Word: parkinsonism
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With the exception of two other members of last year's squad, left and Joe Stein and right halfback Ray Henry, the entire first team is now. Tackles Joe George and Bill Raymond, guards Eddie Harding and John Parkinson, and center Mike Pritchard fill out the line...
...starting lineup this afternoon will consist of Joseph Stein, left end; Joseph George, left tackle; Edward handing, left guard; Michael Pritchard, center; J. Parkinson, right guard; Ted Raymond, right tackle; and Jack Evjy at right end. John Hennessey will be quarterback; Alton Steiner, left half; Dave Hoffman, fullback; and Ray Henry, right half...
Chemopallidectomy. An operation devised by Manhattan's Dr. Irving S. Cooper to relieve the uncontrollable tremor of Parkinson's disease. His earlier method (TIME, June 29, 1953), still risky and controversial, was to shut off one of the brain arteries. But many patients over 55 cannot tolerate this drastic technique, and it is among them that Parkinsonism is commonest. Now, Dr. Cooper works a plastic tube into the grey brain ball, injects procaine (which checks the tremor temporarily) to be sure he has reached the right spot, then injects absolute alcohol to do the job permanently...
Died. Israel Amter, 73, one of the founders (in 1919) of the Communist Party in the U.S.; of Parkinson's disease; in Manhattan. A pianist and composer by profession, Amter was a tireless leader of demonstrations of the unemployed, frequently his party's candidate (unsuccessful) for U.S. Senator, governor and mayor of New York. He was included in the 1951 indictment (for conspiring to overthrow the Government by force) which sent 15 top Communists to jail, but was not brought to trial because of ill health...
Eleven members of the senior class received their letters: Pickard, Prior, T. H, Alcock, John Parkinson, B. H. Dorman, F. A. Clark, David Shaw, S. C. Burns, George Crawford, French, and Guarnaccia...