Birth Defect Drug Stirs Federal Action
Saskatchewan moves to revise its compulsory medical care program as doctors strike and amendments allow practice outside the act. Citizens face premium payments, diverse coverage paths, and delayed reimbursements while officials negotiate with private agencies on how bills will be paid and processed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Medical Care Insurance Commission
Commission
Medical Service Inc
Group
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Quake Measuring Device To Record Sun Storms
In Pasadena California a Caltech designed extensometer system funded by the Air Force will soon operate to measure earth strains and may detect excess solar radiation during sun storm clouds. The two 80 foot quartz tubes in a Sierra Nevada tunnel monitor tidal and seismic forces and could reveal faint gravitational waves predicted by Einstein.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Air Force
Earth
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Isabella Dam
Here
Hugo Benioff
Caltech
New York
Benioff
Albert Einstein
Congo builds civil service through U S trained workforce
The Congo aims to professionalize its administration with the National School of Law and Administration. Premier Adoula backs the effort, with $250,000 raised locally and from the U N and Ford Foundation. The program trains about 200 students yearly, includes domestic science for wives, and plans study tours, including 30 to the United States.
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U S
Patrice Lumumba
Ford Foundation
Jean Bolikango
U.N
United States
Tur
Leopoldville
Lovanium University
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Greece
Lebanon
Syria
China
Guinea
James T. Harris Jr
Harris
FDA reviews use of thalidomide amid birth defect fears
Aimed at reducing risks of experimental medicines, the FDA considers stricter rules after thalidomide's link to birth malformations prompts renewed scrutiny. FDA officials note investigations into drug safety rely on human testing and that early access to experimental drugs is limited to informed clinical use under strict labeling.
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L. T. Easley Washington
Food and Drug Administration
West
Germany
Britain
Europe
U.S
Frances Oldham Kelsey
FDA
United States
W.S. Merrell Co
Cincinnati
George P. Larrick
Merrell Company
Phoenix
Florida engineers unveil solar powered home air conditioner
A University of Florida team led by Prof. Frank Flanigan Dr. Erich Farber and Louis Lopez developed a pilot solar air conditioner to cool 1800 to 2000 square foot homes. It uses copper sheets glass ammonia water and a small motor to circulate coolant and is aimed at commercial use within five years.
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Gainsville, Fla
University of Florida Engineers
Florida
Frank
M. Flanigan
Erich Farber
Louis Lopez
Flanigan
Belly Dancers Secrets May Aid Astronauts
UCLA researchers describe a training gadget that helps men contact individual muscles to trigger impulses. Electrodes translate muscle contractions into signals to operate lights or small motors, with potential for space cabin instrumentation during lift-off and re-entry.
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Los Angeles
University of California At Los Angeles
Bob Fellers
John Lyman
Hilde Groth
Gershon Weltman
Franklin C.’ Delbiasio
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Woodrow Lloyd
MSI
GMS
Tass
Leningrad
Congolese
By Peter Grose
Leopoldville, Congo
Congo
National School of Law and Administration
Cyrille Adoula
Palace of Justice
European Common Market
Jors
College of Engineering
Cuba
Miami
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