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...generally so mild that a nationwide epidemic of it three years ago caused no panic. An estimated 30,000 pregnant women were among those infected, however, and rubella can wreak tragic damage in unborn children. For one of every two rubella babies, that damage includes at least a partial loss of hearing. "The deafness we are seeing now-the aftermath of the epidemic-is more severe than anyone anticipated," says Dr. Fred Linthicum Jr. of the children's division of the Los Angeles Otological Medical Group. "We are encountering greater and more severe losses than doctors have ever seen...
Early Aid. But if cure is not possible, adjustment to partial hearing is-and "early diagnosis is crucial," says Johns Hopkins' Dr. John Bordley. Sadly, rubella makes that difficult. The disease can also cause mental retardation and slight brain damage. In a child's first year or two, the symptoms of both ailments are similar to those of deafness: the child fails to associate sounds with their sources and respond directly to external stimuli. He will also not learn to talk on schedule. But simple tests by doctors can usually discover whether the cause of such symptoms...
...possible. Actually, I think it is not the case. In the first place, everyone knows that our entry into the Vietnam involvement did not come as a result of rational reflection -- that it was rather the result of a long exercise in national inadvertence--of a long series of partial decisions, none of them taken with any clear comprehension of the depths of involvement to which they were bringing...
Wednesday, King qualified his earlier statement, explaining that he really hadn't proposed the merger of peace groups with civil rights organizations; but he added that he would be active in both from now on. Despite this partial disclaimer, King has raised the touchy question of the rationale, not to mention the efficacy, of linking the two drives. His reasoning is sound...
...following is a partial list of organizations, now known to have served as Central Intelligence Agency "conduits," which have contributed to various Harvard programs. The list is compiled from Gifts to Harvard since Oct. 1, 1963. Humphrey Doermann's study extended back...