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Died. Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., 69, pioneering American virologist and head of the epidemiology department at the University of Michigan; following abdominal surgery; in Ann Arbor, Mich. In 1934 Francis made medical history by isolating the classic A strain of influenza; he identified the virulent B strain in 1940, and by 1944 he had conquered both with a vaccine so dependable that it was used to inoculate the entire U.S. Army two years later. But his greatest success came in 1954, when he supervised (he unprecedented field trials (covering 1,800,000 children in 44 states at an expense...
Actually, the first of the N.O.'s alternative programs displayed some good insights. At the 1967 convention in Ann Arbor, Gregg Calvert and Carl Davidson proposed their theory of a "New Working Class." They contended that Capitalism had changed in many ways from Marx's day. In the modern industrial system technocrats were far more essential in the industrial process than unskilled workers (an ever diminishing percentage of the work force). These college trained workers could form the basis for a revolutionary movement (shades of Thorstein Veblin). The only problem with the NWC, as its critics pointed out, was that...
MARY LOUISE REED Ann Arbor, Mich...
...University of Michigan, where 107 demonstrators were arrested during a sit-in protest against the regents' reluctance to set up a student-controlled campus bookstore. Earlier, 50 demonstrators opposed to ROTC temporarily occupied another building; university officials and Ann Arbor police were studying video tapes of that demonstration, and busts were likely. There were threats of a student strike...
...campuses that offer the most vocal opposition and provide the broadest base for organized protest. The entire academic community seems as stirred as ever about the lingering combat. Last week University of Michigan President Robben Fleming personally launched a two-day campus teach-in at Ann Arbor with a sharp antiwar speech. Rutgers President Mason W. Gross, who also heads the American Council on Education, said that his university will demonstrate that it is "a teacher and guardian of civilized values" by suspending normal classes on Moratorium Day to conduct a campus-wide dialogue...