Court Schedules The Delay In Personal Injury Trials
The Institute of Judicial Administration reports average trial delays due to backlogs rise from 14 to 18.7 months in 1963 for personal injury cases, with urban centers like Cook County and Allegheny County showing the worst delays. Jurisdictions vary, and expert groups note judges and numbers alone do not explain congestion, urging reforms to uphold due process as delays expand.
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Institute of Judicial Administration
Judicial Conference of the United States
Cook County
Chicago
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Nassau County
Long Island
Los Angeles
San Diego
Dade County
Miami
American Judicature Society
Michigan
Ohio
Wayne County
Detroit
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Ohio County
United States
Pharmacists Earn Highest Early Salaries After Graduation
A May 1960 study shows pharmacists lead with median salaries around 5500 two years after graduation from June 1958 bachelor programs. Premedical fields rank among the lowest at about 4500, while medical students wait for degrees that will later outpace pharmacists in income.
Tranquilizer Addiction Warned By Public Health Expert
Dr. Carl F. Essig of the Addiction Research Center at the U S Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington Kentucky brands six tranquilizers as addictive. He warns the mental state of addicts resembles alcoholic drunkenness and notes withdrawal can be deeper than heroin, though drugs remain prescription only with renewal orders.
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Carl F. Essig
Addication Research Center
U. S. Public Health Service Hospital
Lexington
Essig
Good Samaritan Bill Aims to Shield Helpful Doctors
In New York the Good Samaritan Bill seeks to protect physicians who stop to aid accident victims from lawsuits. The measure targets metropolitan cases where doctors volunteer their services at the scene, addressing a growing trend of neglegence suits against those responders.
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New York Assembly
Population figures show Soviet 225 million mid 1963
The Central Board of Statistics of the Soviet Union reports 225 million people in mid 1963, compared to about 190 million in the United States. The text notes 25 million more women than men in the USSR but argues parity is not guaranteed by numbers due to women's equal work and enlistment. the United States remains superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Board of Statistics
Soviet Union
United States
Thoughts For Today and Prayer Quote
A brief religious reflection presents I Cor 14 15 on praying and singing with spirit and mind plus a physician's note that prayer can lift men from disease and melancholy as observed by Dr Alexis Carrel.
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Alexis Carrel
Farm price pressures loom as Congress weighs imports
Washington notes farm groups seek import quotas and higher fees to ease livestock distress. Tariff Commission to study imports through June while beef costs and breeder losses mount in Colorado and western states. President Johnson urged to act on cotton wheat and beef concerns.
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Congress
United States Tariff Commission
Tariff Commission
United States
American National Cattlemen's Association
Memphis
Tennessee
Australia
New Zealand
Western States
Colorado
United States Senate
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Johnson
Stennis
Gordon L. Allott
Senate
Canada
Europe
Johnson Erhard talks boost alliance and Cold War openings
Johnson and West German Chancellor Erhard held the first summit in Johnson City Texas. They gained unqualified German support for stronger NATO defense and willingness to pursue talks with the Soviets. Britain remains unaffected while Erhard earns prestige for backing East West detente.
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Washington
Johnson
Erhard
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Johnson City
Texas
Britain
France
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
Forhard
Atlantic
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Germany
White House reporters endure 24 hour shifts on the ranch
Inez Robb recounts how White House correspondents suffer endless hours covering the President. Reporters juggle sleepless nights, tolling gyms, and long rides on the ranch while debating reforms and protective associations. They joke about protective sentries and even dress for night duty with a Churchill style siren suit.
Sylvia Porter on Tax Cuts and Economic Growth
Sylvia Porter argues that the 1964 tax cuts will boost the economy via a spending surge and multiplier effect. She estimates an $11 billion 1964 impact and a $30 billion larger economy once the second-stage cuts fully kick in, calling the policy a sustained dietary boost for growth.
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Walter W. Heller
Mirror of the Mind and Animal Kindness Debated
The text argues moving can distress some children but helps the breadwinner by removing social ties. It cautions moving may push professionals to sever links to advance. It notes animal lovers can be cruel to humans, while some seemingly content singles are seen as realistic, not truly happy in marriage.
Oklahoma Republicans fail to elect major Oklahoma officeholders in 1963
Governor Bellman offered nothing at a press conference and moved on. Republicans acknowledge no major wins in 1963 while Democrats seek a repeat in 1964. An independent voter in Oklahoma criticizes the party system as giving twice as many parties to distrust.
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Oklahoma
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Samaritan
Washington Report
Peey
By Bascom N. Timmons
William S. White
Johnson-Erhard
General de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Inez Robb
Peripatetic
White House
News— Guild
Barry
Rocky
Nixon
Harold Stassen
Pierre
Mother
Adam
Garden of Eden
England
Churchill
Sylvia Porter
By Joseph Whitney
Dennis the Menace
Bellman
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