Brody
Nixon
Vietnam
Scarsdale
N.Y
New York
Vigorito Attacks Lake Erie Oil Drilling Plan Hearing Tale
Congressman Joseph P. Vigorito filed a strong statement with the International Joint Commission opposing further oil and gas drilling in Lake Erie. He criticized Ontario New York and Pennsylvania regulations as merely adequate and questioned enforcement during today Erie hearings on water pollution in Lake Erie Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. He contrasted the term adequate with genuine public trust and cited Santa Barbara as a cautionary example.
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Washington
Joseph P. Vigorito
International Joint Commission
Lake Erie
Erie
Commission On
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence River
Vigorito
Ontario
New York
Pennsylvania
Virogito
Santa Barbara Channel
Calif
Joint Commission
Delay Hearing In Erie Slaying
The preliminary murder hearing for Jack C. Peters, 29, was postponed indefinitely after his court appointed attorney asked for more time to review the case and autopsy reports. Peters is accused of stabbing his 33 year old wife to death on December 24 in their Erie home. A nationwide manhunt ended with his arrest near Titusville.
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Peters
Erie
Titusville
Services Rendered But None Ordered. Ambush of deliveries shocks Niagara Falls
In Niagara Falls New York a woman reports orderless service arrivals including two ambulances six taxicabs and a pizza delivery bay at her home. She questions who would eat a pizza at 10 in the morning. In India Justice Grover suggests taxing long speeches to curb them.
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Jealous Dog Vandalizes Snowsled in Snowy Misadventure
Warren State Police report Bruno the German Shepherd acted out of jealousy when teenage owners rode new snowmobiles. The dog chewed leather seats and damaged wiring, while missing tools were supposedly buried to soften them after being fed a doughnut by a man on a snowmobile. The Buvoltz family now uses Bruno for rides.
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Jack Krupey
Krupey
Warren
Bruno
Louis Buvoltz
R.D. 1
Russell
Bayoltz
Buvoltz
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