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Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15
Goodman News
By Rowena Hill

The Home Demonstration Club
Has Workshop Meeting
The Home Demonstration
Club of Goodman had a Work.
shop meeting last Wednesday
at the Home Economics Build
ing at Holmes Jr. College at
$3.50.
Mrs. J.. w. Potts instructed
the members and guests on
how to make pajama pillows
and rain hats. She also dis
played a hand made sweater
she had made.
The group enjoyed this in
formative and enjoyable meet
ing and learned some very i'm
portant pointers on "crafts.n
Mr.. Sam Hall and Mr.. e.
0. Peterson furnished the
birds for a most ENJOYABLE
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Presbyterian supper at the
Goodman Grammar School
Cafeteria Wednesday night,
March 7th.
The new Presbyterian pas
tor, Rev. Herbert Hurst and
wife and several of the college
students were welcomed
guests.
Mrs. Sam Gwin, Mrs. Paul
Hand and Mrs. Jack Brumby
attended the Presbyterian
Group Conference in Canton
Thursday.
Mrs. Robert Taylor, ST.. of
Jackson visited Mrs. Bill Tay-
Tor over the weekend.
Mrs. Carrie Parker shopped
Monday in Jackson.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15
The Gamma Literary Club

The Gamma Literary Club
The Gamma Literary Club
met in the home of Mrs. S,
j. Hermann Thursday after
noon, March 9Th. The attrac-
tive reception rooms were
highlighted by various ar
rangements of colorful spring
flowers.
Mrs. c. H. Blanton, Jr. pre-
sided during the business SEES
sion at which time the min
utes were read by the secre-
tary and the treasury report
given.
Favorite bible verses were
given by the members and
guests for the devotion follow
ed by reading the Collect.
Mrs. Blanton introduced tie
guest speaker for the after
noon, DR.. Sidney Watson, who
gave an Informative talk on
Mental Health" Mrs. Dur
rell Makamson graciously
thanked DR.. Watson and pre-
scented to him a gift of ap-
probation from the club.
Mrs. Hermann served an
attractive salad plate and spic-
ed tea, using st. Patrick's
colors of green and white.
Shamrocks and miniature
pipes were placed on each
plate for favors.
Guests for the afternoon
We're Mrs. Mabel Norwood.
Mrs. H. c. Mcclellan. Miss
Katie Cooper and the guest
speaker, DR.. Sidney Watson of
KoSciuSko.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Mrs. Roy Mcdaniel, Mrs. E.
O. Peterson and Mrs. Pat
Smithson went to Jackson last
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. Chennault
and Miss Carrie Bobo of ROl-
ling Fork visited Mr.. and
Mrs. S. l.. Bobo over the
weekend.
Miss Margaret Brumby
spent the weekend in Cleve-
land with her sister, Carol
Brumby, who is a student at
Delta State.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Several members from the
Methodist Church attended
the Workshop for Vacation
Bible School Workers in
Greenwood last Tuesday
night.
Mrs. Carrie Crowder and
boys and Miss Linda Truitt
went to Greenwood to visit
Mrs. Crowder's sister last
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Miller
OF Meridian spent the week
eno with Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
lrultt and family.
Mrs. William Ferguson and
girls returned home to Cowan
tennessee Sunday after a 3
weeks visit with Mrs. Max
Ferguson.
Mrs. Helen Ashley and Mrs.
Elizabeth Brown went to
jackson Monday to a hair
dreSSerS meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Odpm
went to Brandon last weekend
TO visit their son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Odom.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Henley
went to the r. E. A. Conven-
ton In Atlantic City last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Taylor
went to Texas last Friday to
visit relatives.
Guests in the Robert Henry
nome last weekend were: Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Henry, Jr. ana
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
hlng OF Jackson, Mr.. and
MIS-. Herman Logan and three
ooys OF Atlanta, Mr.. and Mrs.
*. b. Jordan and children o.
Meridian and Mr.. and Mrs.
Berry Givens and daughter
u BrOOknaVen.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. McLel-
ian went to Clinton Sunday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mcclellan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Allen OF
GfeenVllle visited in the Douu
Jam nome last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilson
and family went to New AL
oony sunday tovisit MIR. VIII
solo Drotner, Mr.. Jonn Viii
son and family.
Mr. ana Mrs. w. w. Waller
vent TO Tupelo Sunday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. l. r. ReaQ
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Read.
Miss Flo ingram of Durant
and three of her friends from
Jackson went to Memphis over
the weekend and attended the
Ice F'OllieS. While in Memphis,
they visited Miss Migrants
brother, Dorman Ingram ana
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Wilson
went to Eupora last Wednes-
day to visit Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Students from Durant re-
ceiving hOnOrS at Mississippi
State University recently
were: Jerry Parkerson made
the Presidents List and Sue
Beth Collins, Mackie Huddle-
ston and Norman Dickerson
made the Deans List.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Sfonestreet Completes
BY Rowena Hill

Stonestreet Completes
1,O0Oth Hour
February 18th was cred let
ter date for ADO Pilot. Cap
tain Robert w. Stonestreet.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G..
Stonestreet of Durant. who
completed his 1,0OOth hour of
flight time in the F-1O2 Inter
ceptor Aircraft.
Hlghlighting his four years
at Seymour Johnson, "Stum-
Ply became the first 482-D
Pilot and a member of a small
unique group in the Air De-
tense Command with more
than 1000 hours flight ex-
perience in the F-1O2.
An Ado Pilot for more than
seven years, he is a senior
pilot with the Air Defense
command combat skill rating
of Expert"
Among the many "red LET
ter days for "Stumpyo were
his participation as a 482-D
Team member in the world
wide weapons meets in 1858
81, and as a fighter escort
pilot who accompanied Pre-
sldent Kennedy on his recent
tour to South America.
A native of Durant. Captain
Stonestreet, his wife, Virginia.
and his daughter reside ir
Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Mr.. James White, Herman
Clements, G. G.. Mansfield. T
e.. Hit and F. V. McCullar
members of the American
Legion Post No. 10 went tt
Winona Sunday to a Districr
Meeting where Mr.. Bill Har
pole was elected District Com
mander of the Fourth District
Rev. and Mrs. r. E. Wassor
attended the district meetine
III Greenwood last Tuesday.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. McLel-
ian went to Clinton Sunday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mcclellan.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Allen OF
Greenvllle visited in the Douu
oam nome last week.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Wilson
went to Eupora last Wednes-
day to visit Mr.. and Mrs. w.
O. Wilson and family.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Miss Flo ingram of Durant
and three of her friends from
Jackson went to Memphis over
the weekend and attended the
Ice Follies. While in Memphis,
they visited Miss Migrants
brother, Dorman Ingram ana
family.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

ar. and Mrs. Bill Wilson
and family went to New AL
oony sunday toviSit Mir. VIII
eoIa protner, Mr.. Jonn Viii
son and family.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Mr. ana Mrs. W. w. Waller
vent 10 Tupelo Sunday to
visit Mr. and Mrs. l. R. Reaa
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Read.
Holmes County herald., 1962-03-15

Rev. and Mrs. r. E. WATSON
attended the district meeting
III Greenwood last Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

bottles still in public hands, the
search for the elixir had turned
into a race against certain death.
Despite the massive search, lot
men. women and children had
fallen victim to the poisoned
medicine. The toll went to 108
when the chemist who had con-
ceived the elixir" took his own
life.
The deaths provided all the
evidence Congress needed Of at
least one gaping hole in the law.
In fact, even the bill then on
Capitol Hill would not have filled
it. The bill was hastily amended
to forbid the marketing Of any
new drug product until the man
ufacturer persuaded the Food and
Drug Administration. which might
also make its own tests, that the
drug was safe.
In June, 1888, the bill spon-
sored by the late Senator Royal
S. Copeland, himself a physician,
cleared Congress. It met not only
the emergency which had spurred
its passage but broadened protec-
ton of foods and included
cosmetics for the first time.
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The plants chief chemist found
that the drug wouldn't dissolve
readily in the usual liquids used
in medicines, but he found another
answer - diethylene glycol, a prod
uct of the petroleum cracking"
process. Sulfanilamide would dis
solve in that.
No Test for Sofety
The chemist tested his pink
liquid for taste and odor. He did
not test for safety. Nor, presum-
ably, was he aware of articles
in medical journals reporting that
diethylene glycol, during expert
ments, had killed frogs, mice,
rabbits and dogs.
His elixir Sulfanilamide" went
on the market during September,
1887. The patients were to take
two or three teaspoonsful every
four hours, reducing the dosage
in a day or two and continuing
until recovery"
The plants 200 statesmen handed
out sample bottles to druggists
and doctors across the country
and the orders poured In from
almost every State.
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the present 60-day time limit to
80 days.
1t was that 60-day time limit
that DR.. Frances Kelsey was side
stepping when she kept delaying
approval Of the application for
sale Of thalidomide in this coun-
try on the grounds that the ap-
plication was incomplete and new
information was required.
By the time Senator Kefauver
wrote his minority report on his
bill, he had heard about DR..
Kelsey and used the near-miss Of
the thalidomide story to illustrate
one of his arguments for q bill
strong enough to meet not only
episodes like this but to get the
rest of what he wanted-in including
price reduction.
The Harris Bill
Meanwhile, on the House side,
Chairman Harris of the House
Commerce Committee on May
had introduced the administra-
tons bill to improve the safety,
efficacy and reliability Of drugs.
The bill also provided for the
factory inspections wanted by
FDA and more control over
barbiturates. Mr.. Harris commit
tee held four days of hearings on
the bill in June and then
suspended hearings until further
notice. There was no indication
he would get back to the bill this
session.
1t was in that atmosphere Of
Illustration. delay and uncertainty
that the thalidomide story snow
balled. The impact of what could
have happened here, combined
with more details of what had
happened abroad. the desperate
efforts Of an expectant mother
to have an abortion for fear Of
a deformed child and the specula-
ton on how many women Of
chllo-bearlng age have taken the
drug in this country-all con-
tributed to spur action.
At President Kennedy's request,
the Senate Judiciary Committee
is now busy rewriting the re-
written Kefauver bill with amend
mentS along the lines of the Har-
riS bill. Chairman Harris COM
mittee has announced it will re-
sumo hearings on his bill this
month. DR.. Kelsey has gotten the
highest civilian award the Gov
eminent gives to its employees.
And out of it all, the chances
are good that the parallel with
the Elixir Sulfanilamide" story
will become even closer that, be-
fore the session ends, a new drug
law will be on the books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

He broke off the contest and told
the boy he wanted to rest. The
resort operator and his wife were
talking quietly. The newspaper
man lay back and stared at the
hospital wall.
Sixteen days before he had
been busy at work. Editing copy.
Writing news items. Arranging to
go to the hospital for q minor bit
of surgery. He would, he had been
assured, be hospitalized only three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer


It takes a catastrophe-or a
near miss-to get new drug con-
troll laws in this country.
Today, the name of the drug
is thalidomide, blamed for thou
sands Of deformed babies over
seas. Only q bunch, q chance
look at a letter in q British
medical journal and one woman
scientists determined delaying &C.
ton averted major disaster here.
In late 1897, the name Of the
drug was Elixir Sulfanilamide.
That time. tragedy was not
averted. It took 108 deaths to
Jolt Congress into undermining a
1905 law.
The drug situation in 1887
closely parallels today's story ex-
cept for the deaths. Then as now,
the deficiencies in the law-as
far as protecting the public was
concerned-had been recognized
and bills were before Congress.
But they weren't moving any
faster then than they did this
time before the thalidomide scare.
A strong new measure had been
drafted in 1888. Four years later,
it was still there cut to shreds
by amendments and not yet en-
acted into law. Similarly. Senator
Kefauver's bill with its combined
effort to lower drug prices and
increase drug safety had been
Quilted by the Senate Judiciary
Committee just before the thalido-
mide near miss became public.
The Narrow Escape
As Food and Drug Administra-
ton officials are called to Con-
gress these days to shape new
laws making certain that drugs
are effective as well as safe and
that the methods Of controlling
drugs keep abreast Of new scien-
tific discoveries, they can't help
thinking how close they came to
another elixir Sulfanilamide"
episode before Congress woke UP.
In the fall of 1887, sulfanila-
mide had been widely heralded
as a new miracle drug, able to
cope with a variety of infections
and serious ailments which had
previously resisted cures. Publicity
that sulfanilamide could also cure
gonorrhea in a hurry had con-
tributed to the boom In sales Of
the drug.
In small Southern plant. q
salesman suggested that If sui
Panhandle could be put In liquid
form, 1t would have q ready sale
among patients who couldn't swal-
low tablets and capsules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

AS the years past, 1t became
increasingly clear that the 1888
law, too, needed revision. New
drugs had come on the market.
Scientific discovery-here and
abroad-had outdistanced the law.
In December, 1859, when Chair
man Kefauver of the Senate Anti
Trust and Monopoly Subcommit-
tee opened hearings on ways to
reduce the cost Of drugs. it soon
became apparent that health as
well as price was involved. Many
Of his proposals. when he finally
introduced his measure in April,
1861, were double barrelled. While
aiming for lower prices for vital
prescription drugs, he specifically
provided that drugs should be
proven efficacious for their in
tended use as well as safe.
In March, 1862, drug legislation
then pending at the Capitol was
given a push by President Ken
nedy in his first message in be-
half Of consumers. But the push
didn't go very far. There were
warnings that something could go
drastically wrong If more con-
trolls weren't placed over the mass
Of new drugs-but nobody around
the Capitol had heard of thalido-
mide.
Pushed by Kennedy
On April 10, President Kennedy
gave the legislation another push.
He wrote Chairman Eastland Of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
pointing out that Senator Kefau-
ver's bill incorporated the major
recommendations he had made in
his consumer message, suggesting
some amendments to strengthen
the bills controls and urging
passage.
AS Senator Kefauver told the
Senate later, he was preparing
to offer President Kennedy's pro-
posals in the Judiciary Commit
tee when the boom was lowered.
At secret meeting to which he
was not invited, he told the SEN
ate on June IL, an agreement was
reached either to eliminate or wa
ter down virtually every feature
of the bill.
One of the watered down pro-
visions concerned how much time
the Food and Drug Administra-
ton would be given to appraise
the possible side effects and ef-
ficacy Of a new drug and no
new drug application would auto
matically become effective. Sena-
tor Kefauver's bill imposed no
time limit on FDA. The watered
down version would have increased
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About the Author

Ed L. Campbell, story in the
accompanying article
years
native of Hot Springs news
IT. After 10
Arkansas and Mississippi he joined the Associated
Rock in 1885,
In 943 he transferred bureau in le45 to
London He has been reporter and editor
bureau since 1949.
He has two married daughters grandchildren son. u.s.
enters the University Of Missouri
He is spending his time
hospital doctors office humor recently
reply to a letter of coincidence:
Some day, inevitably somebody
cured perfectly willing
physicians and advised them the
their living and the
will follow when write the sequel first self-nterview"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

whites and Negroes work side by
side, frequently on the same case
because both whites and Negroes
were involved.
One OF the more unexpected OBJ
jections to Negro officers over the
years has come from Negroes
themselves-those In the lowest
socio-e economic brackets.
The survey Of Negroes In South
ern police departments, made by
Prof. Elliott M. Rudwick for the
Southern Regional Council and
entitled The Unequal Badge"
says in referring to the lower
class" Negroes:
These poorer, uneducated peo-
pie, when they need help, fire.
quently ask that q white man
be sent: they complain about
severe, dictatorial conduct of
Negro officers.
Nature Of PIeos
When arrested by q white man,
they often plead guilty: but when
Negro patrolman makes the ar
rest. they not infrequently plead
not guilty. Possibly these lower
class people have been conditioned
by tradition to accept only white
authority. There is also a pos
sibility that Negro policemen are
actually more severe"
If Negro officers are more severe
this would be ironic. Mr.. Rudwick
notes. One reason they were ADDED
to some forces was to meet charges
that Negroes were being handled
roughly by white officers.
The survey directly relates gains
In employment of Negro officers
to gains in Negro voting. It says
that in 1910 probably not more
than so Negro officers were en-
ployed In the entire South. In
80 cities responding to q question:
naire in 1861. there were 732
Negro officers and 37l Negro
school guards. go.
Atlanta's change Of policy in
the use Of Negro officers seems
to bear out the conclusion that
Negro voting is q big factor in
0 city's use Of Negro policemen.
Mayor Ivan Allen, jr., who took
office IN January, had powerful
support from Atlanta's Negro
electorate. which is one-third of
the total. He made it clear from
the outset of his administration
that he would push for removal
Of the restrictions on Negro po-
hcemen and it was this impetus
which made 1t possible for Chief
jenkins to take that step.
Except for the first small furry
Of objections, Atlanta has taken
it all in easy stride.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

Then, on october II, 1887, the
American Medical Association got
two kilograms from physicians in
Tulsa, Okla. Six Of their patients
had died after taking the elixir"
and they wanted more informa-
ton about the drug. Analysis of
the pink liquid as well as the
drug manufacturers answer to the
ANA inquiry revealed the terrible
truth. The elixir" was not a life
saver but deadly poison.
Trying to Coll In Drug
The drug manufacturer by now
was sending frantic kilograms to
his statesmen to pick up the drug
and asking customers to send it
back. But by that time, the Food
and Drug Administration had en-
barked on its own Operation
Elixir" Virtually every FDA
chemist and inspector had en-
barked on a round-the-c clock
search for the bottles. State and
local authorities and medical So
cieties were modified to Join the
hunt and newspapers and radio
stations SOUNDED the alert.
With an Unknown number of
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days. The surgery would be pain
full but inconSequential. What he
had thought was a cyst on an
unSeeable portion of his anatomy
had turned out, instead, to be a
fistula. The surgeon said its cor
rection wouldn't amount to a
thing.
Once checked in at the hos
pital there were the usual pre-
liminaries. The thermometer and
pulse check, the labeled milk bot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
BY ED L. CAMPBELL
Associated Press stat Writer

KANSAS CITY.-The physician
walked into Room 202. an anony-
nous intern trailing him. Neither
was smiling.
In bed No. /, nearest the door,
q 56-year-old fishing resort OPP
orator who had undergone sur
gerry to restore hearing, lay I'M
comfortably on his side, talking
with his wife.
The patient In bed No. 2 sat up.
The physician had come to see
him. come as he had for the past
Is days, bringing the latest word
on series Of tests and examina-
tons.
The doctor cast a quick glance
around and then said: Let's go
out in the hall and talk"
The hall was semi-dark as are
most hospital corridors. And filled
with hospital sounds. The slither
Of rubber-sole shoes on terrace
floors as nurses scurried about
their duties, the whimper Of small
children in q nearby tonsillecto-
my ward, the chatter Of bedpans.
The patient seated himself in
q straight-backed chair, the doc
tor pulling up a small bench, the
intern standing silently to one
side.
We've got the report on the
last bone marrow test" said the
physician. Its not complete but
complete enough to know you're
In trouble. Serious trouble"
On Seeking the Truth
The patient did not move. But
his mind did. For 81 years as q
newspaperman he had sought out
the truth about the lives of other
people. Now he must seek the
truth about himself. But don't
rush 1t. Extemporize. No-that's
no good. Let's get it out.
What kind of trouble?"
Its something that in some
people can be treated so that
they can live for 20 years." he
replied. you don't have that
long,"
How long do I have?"
"A year, perhaps two"
"Can you put a name to it?"
"Yes: Acute myelogenous leu
kemia."
Afterwards the patient could
not recall what he said. Some
thing about how to go about tell
ing his wife, his two daughters,
his son. To set up an interview
between them and the doctor so
that he might explain the situa-
ton in detail. And then to get
time to think, to plan, to think
some more. To come to the real
ization that the words "a year,
perhaps two" were the optimistic
forecast of q man of science.
That. in fact, it could be less
much less. Right now there was
nothing more to be said.
He thanked the doctor and the
intern and walked back to his
hospital bed, seeing no one. His
mind was like q television screen
on which the picture has sudden
" begun to spin out Of vertical
control, the picture whirling so
rapidly that the eye could not
focus on any detail.
Habit Takes Over
Then habit asserted its control.
A neighboring patient, q 14-year-
old boy who had tried to stop a
chain saw with his shin and near
ly lost a leg, wheeled into the
room for his afternoon game of
chess. The 54-year-old newspa-
perman and the schoolboy played
five games. The boy won two and
exulted.
Suddenly the man was weary.