Word: telford
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...DIED. TELFORD TAYLOR, 90, formidable Nuremberg prosecutor who held that "the laws of war are not a one-way street"; in New York City. An ardent New Dealer, Taylor joined the war effort in 1942 and worked on Nazi codes. Though at the hub of military intelligence, he learned of the Holocaust only as an assistant prosecutor at the first Nuremberg trial. He was chair of the next 12 trials, and his clarity and eloquence (he called Nazi Germany "an infernal combination of a lunatic asylum and a charnel house") led to 142 convictions. Later, as a lawyer...
That second phase found Telford in Nantucket, where he has been plucking ticks from field mice for the last 10 years. Despite some doubts, Telford says he could think of no better place than Nantucket, plagued by the disease, to test the vaccine...
...Nantucket Rotary Club meeting in June, Telford announced his plans to test the vaccine on the island. He said he needed 500 volunteers to test the vaccine and another 500 to take a placebo. But so far, he has received fewer than 30 responses...
...This is the field trial work. That's where we come in," says Telford, who returned from a European vacation hoping to find a tall pile of replies waiting on his desk. "Nantucket people can be part of something that will protect their kids and be used the world over...
...word out, Telford has doubled his advertisements in the local papers here. He has also called in a few favors, like help from his longtime friend Hamilton Heard...