SENATOR
☆ SAYS ☆ j
Amid disclosures arising out of
the use of a sedative known as
thalidomide which allegedly pro
duced a great number of malform
ed children in West Germany and
Great Britain, amendments are be
ing offered to the Drug Indnstry
- Bill of 1962.
The Senate Judiciary Committee,
of which I am a member, has tak
en additional expert testimony and
has considered a number of amend
ments to the proposed Act. ,
One of the witnesses to appear
before the Committee was Dr.
Frances Kelsey, the Food and Drug
Administration pharmacologist, who
prevented mass marketing of the
drug in the United States.
The measure had not been cal
endared for Senate action at the
time the thalidomide tragedy un
folded. Basically these amendments
provide additional safeguards for
the public against drugs sought to
be licensed by the Food and Drug
Administration.
During conferences on the bill
1 was able to suggest the language
of several amendments which would
reconcile the opposing views of the
Committee, and resulted in the
adoption of the amendments. I
think that the Committee will bring
out a good bill which will provide
the consuming public with a reas
onable assurance that medical drugs
are safe and effective.
Children’s Vaccine
One of the priority measures on
Ithe Senate calendar is a bill to au
thorize the appropriation of $36
million over a three-year period to
provide for mass immunization of
children with an all-purpose vac
cine to protect them against polio,
diptheria, and tetanus.
This program would be similar
to the typhoid vaccine program and
other medical campaigns of the
past. During the 1940’s North
Carolinians were hard hit by epid
emics of polio.
Mass treatment centers for this
dread disease were set up in our
state in an effort to cope with a
grave health problem.
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Because the scourges of disease
know no state boundaries, I believe
that, this ail-purpose vaccine pro
gram by the Federal government
is an effective way to wisely assist
our people and our children.
Veteran* BUI
The Senate has approved a bill
to allow World War II and Korean
War veterans to reinstate their
national service life insurance dur
ing a one-year period. The bill
now goes to the House.
Satellite Bill
The Senate resumed discussion
on August 10th of the President’s
Communications Satellite Bill. The
bill was referred to the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee for
a ten-day period following a six
day filibuster against the measure.
The bill , has been passed by the
House and studied and considered
by three Senate committees. My
study of the President’s recommen
dations and the bill lead me to the
conclusion that the bill is a good
one.
BRAVE MAN
Adrian Rouse of 506 West Lenoir
Avenue was booked last week on
two warrants that accused him of
beating two women.
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(Here are authoritative answers
by the Veterans Administration to
questions from former servicemen
and their families.)
Q — Can an eligible veteran get
medical care at Veterans Admin
istration expense while he is tem
porarily living in a foreign country?
If so, where would the treatment,
be given?
A — He might receive outpatient
treatment or hospitalization at VA
expense by applying at the nearest
American embassy or consulate.
The medical care might be from
physicians of the foreign country
or at the nearest United States
overseas military hospital.
Q — My NSLI term insurance pol
icy is becoming more expensive be
cause of periodic increases in pre
miums. I would like to convert to
permanent plan insurance but can
not afford to convert the entire
policy. Can I convert part of it
and keep the rest as term insur
ance?
A — Yes. You may convert as lit
tle (but no less than) $1,000 at a
time to a plan with fixed premium
amounts in order to avoid the per
iodic increases of term insurance.
Q — Will my mother’s re-marriage
bar me from war orphans bene
fits ?
A — No. You are still an “orphan”
as far as being eligible for this
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Contmuad ho m P«|i 2
be repeated frequently in these
hand-wringing times, that: Second
class people make second class cit
izens. Nothing breeds inferiorty
complexes so. surely as inferiority.
It is no fault of the negro race in
America that it has not yet caught
up with the white race.
On the basic of exposure to
Western culture, the negro after
four, five or at the most six gen
erations has climbed faster in ev
ery field of culture than the white
man ever did. Of course, the neg
benefit is concerned. Even your
own marriage will not bar you.
Only your increasing age will bar
you. The customary deadline is 23
years, but in certain instances this
may be extended. See the nearest
VA office.
to has had the example before him,
and the help of the white man.
But for some nut to proclaim from ''
the federal bench, the floor, of
congress, or the pulpit that instant
integration is going to bring in
stant equality is too ridiculous to
dwell upon.
But this chant is heard daily,
and from people who know they
are lying when they are saying it, i
but they keep on saying it because
they are making money, or getting
votes, or adding members to their
faith from saying it.
CAPTAIN PATRICK HONORED
Marine Captain George L. Pa
trick, Jr., of 209 Summit ave.,
Kinston, was chosen Instructor of
the Month, July 6, while serving
with Training Squadron Two at
the Whiting Field Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Milton, Fla.
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If all trucks were built the same way,
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It can’t be, of course, because some trucks
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Chevrolet trucks, for example, have
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insulated against heat, cold and noise. A
big part of road shock, which shortens
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suspension system; it also makes riding
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between them.
Value such as this has induced more
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year since 1937.
This can be a good time to buy
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Late summer traditionally is the season
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