Renewed Scientific Effort Underway To Fight Blindness
A broad push in ophthalmology advances detection and treatment to curb blindness. Major work centers on cataracts retinas and diabetes linked damage with new devices lasers screenings and genetic research. Private and public funding pressures shape optimism as researchers race to halt vision loss.
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Congress
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bradley R. Straatsma
University of California At Los Angeles
Straatsma
Eye Institute
United States
Blindness Foundation
Stephen J. Ryan Jr
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ryan
University of Maryland
Jules Stein Eye Institute
Robert Machemer
Watergate report says CIA chiefs unwitting dupes
The House intelligence subcommittee reports that the CIA and its two top leaders were unwitting dupes in disguises used during the Watergate break in. Chairman Nedzi notes inconsistencies in Vernon Walters testimony about possible Cuban involvement. The 23 page document says the CIA resisted cooperation, with Walters giving conflicting statements on Dean's questions.
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CIA
Jim Dams
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Daniel Ellsberg
Lavien N. Nedzi
Democratic Party
Nedzi
House
Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
Walters
Subcommittee
White House
John W. Dean III
Castro
Dean
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Full House
Armed Services Committee
Hebert
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Nixon
Gray
Kenneth H. Dahlberg
Mexico City
Manuel Ogarrio
Miami
Bernard Barker
Richard Helms
John D. Ehrlichman
Helms
Robert Cushman
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
Edward M. Kennedy
Dita Beard
Woman Named To Christian Church Post
The Christian Church Disciples of Christ elected the church first woman moderator, Dr. Jean Woolfolk of Little Rock to a two year term. Delegates also considered amnesty for nonviolent resistors to wars, Cuba embargo issues, farm workers’ union rights, and other policy stances at the General Assembly in Cincinnati.
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Christian Church Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
General Assembly
Jean Woolfolk
Little Rock
Ark
Cuba
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University of Miami School of Medicine
Vernon Wong
Georgetown University Medical Center
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West Bank
Suez Canal
Waters
Clark MacGregor
FBT
Taylor
Virginia
Taylor New York State
Lake Country
Sangria
A.B.C
Taylor Wine Company, Inc
Hammondsport
N.Y
Danville
WDVA
Channel 9
S. E. McCulloch
Warren
Riverside Dr
Main St
Huggins Texaco
Westover
M&m
Industrial
Automobile
Haile Life Mobile Home
Gilbert’s Insurance Agency
Boston Road
TOM Howard Swanson Motors, Inc
Riverside Drive
Bank of Virginia
Downtown
Ballou
Riverside
Franklin Turnpike
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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