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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1975
Page
10
At Dugway Proving Ground Utah military scientists still doubt VX nerve agent caused 1968 sheep kills after paying $376000 for 6400 sheep. Researchers now study environmental impacts on the desert while old germ labs are repurposed for ecological work and baseline data remain elusive.
Toepel states the Army paid for 6,400 sheep killed at Dugway Proving Ground yet Dugway personnel recall only 3,800 burials. A year and a half later the United States disavowed biological toxin use and adopted a defensive chemical weapons stance as the military and public debate continued.
The World Bank Atlas reports Sweden and Switzerland surpassed the United States in per capita GNP for 1974, placing the U.S. third. The ranking uses three year weighted figures ending 1974, with Sweden at 6720, Switzerland 6650, and the United States 6640 dollars. Oil states lead overall with UAE at 13500 and Kuwait at 11640. Saudi Arabia trails at 2080.
Charles Hansen, 71, former veterinarian, convicted of treating cancer victims with a wand and sand, ordered to move to Josephine County Oregon to stay away from Napa and Southern California patients. He was found guilty of grand theft for a $700 fee and practicing medicine without a license.
Maj. Ray Bills states Dugway remains focused on field testing defensive systems against chemical and biological attacks. Tests often use simulants, but real agents are tested in sealed gas chambers. a large stainless chamber simulates arctic to jungle conditions. Tiny biological agents are stored at the base for future testing of a sensing device at Edgewood Arsenal.
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