Word: upton
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hazardous increase in radioactivity had shown up. For years to come, however, HEW will monitor the health of persons in the area. Asked what they would tell a family with small children living near the site, the witnesses were cautiously optimistic. Barring some "unforeseen difficulty," said Dr. Arthur Upton of the National Cancer Institute, "it is perfectly all right to keep the population in place." Can expectant mothers in the area drink milk? Said FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy...
...admirable boosterism pervades the city. A. Dwight Button, chairman of the Fourth National Bank, boasts that he has hired two senior officers away from Houston banks. Iowa-born Richard Upton, who runs the hyperactive Chamber of Commerce, points to Metropolitan Life, NCR and many other big companies that have opened branches in the area. Tom Pierce, Wichita's AFL-CIO chief, notes that despite its right-to-work law, Kansas' average hourly wage is fairly high ($6.11). Says Pierce: "If workers come here and stay for two or three months, you would have a tough time getting them...
...Upton said there were no plans to extend the new calendar to first-year students...
...faculty felt it was important to give 'One Ls' the time to percolate," Mary D. Upton, assistant dean and registrar of the 'law school, said yesterday...
...month trial, to begin in January, will involve at least 300 patients with advanced cancer that has not responded to other treatment. Each patient will sign a consent form. Says Upton: "We would not foist Laetrile on any unknowing patient." Still to be worked out is whether Laetrile will be given alone or, as some proponents advise, in combination with other metabolic therapies such as high-dose vitamins, minerals and diet changes. Since preparations of the drug are known to vary, NCI will formulate and distribute the Laetrile to be used...