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...went to the U.S. Navy Hospital in Naples, where the doctors found a heightening of the conditions her New York physicians had listed. Noting that gum and mouth tissues were greatly inflamed, a Navy nose-and-throat specialist asked if any of her medicines contained arsenic. None did. It was the first time the ugly word had been mentioned in connection with her illnesses...
...Navy doctors had already sent their findings and laboratory specimens to the topflight laboratories of the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. On the Navy's records the patient was fictitiously identified as Seaman Jones. Back to Italy went the report: Seaman Jones is a victim of arsenic poisoning. The news was relayed to Ambassador Luce while, she was at home during the 1955 New Year's holidays. Further tests in New York confirmed...
...Arsenic Pudding. Last month in London a delegation of Singaporeans, including both Marshall and Lee, presented British Colonial Secretary Lennox-Boyd (see box) with a demand for full control of Singapore's internal affairs. When the British showed no disposition to turn over Singapore's police to the local government, Marshall slapped down a draft bill for Singapore's full independence, with the last word on internal security resting with the Singaporeans. Said he: "I am resigning immediately unless I get my proposals accepted...
Last week, as the talks broke down completely, Marshall declared grimly: "This is a day of mourning for a great opportunity lost: an opportunity to make friends with the people of Asia." The British proposals had been "Christmas pudding with arsenic sauce." At a press conference his eloquence got the better of his sense: "If we have elections on my return, I and my party will boycott them-or we will put up 25 of the most advanced lepers in the island as our candidates. Singapore will have to wait until the fascism of the Colonial Office and the Communism...
...Sorry. In Tokyo, after 50 persons were killed by arsenic inadvertently mixed in its powdered-milk preparation, the Morinaga Milk Co. expressed its "humblest apologies...