Dialogue In Warsaw andRailroad Subsidies in Public Debate
Norman Cousins discusses medical experiments at Nuremberg and the ethics of medical professionals under totalitarianism. The piece then shifts to U S railroad subsidies, noting executive pay levels at major lines and a New Jersey plan to subsidize commuter rail, arguing public involvement in management if subsidies exist.
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Norman Cousins
Saturday Review
Warsaw
Commodore Vanderbilt
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Hippocratic Oath Remains Core Duty for New Doctors
In a Petal Paper page three feature from August 27, 1959 a discussion of the 2,000 year old Hippocratic Oath emphasizes the modern physician's obligation to preserve human life. The oath commits to utmost respect for life from conception and forbids using knowledge to harm patients under any circumstances.
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Nuremburg
Simon
Worl Medical Association
Equality and the pursuit of political equality in America
The speaker argues equality as harmony of individual differences and a shared American aim. Citing Tocqueville, the text frames a long view of privileges shifting away from undeserving elites and barriers removed to achieve true political equality for all citizens.
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Europe
United States
de Tocqueville
Quote on equality and opportunity from early American thinkers
The passage advocates expanding opportunities for the underprivileged, appealing to the ideals of Jefferson and Tocqueville about human nature. It urges equality in potential and the chance for individuals to reach their capabilities.
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Jefferson
di Tocaneville
Losses in 1915 submarine sinking include Americans
Of the 1198 people lost when the Gere man submarine sank the Jiner Lusitania on May 7, 1915, 124 were Americans.
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Gereman
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Potomac
By Robt. G. Spivack
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
James M. Symes
New York Central RR
Alfred E. Perlman
Union Pacific RR
A. E. Stoddard
Southern Pacific RR
Donald J. Russell
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RR
F. G. Gurley
E. S. Marsh
Chesapeake and Ohio RR
Walter J. Tuohy
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Frank Norris
Natchez
Mississippi
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