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...David Clendenen, 58, an electrical contractor in Sacramento, had never had any indication of heart trouble. But one morning last March, he suddenly felt "like there was an elephant sitting on my chest." Realizing he was having a heart attack, he called for help and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Emergency room physicians stabilized his condition and transferred him to a special laboratory for a delicate experimental procedure. A long, thin plastic tube was inserted into an artery in his leg and gently pushed through the blood vessels all the way up into the aorta to the coronary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taming the No.1 Killer: Heart Disease | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

...spent a good part of last week vigorously denying that it was in any way responsible for juvenile delinquency. During two days of hearings in Washington before the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee, children's TV programs were roundly damned and defended. Richard Clendenen, executive director of the committee, told New Jersey's Senator Robert Hendrickson and a jampacked hearing room that grammar-school children spend from 22 to 27 hours a week looking at TV. Then excerpts from TV films shown in an average Washington week were thrown on the screen. Some highlights in the nontelevised proceedings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Children's Hour | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

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