Tuskegee syphilis study revealed moral issues and deaths
The Tuskegee Study, begun in 1932 in Alabama, followed about 600 black men with syphilis to study disease effects. Many died or suffered complications as untreated syphilis continued while penicillin existed, sparking long debated ethics and questions about patient treatment and medical consent.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
U.S. Public Health Service
PHS
Tuskegee
Ala
J.D. Millar
PHS’ Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Millar
CDC
Americal Medical Association
Don Prince
Prince
Britain watch dog asks rethink on dock workers jail
London AP reports official solicitor Norman Turner intervened as the national union leadership warned strikes would escalate after Heath refused release of five longshoremen jailed amid a wave of sympathy actions. The dockworkers union, 42,000 strong, closed ports. sympathy strikers could reach 120,000.
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London
Ational Industrial Relations Pan
Norman Turner
Edward Heath
Denser Fund Adds AMC Equipment at Audrain Medical Center
Audrain Medical Center received a gift of 3470.45 from the Denser Fund to buy equipment for the surgical department. Ned D. Rodes M.D. says the fund has aided physicians staff and trustees in orthopaedic vascular and general surgery. Since 1960 the fund has provided over 14000 for operating room equipment and instruments.
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Audrain Medical Center
Ned D. Rodes
M.D
Woodrow Lee
AMC
Dale Bealmear Returns Home After Lung Surgery
Dale Bealmear, 17, of Mexico, is back home from Roswell Memorial Hospital in Buffalo New York after lung surgery on July 3 for malignant tumors in both lungs. He is in good spirits and will continue cancer treatment in Mexico with Dr J E Taft providing three monthly injections for five months.
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Dale Bealmear
Mexico
Roswell Memorial Hospital
Buffalo
N.Y
Young Bealmear
Wallace Bealmear Jr
West St
E. P. Cortez
Bealmear
J. E. Taft
No Bread Today At St. Joseph
Bread supplies on St. Joseph grocery shelves are depleted today due to a strike by about 130 members of Bakers Union local 208 against Continental Rainbow and Beaty bakeries. Workers walked off the job at midnight after a 109 to 12 vote on Monday.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph
Bakers Union
Continental
Rainbow
Beaty Bakeries
Hancock wins residency suit to stay on ballot
CENTERVILLE Mo AP State Rep Don Hancock won a court ruling to keep his name on the August 8 primary ballot for reelection in Missouri’s 3rd District. Judge Herbert Lasky ruled Hancock met residency requirements after Reynolds County proceedings. He faces James C. Skaggs for the Democratic nomination. district covers Carter and Shannon counties and parts of Reynolds, Ripley and Oregon counties.
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Centerville
Don Hancock
Ddoniphan
Herbert Lasky
St. Louis County
Hancock
Reynolds County
Walter Baker
Billington
Jefferson City
Missouri
James C. Skaggs
Ellington
Carter and
Shannon
Reynolds, Ripley
Oregon
Challenge to Missouri law on police shooting fleeing felons
A U S District Court case begun Monday in St Louis challenges a Missouri statute allowing police to shoot fleeing felony suspects. The suit, filed by the ACLU for the family of Michael Mattis, 19, shot by a Rising Overland officer, argues the policy denies due process and echoes medieval execution.
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U.S. District Court
Missouri
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Michael Mattis
Overland
Robert Marek
Eugene Butler
ACLU
U.S. Supreme Court
Butler
F. Douglas O'Leary
O'Leary
Rolling Stones Final Madison Square Garden Concert Birthday Show
The Rolling Stones closed their North American tour with a Madison Square Garden crowd of 20,000 fans amid dramatic stage lighting as Mick Jagger led the band through Brown Sugar Jumpin Jack Flash and Street Fighting Man rose petals and all. Outside, some concertgoers tried to storm the gates. police reported two injured officers and ten arrests amid scattered earlier tour incidents. In Independence Ma, Rev. Oscar Case marked his 100th birthday by preaching to about 2,500 attendees at the World Conference of the Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church after years as a 95-year-old pastor enjoying the milestone celebration.
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New York
Rolling Stones
Madison Square Garden
Mick Jagger
Jagger
Seven Carbon
Jack Flash
Garden
Vancouver
Montreal
Tucson
San Diego
Independence
Oscar Case
Case
World Conference of the Reorganized
Latter Day Saint Church
Explosion Destroys Home Near Cabool Mo
An explosion and fire razed James Ford’s home near Cabool Missouri after a neighbor fired at two men who fled. The Ford family was away in St Louis when the blast occurred. The front of the house was blown off and flames quickly followed.
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Cabool
James Ford
Ford
St. Louis
House Votes To Pay For Cyclamates
Washington AP report says the House approved a bill 177 to 170 to let the food industry seek government compensation for losses after cyclamate ban. Six last minute switchers aided passage as proponents argue it restores justice for 1969 losses, while Ralph Nader calls it a reward for bad judgment and says it does not aid consumers facing health harms.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
House
Senate
Nader
Waldheim Dike Talks Provokes US Protest Over Bombing
US protests Waldheim remarks on Red River flood dikes in North Vietnam after Waldheim says he believes it his duty to speak, citing potential devastating consequences. Secretary Rogers and Ambassador Bush press Waldheim in Washington while noting the alleged bombing campaign and denials.
Bush rejects charges of bombing North Vietnam dikes
President Bush maintains the United States did not deliberately bomb North Vietnam dikes. He refuted Waldheim and Rogers who warned such actions could flood the plain and kill thousands, saying any damage results from military targets or accidents, not intentional attacks. He urged clarification from the secretary-general and described the allegations as part of a North Vietnamese campaign.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U. N
Kurt Waldheim
U. S
North Vietnam
Waldheim
Hanoi
Rogers
Bush
U.S
Hasn
Governor appoints Stafford as county prosecuting attorney
Jefferson City Missouri AP Gov Warren E Hearnes names Harry Rupert Stafford Jr Ava Republican as Douglas County prosecuting attorney succeeding Clay Cantwell who resigned. Stafford’s appointment shifts local legal leadership amid ongoing county cases and political realignment.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Warren ‘E. Hearnes
Harry Rupert Stafford Jr
Ava
Douglas ‘County
Clay Cantwell
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