Diphtheria clash tests faith in Colorado church
Four year old Christy Gale Sitton died of diphtheria after her family, members of the fundamentalist Church of the First Bart, refused medical help. Court orders forced hospital treatment for other Sitton children. Greg Moore remains in intensive care as doctors assess heart damage. Clergy defend trust in God over healing while the community undergoes a mass immunization push.
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Six Blacks Held Over Klan Rally Shootings
Aiken County authorities detained six black individuals on unrelated alcohol charges after a Ku Klux Klan rally shooting left at least seven wounded. Deputies would not name suspects while polygraph tests were arranged, and witnesses described three carloads of black people speeding away after the 8 p.m. incident.
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AMA Urged to Fight National Health Plan
Portland report notes Dr. Malcolm Todd opening AMA House of Delegates at the 28th annual clinical convention. He urges doctors to defend professionalism and oppose federal intrusion via national health insurance. Delegates consider resolutions on defining death by physicians and curbing advertising for nonprescription drugs in media.
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AMA Meets To Consider Doubling Members Dues
The proposal was presented to doctors to raise AMA dues to 200 from 110. The board trimmed councils and admin costs. President-elect Dra Max Parrot of Portland said the AMA is not broke but liquidity is negative, relying on day to day expenses and borrowed money against securities.
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