Vitamin C Aims to Prevent Colds Faces Medical Skepticism
Medical experts dispute Linus Pauling's claim that vitamin C can prevent colds. FDA commissioner Dr. Charles Edwards calls the vitamin C craze after Pauling's book asserts the illness can be nearly eliminated with adequate ascorbic acid intake, a view rejected by NIH AMA FDA and pharmaceutical firms.
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Craig A. Palmer
Washington
UPI
Linus Pauling
Pauling
United States
National Institute of Health
American Medical Association
Food and Drug Administration
Charles C. Edwards
FDA
Edwards
AMA
NIH
Dorland J. Davis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Davis
Robert E. Hodges
University of Iowa School of Medicine
Hodges
County Supervisors approve hearings and land changes
The Board referred a public hearing on county acquisition of Santa Barbara Humane Society facilities in Orcutt and Lompoc. It also set hearings for agricultural preserves, approved boundary determinations in the Cuyama and Santa Ynez regions, and amended a construction pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
North County
County Planning Commission
Orcutt
Lompoc
Santa Barbara Humane Society
Orcutt Rd
Central Ave
St Lompoc
Road Department
Planning Commission
Refugio Rd
Roblar Ave
State Rt
State Division of Highway
Santa Maria
Cuyama
Zemny Inc
Waller County
Guadalupe Garbage Co
Santa Ynez County
California Calamities and Earthquakes Span the State
A New York era essay examines California's weather, fires, floods, and earthquakes. UCLA earthquake expert Dr. C Martin Duke explains the San Andreas Fault, shifting Los Angeles toward San Francisco over millions of years, while noting predictability limits and the Belt of circum-Pacific activity. He also links fires and floods to brush and erosion and reflects on California's diverse population and resiliency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Pacific Ocean
UCLA
C. Martin Duke
San
Duke
P.S.T
Sacramento
Los Angeles Basin
Hardships of Czechs in purges
Prague reports describe widespread purges in Czechoslovakia hitting professionals who supported or resisted 1968 reforms. Notables like Emil Zatopek and Jiri Hochman face manual labor or unemployment, while Dubcek has no job. A second wave targets nonparty members with political screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd
Emil Zatopek
Jiri Hochman
Frantisek Kriegl
Communist Party
Dubcek
Bratislava
Prague
Charles University
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Joseph Dargent
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NEA
State of California
Hollywood
Eureka
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U.S.D.A. Choice
Columbia Brand
Chuck
U.S. NO
Ole Virginia
Franks
U.S
Pinto
K-Mart
Maxwell House
Rosarita
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