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:ii-legal , c rinciples ol psychi atric tcsl.ing and p1:esen,a· alJOul the e{ficacy or a drug _m rciallon to a p f dl . t tcst\m •ny- co:rt"' red " 1th only I t·•t the tton o me c,t ' r competing vroduct; they r~quorc :."} "" .. ,. bout 20 •chools o. clecade ago. Consumer pro• drug be c![ective anu. safe. (Schcunb hopes ,t., ~eclion advocate Ralph Nader, !or example, produ~t Ythile le~s effective o,·rrull, will work studied forensic medicine at Harva r cl Jaw, for the' l!>',~ that the more cffcc_uve urll{l' hool and took medical schl)OI courses dur111g m!•sPS.) As a result, the 1''DA phy~1dan ,•11th· ~:search for a thesis on auto ~?fcty. Anotlwr d. •w his ru\in" :uul ~chcrinf, was ~'.lved a noted forensic medici.~e specialist wtl~ ~nlY c~~tly and timtconsuming arlninislralive ap field Mpe thelr work will help _cslabltsh new longstanding animosities belwaen the medtftl law One is H. Bruce Dulle, oss1stanl dll' ctor and legal callings. Lawyers have rcs;n\~f ;~ of the U.S. Pul.,l\c neallh Service's o-,mmunl· unwillingness of many doctors lo cs I y . cable Disease Ccr,ter in Atlanta, who (' o~ "Every vaccine h.as a smali Inherent ri sk" gets' o[ unjustified malpractice suits brought by o! harmful side effects, Dr. Dulle cxplal'.1~. unscrupulous attorneys.. "And as diseases become more rare, the r~s ,< "When you go from medicine into Jaw, phy· of the vaccine apc1roaches the 1isk _of gcttm,~ slcions tend to loo!< on you as a traitor," ~b- the disea. cs witliout taking the vaccine. Who serves Richard Feinberg, a ~s Angeles ,~r:al liable? The community ihal sponsors the Im· lawyer and physlci~, wh~.dlCI iust that. 1 vc mun\zation program? The vaccine manu!~c- Dr. Dulle expects lh<\t new lc~ls!al',~n will ge the nstc mcd1c111e ce.n ~et the spccla1izcd Jaw training he needs wi th . out wasting his time getting a rull•f~;dged la~ thin\,, Al I-Jarv,,rd I'm hoping to learn these things." . l Another in forensic medicine sec!dng cautions that dual profession_a.~ mus carefully to avoid serious ethical conflict~. A Accordlng to Dr. Birnb:ium, the comm•t· ffiPdical pr~ctice could be used to teed clients ment process Is Intended to deprive the men· Prisons o,· Jlo~pltnl,1 . F -• art the American Bar Associalton rkhts of hospitalized mental patients. or i.s P • 1 t tread 0

1 ,. ,eli and Sn-Ian tanks, planes and ar~ merge mto_ u 27,0~-mile railroad sys- \ lery b~-tli• d along the Golan Heights cease-Ii tern. In rulmg 7-0 m favor of the Great Horn ln the 5 ccond consecutive day of h~a• Northern-Northern Pacific merger, t_he [!ghling. Israel said one of its jets was s: down. tl.c !ir;;t time Te! Aviv ha~ _conceded· TCC approvals o! rail combinations m- 1 !os., of a plane to Syrian guns smce the l volving large ?nd financinlly stroni:: ?-li-.ldlc }~ast Wal', On the Egyptian !ronl, l.r. carriers. The approval, coming in the said it, plan~s struck b:,scs at Ballim, at t [ace of Jugtice Dcpnrtmenl antitrust mouth c,f the ;,;,le Delta, and Mankabcd, d• bjections apparcntl, gives a clcrir in lht :-.-ilc _Valley. C~lro said 14 persons w, 0 • ' l 1 . .,b· 1 • .. . 1 , . . • killed o,· 111iurcd In the attacks . track fol al 01 esccc c, l ai mcr~el :s. L'g,,pt rctuliatcd by sending pl•••", Court indicated it w?uld go _aloi_ig W(lh

l.i ~t b o,tcd bn.scJ o• in~t c:\1 In th< I The ported: \Vel•l, t Wct?k i. Year l Year :J Th• avcra

acrus; tltr. Suez Canal) north of El Qm1tttrn ill the .,crond E_yypfi,w air incursio11 aero lh'- 101ftn•·uy ,s rts many days. 111 c,,tro, Pre !dent Nasser told a pro-Ar confc:·~nc~ that Ar,1b n:,.tions don't have rhoscc blll to fight fc,r the reco\'cry of territ occut,ied by Israel. soviet en,·oys in Lor.J and Paris called on Prime Minister Wilson a Pre,' Jel'l Pompidou, leading some obser,·, \I) sp cul:1tc th:it the Kremlin is pushing a:,•

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The Fcdenil bud<'et, colling for a 1 )On surp_ us m • C year s nr, mi; July 1, is counting 0 7 1 plenty o[ _lucK_ to e.·pei:id1tures.' l~gishit,vc sources sny. President Nixon s efforti, to restrict such things as Federal pay boosts !ace larger hurdles than his pro- posals to raise revenue. In prcsc:itin~{ Sl 3 b ., ·11· 1 · ,., t t t' hold down

the budget the :Middle East. In X~ said the projected surplus is "ess-·n- Yor::, th,, Big Four ambassndors to the l tial" to stem inflation and to relieve fi- discus ..erl the 1!ill

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\Vor er pro uctivity incrc:iscd at a 2~, annur,l rate in the fourth quarter, but the incr1.;nse for all 1969 was only 0.9l 0 , r epresenting the smol est gain since 1956. The fourth quarter increase after weakness during the rest of 1%9 was ascribed to a sharp cut in man- hours worked. (St:iry 011 Pag~ S} . . " Corporate stockhoHcr!:i who brin.; a derivative suit for the benefit of tl.c eorporntion are entitled to jur:r trinl3, the Supreme Court ruled. The decision, in a case brought by car~:iin ho\ er 3 of Lehmnn Corp. a.;ni,,,;t tl-e compr.n:v' s i.11ves!1ncnt advise,.., Lchtn::in Broth •rs Corp., cril1ld cncvuragc the filing o such derivative _u'.t,. c;•:irf on Pag'! i) . . C.\TV i-ystc1• ._ can be rt:guh' d by s ~h t; ·_:.! h,ugh ccr~ain n. :'."~c~., cf the cablc:-TV operations come undc•r FCC rul,,, tLe S•1preme C0urt s:iid. (S~ou en Par asked coul't permission to include the FCC's 1969 policy statement in its ap- peal. The policy stresses broadcasters' pro1,rr::nning in licercsJ-renewal cnsas. (Story on Page lO) " " . Volks yagen L introduciug ido the U.S. mar1,et two new lines-the front• wheel-drive Audi sedan rind additional Porsche sports cnr models-priced from $2,995 to S9,4~.-0. These nnd other moveg mark an acceleration of for- eign-car makers' efforts to maintain their market sh.ares as Detroit auto makers prepare to challenge the im- ports with new smal models. (Story on Paj!! 8} . . Loe ,heed Ai,·craft voted to o:nit its 30-cent quarterly dividef'_d to conserve cash. The company cited tight credit and nccelerating output of the "air bus." (Story un Pa3~ 'lll ... . .. M1K's holding in Security National Bank, Huntington, N.Y., was sold to Abacus Fund. ~.lost of the shares were acquired by A1 K last year to help the b"lnk thwart a bke•over by Granite Equipment. Sources indicated Abacus -paid more than the market value of $25.8 million.

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association forbids \uwyer-doctors from mt\k· treatment, bUL many state hospitals are so_ , i~g any reference to their medic~! deg;ec or !O· overcro,..ded and understaffed th'.lt they offer court in [lc\ .1·., ' renslc medicine specially on o!fl~e lc,terheads little trcatmPnt. They arc then mental activities" d ; · . or shingles. Ar,d ,t requires that a doc~or-law- prisons not mental hospitals, he argues and violation.; of '. I yer not Identify h]mscif_ as°: lawyer 1ll any ar· they c~nte.ln thous:inds of Inmates who have Delaware curj• • : ticles he writes for medical Journals. • never committed a. crime. In the absence of Southlan,J' : surprisingly, most dual professionals don _t treatment, Dr. Birnbaum says, the courts fo1· all ,ts ou' l~r. earn the very high inconv s that one might _ex- ;ow. "at considerably ~ess (r;'.lt he is reccivirg almost no trentm0nt or s land's reil v '" "" he snpervi.,;e, Schcring's relal1ons -11 c -• Dr Birnbaum e:

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