Black doctor elected to AMA board of trustees
Dr. Lonnie R. Bristow of Berkeley becomes the first black trustee on the American Medical Association board, joining 13 others to oversee a 125 million dollar budget. Delegates hail the milestone as opening doors for minority participation and reflect on historical barriers in medicine. Bristow says race is a small factor but adds visibility and opportunity in organized medicine.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Board of
AMA
Lonnie R. Bristow
Berkeley
Calif
Audley F. Connor Jr
South
Southeast
Roland A. Gandy Jr
Toledo
Ohio
Bristow
Grasshoppers Wreck Idaho Crops Prompt State Emergency
Gov. John Evans tours the Magic Valley as a grasshopper outbreak devastates nearly 5 million acres. Air Force C-123s are to aid spraying, but officials warn federal aid may arrive too late amid a state of emergency and $1.6 million in new funds.
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Boise, Idaho
John Evans
Magic Valley
Idaho
Evans
Ohio
Jack Harman
Rupert
Dick Rush
Intermountain
U.S. Agriculture
John Black
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Accused spy's hometown weeds out Walker contacts
In Norfolk amid an espionage probe, police fired one officer and forced another into retirement for ties to John A Walker Jr. The probe, tied to his Confidential Reports Inc agency, questioned up to ten officers who reportedly handled confidential records. Brother and son of Walker, plus Navy buddy Whitworth, face charges as investigators weigh blackmail and espionage risks.
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Norfolk
John A. Walker Jr
Walker
Johnny
Nash Bilisoly
Confidential Reports Inc
Pamela K. Carroll
Jack Bernard
Force
Central Records Division
Charles D. Grant
FBI
Arthur J. Walker
John
Michael L. Walker
Norfolk Area
Jerry A. Whitworth
Davis
Calif
Whitworth
San Francisco
FIST 8 Fugitive Roundup Nets 3816 Arrests Worldwide
A 13 nation fugitive roundup offering bogus airline trips netted 3816 arrests with no injuries. Meese calls it the largest FIST operation to date as 211 undercover agents from multiple agencies and several Caribbean nations participated. Florida was a focus due to many fugitives hiding there.
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Miami
Edwin Meese III
U.S. Marshals Service
Stanley E. Morris
Eighth Fist
Belize
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Costa Rica
Anguilla
Antigua
Martinique
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Aruba
Curacao
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