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Banned by the state constitution from seeking reelection, blamed by many Democrats for wrecking the party to the point that Republican Henry Bellmon was elected Governor, Edmondson thus had considerable cause to talk about retiring from politics. But Kerr's death enabled him to prolong his political career for at least two more years, when he must go to the voters. Among those already announced against him: Kerr's son, Robert Jr., 36, an Oklahoma City attorney...
Skybolt was. indeed, dead. Last week the Pentagon formally canceled production contracts for the 1,000-mile missile, which Great Britain had planned to adapt to its Vulcan II bombers, and the U.S. Air Force had counted on to prolong the life of its B-52s. Said Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric: "The test did not conclusively demonstrate the capacity of the missile to achieve the target accuracy for which the Skybolt system was designed...
...medical experience. It has overthrown all existing theories." Neurologists outside Russia would not go as far as that. What the Landau case did, they conceded, was to undermine such arguments as the one propounded in last week's London medical journal Lancet, that doctors should not seek to prolong the lives of braindamaged patients in "irrevocable comas." By previously accepted standards, Landau had been in such a coma for months...
Meanwhile the mere hope that a change in diet will prolong life is filling U.S. kitchens and men's stomachs with hitherto esoteric oils; housewives are chattering with superficial knowingness about polyunsaturated fats.* Americans get an average of 40% to 45% of their daily calories in fats, and before the cholesterol craze came along, most of the fat was saturated. Some doctors have urged simply cutting down fats, of whatever kind, to about 30% of the total caloric intake. Others have advocated substituting polyunsaturated fat for much of the saturated stuff, and worrying less about the total intake. Conservative...
John Archibald has made a serious charge in his recent letter to the CRIMSON in which he asserts that "blatant graft" exists in the handling of tickets within the Department of Athletics. It is not my desire to prolong the tempest brewed by his irresponsible charge, but as Director of Athletics, I feel compelled to comment that there has never been the slightest question as to the loyalty, honesty, and integrity of the ticket office staff...