HEW to probes Tuskegee syphilis study from 1932
Washington AP The Department of Health Education and Welfare announced a full investigation into the federal Tuskegee syphilis experiment in Alabama that withheld treatment to Black men to study disease effects. Assistant Secretary Merlin K DuVal said the study began in 1932 and continued past the advent of penicillin. The probe seeks to explain why treatment was refused and how the study persisted.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Alabama
Merlin K. DuVal
HEW
Associated Press
DuVal
The
Public Health Service
Tuskegee
Tuskegee, Ala
Reventlow legacy and fatal crash near Aspen
Hollywood AP reports Lance Reventlow heir to Barbara Hutton died at 37 in a light plane crash near Aspen Colorado during a thunderstorm. Known for Scarab car racing and a high-earning life, his marriages to Jill St John and Cheryl Holdridge ended amid racing and personal tensions. Federal investigators probe the crash while separate coverage recalls the Postwar syphilis study ethics at CDC and PHS.
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Lance Reventlow
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Reventlow
Aspen
Colo
Nassau
Jill St. John
Lance
Europe
Miss St. John
Cheryl Holdridge
Decision delayed in VVAW grand jury case
A federal judge postponed ruling on new contempt citations against four Vietnam Veterans Against the War who refused to testify to a grand jury about an alleged conspiracy to disrupt the Republican National Convention. The VVAW pledged to rotate six indicted members in and out of jail until bail funds cover all six.
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Tallahassee
Fla
The
VVAW
U. S. District Court
David L. Middlebrooks
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Middlebrooks
Wayne Beverly
Austin
Tex
John Chambers
St. Petersburg
Jack Jennings
Bruce Horton
Gain
Meir Urges Sadat to Seek New Path for Peace
Prime Minister Golda Meir cautiously welcomed Egypt’s expulsion of Soviet advisers and urged President Anwar Sadat to strike out on a new path toward peace. She called for meeting as equals to work toward a comprehensive solution, while praising U.S. support and noting it is too early to judge Sadat’s move.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Mrs. Meir
Israel
Sadat
Knesset
Meir
United States
Defense seeks halt to Papers trial over wiretap ruling
Defense lawyers press for a stay to appeal Judge Matt Byrne's decision on government wiretaps in the Pentagon Papers case. He ruled inadvertent copies of a defense team member's conversation obtained by surveillance did not violate rights. Ellsberg and Russo face espionage conspiracy and theft charges over leaked Vietnam study materials.
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Los Angeles
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Elisberg
Anthony Russo
Byrne
U.S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Leonard Boudin
Leonard Wienglass
North American Rockwell Corp
Ellsberg
Russao
Rand Corp
U.S
Court criticizes state Supreme Court over bid ruling
Je rome Climer of Little Rock criticizes the Arkansas Supreme Court for backing Secretary of State Kelly Bryant in a dispute over a state printing contract. The court ruled Bryant correctly rejected International Graphics bid for unsigned provisions, though Climer warned the decision could cost the state 40,000 to 50,000 dollars more. Bryant denied the higher figure as political.
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Russellville, Ark
State Supreme Court
Jerome Climer
Little Rock
Kelly Bryant
High Court
Bryant
International Graphics, Inc
International Graphics
Climer
Baha i Faith Plans Hope Area Visit for 30th Anniversary
The Baha i Faith marks Arkansas 30th anniversary of its first Assembly in 1943 with plans to visit Hope and every city lacking adherents. Speakers will show Kiva Films about the faith including a new Panama filmed movie on the Latin American Baha i House of Worship.
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Hope
Arkansas
Howard Colby Ives
Kiva Films
Fewer than half of French POWs were returned
Paris reports show 27 582 French forces listed as prisoners or missing since 1946 with 11 880 finally returned after Indochina war ended in 1954. Viet Minh claimed 9 870 disappeared. Geneva agreement aimed to release all prisoners within 20 days of ceasefire with partial early exchanges hindered by rain and delays.
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France
Indochina
Saigon
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