Critic of Medical Practices Challenges Systemic Abuses
In Alhambra California surgeon Dr. Alex Gerber denounces unqualified physicians performing surgeries beyond their training. He urges public awareness and government action to curb unnecessary procedures and advocates birth control and legal abortions. He criticizes organized medicine for whitewashing reforms. The Appalachian Trail note follows.
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Alhambra
Calif
Alex Gerber
California
Gerber
U.S
Chicago
University of Illinois
Cook County Hospital
Los Angeles County General Hospital
University of California At
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Today in History roundup June 4 1971 highlights
Events listed mark anniversaries from 1942 Midway battles to 1970s notes. Highlights include Midway began in 1942 and Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna meeting ten years prior, with other global milestones and political shifts through the years.
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Associated Press
Midway
United States
Tripoli
Leopold of
Saxe-Coburg
Belgium
Detroit
Henry Ford
France
Leon Blum
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ramon §. Castillo
Juan Peron
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Vienna
Austria
Robert F. Kennedy
South Africa
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Special aid granted to 550 Illinois shoe workers
The Labor Department said 550 former shoe workers in Illinois eligible for aid after job losses from rising imports. They were with Brown Shoe Co. in Mattoon and Johnson Stephens and Shinkle Shoe Co. in Vandalia. Aid under the 1962 Trade Expansion Act includes 87 dollars weekly for up to 52 weeks, plus extended help for training, counseling, placement, and relocation if needed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Illinois
Brown Shoe Co
Mattoon
Johnson, Stephens, and Shinkle Shoe Co
Vandalia
Senate Rejects Bill Allowing Newsmen at Polls
Illinois Senate defeated a bill to permit newsmen to observe voting and counting in elections. The measure, championed by Sen. Jack E. Walker, failed 29 to 2 with 30 votes needed for discharge from committee. it remains blocked in the Democratic-led elections committee. Walker argued the move would curb fraud rumors. Knuepfer supported openness at polls.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate
Jack E. Walker
Lansing
Senate
Elections Committee
Walker
Jack Knuepfer
R-Elmhurst
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Grace Baptist Church
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Bugs Bunny
Cicero
Mrs. Hoople
Twiggs
Vany
Amos
WAKE
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Priscilla
By al Vermeer
Oliver
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