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Scientist Found Dead Amid HUAC Subpoena Storm
Stanford researcher William K. Sherwood 41 was found dying in his Hopkins Marine Laboratory lab in Monterey County after receiving a House Committee subpoena on Communist infilration. He died an hour later from a chemical dose. Sherwood faced stress from televised hearings and financial worries. He is survived by wife Barbara and four children.
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Monterey
Calif
Stanford University
Christopher H. Hill Jr
Hill
William K. Sherwood
Hopkins Marine Laboratory
Pacific Grove
Barbara
Frank Tavenner
Council For the
House Un-American Activities Committee
San Francisco
Sherwood
Washington
House Committee
Sher
Wood
Oakland
Bertham Edises
Vancouver
Edises
Frances
Peter
William
Morris