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Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1970

Page

4

Scouts weigh reconsidertion for Eagle award amid atheist dispute

Providence officials say 16 year old James Clark may be reconsidered for the Eagle Scout rank after a meeting with Narra Kinsett Council executive Robert F. Parkinson. The council had previously blocked the award over lack of confirmation of duty to God, while the troop sponsor minister supports Clark’s application.

Providence Robert F. Parkinson Stout Narra- Kinsett Council James Clark Parkinson Gordon Swan North Foster Baptist Church

National panel urged to declare venereal disease pandemic

At the American Social Health Association meeting in New York, officials said venereal disease has reached pandemic levels in the United States for the first time in the penicillin era. They urged President Nixon to appoint a commission, citing rising infectious syphilis and gonorrhea, resistance to penicillin, and risks to mothers and infants. The group noted about 14 million people affected, with two million new gonorrhea cases and about 250000 new syphilis cases reported last year.

New York United States American Social Health Association Nixon James McKenzie- Pollack the Asia McKenzie Pollack McKenne~ Pollack McKenzie-Pollack

US to have blood test for gonorrhea in women

Surgeon General Jesse L Steinfeld announced a serum test will detect gonorrhea in most female carriers. Of 164000 women screened in clinics, 1 in 10 carried the disease, the Public Health Service noted amid estimates of nearly 2 million gonorrhea cases in the 1969 fiscal year. Syphilis and paresis burden the taxpayer.

New York United States Jesse L. Steinfield Steinfeld Public Health Service American Social Health Association U.S

Penicillin Era Complications Rise for Female Gonorrhea

McKenzie Pollack notes unprecedented serious clinical complications in women from gonorrhea, warning that the current era resembles pre penicillin conditions as undiagnosed cases outnumber reported ones.

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