Army reveals death in 1953 drug test under contract
The Army disclosed a civilian psychiatric patient died after a mescaline derivative injection during a five test series in 1953 under Army contract with the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Four prior tests showed mild effects. the fifth caused death about two and a half hours after administration. The victim’s name remains withheld while relatives are sought.
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Washington
Army
Pentagon
Joseph Laitin
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Central Intelligence Agency
Frank Olson
Laitin
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
U S Attorneys Pushed on Tax Prosecutions
The Justice Department aims to cut an 800 case backlog by pushing U S attorneys to handle more tax prosecutions. Training of about 130 lawyers at three seminars this year is part of a plan to shift trial burden from Washington to local offices and pursue major tax frauds, including overseas bank accounts, while stressing voluntary compliance.
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Washington
Justice Department
U.S
Department
Cono R. Namorato
Namorato
Namorate
Namurato
Sticky valve delays Mars rocket launch in Cape Canaveral
Technicians replace a sticky valve on the Titan 3 E Centaur rocket forcing a three day delay in the Mars Viking mission. The first launch now set for 2 08 p m MST Thursday and the second Viking for August 21. The delay adds tax dollars to a billion dollar two ship program. NASA officials say Soviets unlikely to launch a Mars probe this year despite British predictions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mars
America
Kennedy Space Center
Viking
Robert Kraemer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russia
U.S
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
United States
Gatland
Kraemer
NASA
Flow of illegal aliens slows at U S Mexico border
The Southwest INS reports 663 270 illegal aliens arrested in fiscal 1975 down from 686 669 the prior year marking a first drop in 14 years. Border Patrol added 550 agents late last year and 92 000 arrestees were found employed mainly in agriculture. A law to bar employers from hiring illegals is urged.
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Los Angeles
Southwest Regional Office
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Southwest
INS
Mexico
Ed O'Connor
O'Connor
U.S
Border
O’connnor
Prosecutor questions Little on resisting jailer in North Carolina case
Prosecutor William Griffin pressed 21 year old Joan Little during cross examination about why she did not scream or push away jailer Clarence Alligood as he allegedly made sexual advances at her. She testified she did not know how to respond and feared fatal harm, then fled after stabbing him with an ice pick during an escape attempt.
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Raleigh, N.C
William Griffin
Joan Little
Clarence Alligood
Griffin
Miss Little
Alligood
Mr. Griffin
Washington
North Carolina
Miss. Little
Beaufort County
Judge Hobgood Aims To Keep Little Trial From Becoming Circus
Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood, a seasoned North Carolina jurist, tightens control in the Joan Little murder case. He limits evidence, allows defense latitude in juror selection, and has warned against courtroom showmanship while potentially dismissing charges if the state fails to prove premeditation.
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Raleigh, N.C
Hamilton H. Hobgood
North Carolina
Joan Little
Marine Corps
Hobgood
North Carolina Senate
Superior Court
Miss Little
William Kunstler
Scottsdale senior center Bicentennial project approved
The Scottsdale Senior Citizen Center earned official Bicentennial project status from the State Bicentennial Commission after a STEP Committee recommendation led by Maxine Marshall. The first phase will cost 317000 funded by federal community development funds, with site on Second Street near Civic Center Plaza. Architects Wilson Jones and Jerry Mah are drafting the master plan and first-phase design.
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Scottsdale
State
Commission
STEP
Maxine Marshall
Second Street
Civic Center Plaza
Scottsdale Center
Milwaukee School Attendance Drive Urges First Day Return
Public school students in Milwaukee are urged to attend classes this fall with ads on about 50 buses five outdoor billboards and in department store ads. New School Supt Lee McMurrin cites improved attendance in Milwaukee’s 158 schools as a top priority.
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Milwaukee
Lee McMurrin
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Big Jim's Mobile Auto Repair Repair Shop
On Wheels — Emergency Service
Paradise Valley
Jim Dilbeck
Little
Cathy Steele Roche
Associated Press
State Superior Court
Franklin County
Wake Forest College of Law
Southern Poverty Law Center
Morris Dees
Senior Citizen Center
E. McDowell
Los Arcos
Ynegh
Mehagian's
Mehagian
Arizona
Whey
Phoenix
N. Central Avenue
Scottsdale RD
Lincoln DR
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