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...Alabama's former Lieutenant Governor, James B. Allen, defeated Representative Armistead Selden to win the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat being vacated this year by Lister Hill, who is retiring. Since both Allen and Selden support former Governor George Wallace, they virtually ignored issues in their campaigns, relied instead on personal attacks, with Allen accusing Selden of being one of "the Washington crowd"-a dirty phrase in Alabama. The Republicans, who will nominate a candidate at their convention this month, have little hope of preventing Allen from traveling up to join the Washington crowd himself...
Ebert pointed out that the health budget may face further reductions from Congress. In past years, the chief supporters of the federal health program, Rep. John E. Fogarty (D-R.I.) and Sen Lister Hill (D-Ala.), have been able to push through the President's proposed NIH budget. But Fogarty died last year, and Hill, who is chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is not seeking re-election in November...
...operation may be a complete success, the surgeon may do a superb piece of needlework with sterile sutures, yet somehow the wound may still become infected just where the stitches were placed. Lord Lister, father of antisepsis and asepsis, knew this almost a century ago, and tried soaking his sutures in phenol (carbolic acid) to make them active as germ killers. But the effect wore off too soon. Surprisingly, even modern-day stainless steel sutures are almost as likely to be the site of an infection a few days after an operation...
Last week surgeons at New York's Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn described an antiseptic suture that seems to be just what Lister was looking for. Dr. Harry H. LeVeen and colleagues reasoned that if old-fashioned silk suture thread offers hiding places for germs, it will also have room to absorb a fair amount of antibacterial chemical. After swelling the silk to make it still more absorbent, they soaked it in a preparation of benzethonium, a modern, potent germ killer. Then they tested the sutures in mice, and got 100% protection against infection for at least five days...
...Recently Lister Hill, chairman of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, announced his retirement. If re-elected, Morse will succeed him. Since that committee handles most education, labor, and poverty programs, Morse will emphasize the importance of his seniority as a source of power for Oregon. This situation may create the view among some Oregonians that regardless of their feelings toward the men, the state's best interests would be served by retaining the incumbent...