Plague Scientist Death Leads UK Health Alert
London AP report says 42 people are under surveillance after the he death of George Bacon a Porton Downs research officer who worked on plague projects. Twelve family and hospital staff are in quarantine with daily antibiotics and vaccination as officials deem no current epidemic and monitor for possible secondary cases.
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Scientist
George Bacon
Frederick Lishman
Salisbury
Bacon
Britain
Porton Downs
Wiltshire
France Rebuffs Compromise on Common Market Terms
Paris officials say Britain must join the Common Market on the Rome Treaty terms. They dismiss Belgian Spaak proposals favoring temperate Commonwealth farm products as weakening French agriculture and insist on full treaty objectives. A senior official joked negotiations could last until a minister retires in 1964.
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Paris
Reuters
Britain
Brussels
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Maurice Couve de Murville
English Judges Show Wit In Courtroom Exchanges
An English judge delivers dry sarcasm and calm humor in notable exchanges. The Times reports on Sir Edward Carson style cross examination and a London copyright dispute where a judge quips about bathing beauties not entering the water.
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Fordry
England
Sir Edward Carson
Sir Edward
Times of London
Times
Radio Times
Justice Glyn-Jones
London
Six Killed In Ontario Collision
A head on crash on Highway 2 near Kingston Ontario killed six people including five Toronto residents and a Rochester New York traveler. The dead were Delma Wood and Cecil Wood of Rochester and Adolfo Muccillo Nicolina Muccillo their four year old son Frank Iacobucci Biase Maria Albenyk, Lenardo Di Ciero and Peter Wood injured were Marie Albenyk and others. The crash scene was described as chaotic with victims found in the driveway and on a lawn.
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Kingston
Ont
Toronto
United States
Delma Irene Wood
Rochester
N.Y
Cecil
Adolfo Muccillo
Nicolina
Frank
Muccillo
Iacobucci Biase
Maria Albenyk
Wood
Albenyk
Peter
Lenardo di Ciero
Fred McCracken
U.S. Probes Thalidomide Link to Deaths and Pill Case
The report outlines a U.S. investigation into thalidomide and a birth control pill enovid. It notes six deaths tied to enovid amid 20 non fatal thrombotic cases, while thalidomide stocks are being destroyed and 158 doctors remain unreached. The events follow safety warnings from British authorities and a history of thalidomide approval delays.
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Washington
U.S
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
G. D. Searle and Company of
Chicago
FDA
Britain
United States
Frances Kelsey
Cobble Hill
B.C
Food and Drug Administration
Elkwater Park Remains Open Despite Heat
Park officials announced Elkwater will stay open for at least two more weeks as high temperatures and recent moisture reduce the need for closure. Last year most of the park except townsite faced intermittent closures through JuneJuly and August.
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Elkwater Park
Doctor warns drugs carry inherent risk despite regulation
Dr Francis Brien, chairing a three-doctor committee in Canada, says there will always be risk in introducing new drugs. He cites thalidomide as highlighting gaps in Canadian testing and notes Canada needs expanded clinical facilities to assess drugs before approval. The panel formed by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons was to study drug regulation with Health Minister Monteith.
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Widikun Lenz
Hamburg
London
Ont
Francis Brien
Canada
Brien
Federal
Food and Drug Directorate
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Monteith
Roger Dufresne
University of Montreal
E. A. Sellers
University of Toronto
Europe
Nkrumah Bomb Attempt Blamed on Foreign Agents
Police and army experts in Accra say the bomb attempt on President Kwame Nkrumah must have been carried out by foreign agents. About 50 people are detained for questioning near the scene. A schoolboy, two policemen and a farmer were killed. Nkrumah was unharmed.
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Accra
Ghana
Reuters
Kwame Nkrumah
Tawia Adamafio
Nkrumah
Dudley
English Midlands
U Thant
United Nations
Katanga
Congo
West
Saskatchewan moves to end doctors boycott with plan amendments
The Saskatchewan legislature met in a one day session and amended the Medical Care Insurance Act creating outside practice allowances and permitting non profit plans to operate with the government program. The changes reduce the Medical Care Insurance Commission's powers and keep the compulsory tax supported plan for most residents.
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Carman Cumming
Saskatchewan
CCF
Medical Care Insurance Commission
Algeria
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algiers
Ben Bella
Medical Care Commission
Hat records study thalidomide prescriptions citywide
Medicine Hat records compile drug thalidomide prescriptions in all establishments to identify patients. The Public School Board adopted dress regulations for city junior and senior high schools. About 1300 Grade 1 pupils will receive free topical fluoride in September as part of a preventive program by the Health Unit. The PFRA called for more cattle to meet grazing quotas in the Suffield pasture. The city council win upheld by the Provincial Advisory Board on a service station permit denial at the former Rosemont Rentals site.
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Medicine Hat
Rosemont Rentals
Provincial Advisory Board
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