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Timeline of Events in the #CDCwhistleblower Scandal
Senior vaccine safety research scientist Dr. William Thompson confesses that he and his research team at CDC have been hiding vaccine autism links from the public.
8/8/14 – Dr. Brian Hooker publishes an article in the journal Translational Neurodegeneration entitled Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination timing and autism among young African American boys: a reanalysis of CDC data. The paper took a second look at the data used in the 2002 CDC MMR/autism study Age at first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in children with autism and school-matched control subjects: a population-based study in metropolitan Atlanta and concludes that there is a significant association between giving the MMR vaccine to black males under the age of 3 and the development of autism. This association was not reported in the published CDC study.
8/18/14 – A video is released on the Internet with audio purported, and later confirmed to be, discussions between Dr. Brian Hooker and CDC senior research scientist Dr. William Thompson, one of the original MMR paper's authors. The video claims that Thompson told Hooker in phone conversations that the research team found the association between vaccines and autism, and then changed the parameters of the study to get rid of the association, so they would not have to report it to the public. In the audio Thompson expresses great shame and remorse for "lying" and for going along with what the "higher-ups wanted."
The autism and vaccine injury communities were outraged at the disclosure, and discussions on the matter began to flood the blogosphere and appear on social media under #CDCwhistleblower. More quotes by Thompson are released on the Internet.
A sample of the Thompson quotes:
"Oh my God, I did not believe that we did what we did, but we did. It's all there… This is the lowest point in my career, that I went along with that paper. I have great shame now when I meet families of kids with autism, because I have been part of the problem."
"We've missed ten years of research because the CDC is so paralyzed right now by anything related to autism. They're not doing what they should be doing because they're afraid to look for things that might be associated."
CDC releases a statement on their web site confirming that the study parameters were changed and that there were two sets of children studied. One was all the children initially recruited for the study; the other was a subset of children who had Georgia birth certificates. The statement also confirmed that a higher association was found between MMR and autism in children given the vaccine before the age of 36 months.
8/27/14 – Dr. William Thompson releases a statement through his whistleblower attorneys confirming the claims made about him and about the paper. He expresses regret that he and his colleagues omitted statistically significant data on the vaccine autism link, he confirms that it was he on the audio speaking to Dr. Hooker on the phone, and he states that he is providing information to Congressman Bill Posey and will continue to cooperate with Congress on the matter.
8/27/14 – The journal Translational Neurodegeneration removes the Hooker article from its website with the following statement: "This article has been removed from the public domain pending further investigation because the journal and publisher believe that its continued availability could cause public harm. Definitive editorial action will be taken once our investigation is complete." The journal then fell under criticism from members of the public who claimed that Translational Neurodegeneration did not follow its own research review policies in removing the article.
The journal eventually retractes the article, issuing the following statement: "The Editor and Publisher regretfully retract the article as there were undeclared competing interests on the part of the author which compromised the peer review process. Furthermore, post-publication peer review raised concerns about the validity of the methods and statistical analysis, therefore the Editors no longer have confidence in the soundness of the findings. We apologise to all affected parties for the inconvenience caused."
8/29/14 – More audio of Thompson is released in a video in which he discusses the firm belief inside the CDC that mercury in vaccines can cause tics, and he emphatically states that thimerosal should never be given to pregnant women, as is currently done. Since tics are four times more common in children with autism, Thompson proceeds to state, "There is biologic plausibility right now to say that thimerosal causes autism-like features."
8/28/14 – Reporter Sharyl Attkisson investigates the story and reports, "A spokesman for the journal Pediatrics today said the publication stands by the study despite the news." "There's a standard process that journals follow when an article is questioned," said the spokesman. "Those discussions took place between the editors of Pediatrics and the authors of this study, and the editors concluded the research was appropriately conducted." However, Thompson, one of the study authors, confirmed that he was never contacted by the editors of Pediatrics. Pediatricsis published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which accepts vaccine industry funding.
Further, Attkisson reports, "The Director of the CDC Immunization Safety Office, Dr. Frank DeStefano, is a co-author of the now-questioned study which has been widely-cited to dispel an MMR-autism link. DeStefano is frequently quoted as an expert who debunks vaccine-autism ties.
"'I stand by the research and the conclusions in our 2004 paper, and I'll reiterate that the evidence, thus far, the weight of the evidence, is against a causal association between vaccines and autism,' DeStefano told me in a telephone interview this week."
8/29/14 – Sharyl Attkisson issues a second report on the story, this time reporting, "In a statement, Thompson implies his CDC employer and colleagues have not always been forthright with the public about vaccine safety issues. But DeStefano argues their final analysis produced more valid results."
Attkisson also includes the complete audio with her interview with DeStefano, in which he states "at 36 months, an exposure around that time period is just not biologically plausible to have a causal association with autism." DeStefano provides no basis for this assertion.
09/2/14 – Attkisson issues a third report, highlighting a seeming reversal from DeStefano's "biologically implausible" stance and an admission that they are not looking for cases where vaccines can or have caused autism:
"A coauthor of the questioned study is Dr. Frank DeStefano, Director of the CDC Immunization Safety Office. In a telephone interview last week, DeStefano defended the study and reiterated the commonly accepted position that there's no "causal" link between vaccines and autism.
But he acknowledged the prospect that vaccines might rarely trigger autism.
"I guess, that, that is a possibility," said DeStefano. "It's hard to predict who those children might be, but certainly, individual cases can be studied to look at those possibilities."
DeStefano is the head of the CDC Immunization Safety Office. It was his job to look for cases of vaccine-induced autism, most especially in light of both the rising numbers of children with autism and the vast number of parental reports nationwide of regression into autism following vaccination. Either he didn't look for those cases, or he did, and he chose not to report his findings. Neither is acceptable.
9/8/14 - Ben Swann reports that Congressman Posey's office confirmed that Thompson has turned over a "very large number" of documents.
9/9/14 - The Orlando Sentinel confirms that Congressman Posey has begun an investigation into the #CDCwhistleblower claims.
9/10/14 – Attkisson's fourth installment reports that Pediatrics issued a statement standing by the DeStefano study, apparently not following its own ethical guidelines, as it didn't contact Thompson, only the authors accused of malfeasance.
9/17/14 - Autism Media Channel releases more audio from the Thompson phone calls in which Thompson says that the CDC is 10 years behind on autism, because it is paralyzed by what it might find if proper investigation was undertaken. He calls for Congressional hearings and an independent investigation of the CDC's actions. The video closes with Thompson saying, "I have a boss who is asking me to lie... I have basically stopped lying."
10/9/14 – Autism Media Channel releases another video alleging further hiding of MMR/autism data, reporting that Thompson and his team found a link between MMR and what they described as, "Isolated" autism. It defined the phenomenon as children with autism who did not have any co-morbid developmental disorders including Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation (IQ less than 70), Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Epilepsy or Birth Defects. The video states that, "According to Thompson, these were autistic children with no other obvious explanation for their developmental disorder. A subset that may have been injured in their second year of life." The video reports that CDC found that for this subset of children, it was more likely that that they had received the MMR between 12 to 18 months of life, regardless of race, compared to those who received MMR after 36 months.
Thompson is quoted as telling Dr. Hooker that, "The effect is where you think it would happen. It's with the kids with out other conditions."
AMC reports that Thompson has provided documentation showing that CDC then abandoned the research protocol, revising the age groups examined so that children over the age of 36 months were no longer included in the study, and limiting the co-morbid conditions to ONLY Mental Retardation.
The video then further proposes that it may be that those changes were not enough to get rid of the association that they were finding between the MMR and autism, "... since in the end they simply omitted the relevant findings from the paper all together. Those findings were concealed from the editors of Pediatrics, its reviewers and the public."
7/29/15 - Rep. Bill Posey brings to the floor of the House of Representatives former CDC researcher and now Whistleblower, Dr. Bill Thompson's letter regarding significant files they omitted and destroyed to avoid reporting any significant race effects in their study. The statement by Thompson reports that he participated in a meeting where his research team put a garbage can in the middle of the room and threw away data relavant to the links between MMR and Autism. Posey calls for formal hearings into the scandal, and offers the documents that Posey has turned over to his office to all members of Congress. http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4546421/rep-bill-posey-calling-investigation-cdcs-mmr-reasearch-fraud
Activists highlight the new revelation in a campaign under #GarbageCan.
8/6/15 - CDC spokesperson Tom Skinner, in response to the information presented by Congressman Posey, offers the following statement to Forbes Magazine, announcing that the agency will investigate themselves for the fraud charges that have been levied against them:
"CDC is aware that employee Dr. William Thompson has raised concerns regarding an article he co-authored that was published in 2004 in Pediatrics. Consistent with CDC's existing policies and procedures, the agency, through its Office of the Associate Director for Science (ADS), and in coordination with the HHS Office of Research Integrity, is reviewing these concerns. The agency will provide further information once the review is completed."
8/20/15 - Kevin Barry, Esq. releases the full transcripts of the Thompson/Hooker phone calls in his book, Vaccine Whistleblower: Exposing Autism Research Fraud at the CDC:
"A Firsthand Account from a CDC Insider on the Link between Vaccines and Autism, Vaccine Whistleblower is a gripping account of four legally recorded phone conversations between Dr. Brian Hooker, a scientist investigating autism and vaccine research, and Dr. William Thompson, a senior scientist in the vaccine safety division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thompson, who is still employed at the CDC under protection of the federal Whistleblower Protection Act, discloses a pattern of data manipulation, fraud, and corruption at the highest levels of the CDC, the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans. Thompson states, "Senior people just do completely unethical, vile things and no one holds them accountable."
This book nullifies the government's claims that "vaccines are safe and effective," and reveals that the government rigged research to cover up the link between vaccines and autism. Scientific truth and the health of American children have been compromised to protect the vaccine program and the pharmaceutical industry.
The financial cost of the CDC's corruption is staggering. The human cost is incalculable. Vaccine Whistleblower provides context to the implications of Thompson's revelations and directs the reader to political action."
11/3/15 - Congressman Bill Posey posts to facebook: "ARROGANT, PETULANT & DEFIANT - I was informed by an insider they did an investigation, prepared a response and produced a video as a result of the July 29th video I posted below. I simply asked to see..."
The comment is accompanied by a letter from CDC refusing his request to view the materials.
11/30/15 - Ben Swann announces that Rep. Posey has given him the Thompson documents, and that Swann will releast them to the public following a complete review of the material.
1/26/16 - Ben Swann releases the Thompson documents to the public (document set 1, document set 2), along with a documentary on what they reveal about Thompson's claims that his team withheld vaccine autism links from the public:
Truth in Media: CDC, Vaccines & Autism
"What I am about to share with you is not theory. This is a documented case of massive corruption within the CDC and an attempt to change research, protocols and ultimately hide their own findings."- Ben Swann investigates the Truth behind the CDC, Vaccines and AutismPosted by Ben Swann on Thursday, January 28, 2016
3/21/16 - The announcement is made that a full length documentary on the Thompson scandal, "Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Conspiracy," produced by Del Bigtree of "The Doctors," and directed by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, has been accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival, a decision which is met with a media attack by defenders of the medical establishment.
3/24/16 - The media coverage of the story intensifies, and the story begins to trend #1 on Facebook, a phenomenon that lasts for five full days.
3/25/16 - Robert De Niro, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, issues a statement defending the inclusion of the film at Tribeca, leading the story to go international.
"Grace and I have a child with autism and we believe it is critical that all of the issues surrounding the causes of autism be openly discussed and examined. In the 15 years since the Tribeca Film Festival was founded, I have never asked for a film to be screened or gotten involved in the programming. However this is very personal to me and my family and I want there to be a discussion, which is why we will be screening VAXXED. I am not personally endorsing the film, nor am I anti-vaccination; I am only providing the opportunity for a conversation around the issue."
3/26/16 -De Niro reverses his decision, and issues a statement that they are pulling the film from the festival.
"My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation around an issue that is deeply personal to me and my family. But after reviewing it over the past few days with the Tribeca Film Festival team and others from the scientific community, we do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for. The Festival doesn't seek to avoid or shy away from controversy. However, we have concerns with certain things in this film that we feel prevent us from presenting it in the Festival program. We have decided to remove it from our schedule."
Media coverage of the story focuses on the controversial director of the film, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, and rarely mentions the subject of the film, Dr. William Thompson and his admission that CDC found links between vaccines an autism, and covered them up.


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A portion of the highway was open only to vehicles with four wheel drive Tuesday.
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The owners of a Greenwood discount tobacco store were arrested Thursday after police said they were selling Spice.
Police arrested Sonal Y. Parikh, 59, on two counts of dealing synthetic marijuana and Yogesh B. Parikh, 64, on one count of dealing synthetic marijuana.
The couple own Low Bob's Discount Tobacco, at 713 Fry Road in Greenwood, according to a Greenwood Police Department news release.
Police began the investigation in October, when detectives received tips that Spice was being sold at the store, the release said.
Undercover investigators went to the store and purchased Spice multiple times, the release said.
Police said the couple told them they knew that it was illegal to sell Spice and at times made investigators wait until any other customers in the store had left before selling them Spice, the release said.
Sonal Parikh and Yogesh Parikh, both of Indianapolis, were taken to the Johnson County jail. Sonal Parikh was being held on $16,000 bond, and Yogesh Parikh was being held on $8,000 bond.
Crash on State Road 37 injures local woman
A Bargersville woman was injured after a semitrailer rig hit and then rolled onto her pickup truck Wednesday.
Elijah Stoll, 35, of Washington, was driving north on State Road 37 and approaching State Road 144 in Bargersville at about 12:45 p.m. He looked away from the traffic light, and when he looked back up the light had turned red. He slammed on the brakes but was unable to stop, a Bargersville Police Department report said.
Kelly Black, 45, of Bargersville, was turning east onto State Road 144 from State Road 37 when Stoll's semi hit her truck. The semi was loaded with coal and turned over on top of Black's truck, the report said. The semi also hit a second vehicle stopped at the stoplight.
Black was treated for multiple injuries and released from Indianapolis University Health Methodist Hospital, a hospital spokesperson said.
Stoll was ticketed for disobeying a traffic signal.
County home sales up, but selling price dips
Home sales in Johnson County increased in February compared with a year ago, but the price those homes sold for was less than in 2012.
Local home sales increased about 15 percent in February compared with February 2012. Last month, 188 homes sold, compared with 163 in 2012, according to a report from Indianapolis-based real estate company F.C. Tucker Co.
Total sales in the nine-county central Indiana region increased
8 percent, with 2,034 homes selling last month, compared with 1,882 in February 2012.
Across central Indiana, Johnson County had the fifth-highest percentage increase in sales, the report said. Shelby County had a 92 percent increase, and Boone County had a 1 percent decrease.
Johnson County had the biggest decrease in sales price in central Indiana. The average sales price in the county dropped 6 percent, from $135,915 to $127,445.
The average sale price across central Indiana increased nearly 8 percent, from $133,946 to $144,225.
Boone County homes were selling at the highest average price of $243,835, followed by Hamilton County at $237,778. Johnson County ranked sixth among central Indiana counties, the report said.
Deputy injured in crash while responding to call
A sheriff's office deputy was injured in an accident while responding to a call Thursday morning.
Johnson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Nathaniel Hedrick, 30, was driving east on State Road 252 near U.S. 31 with his emergency lights flashing. He was responding to an emergency call about 4:45 a.m. Thursday.
T Ni Ceu Lian, 40, of Indianapolis, was driving south on U.S. 31 about the same time, a Johnson County Sheriff's Office report said.
Traffic on U.S. 31 doesn't stop at the intersection of State Road 252, and Lian said he didn't see Hedrick. Hedrick saw Lian and believed he was going to stop for his emergency vehicle, but Lian struck Hedrick at the intersection, the report said.
Hedrick was treated at Johnson Memorial Hospital for a bruise to the head, the report said.
Animal shelter's Spring Fling, open house planned
Johnson County Animal Shelter will offer a Spring Fling and open house celebration March 23.
The event is open to the public and will feature an egg hunt, candy for kids and refreshments.
The shelter is at 2160 Graham Road, Franklin.
Information: 736-3924
Kiwanis Club offers scholarships for college
The Kiwanis Club of Franklin is offering $500 scholarships to seniors from Franklin Community, Whiteland Community and Indian Creek high schools.
Applicants must attend an Indiana college or university to qualify.
Applications forms are available at each school's guidance department and are due March 23.
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Church members and volunteers are coordinating community meals four nights a week in the Franklin, Whiteland and Greenwood areas.
The meals are free to anyone who attends. Meals are served from 5 to 7 p.m.:
Tuesdays: Franklin Church of Christ, 3600 N. Morton, Franklin
Wednesdays and Thursdays: Under the Son Faith Community Center, 250 N U.S. 31, Whiteland
Fridays: Franklin Grace United Methodist Church, 1300 E. Adams Drive, Franklin
The meals began in 2010 at Under the Son Faith Community Center, and serve families, seniors on fixed incomes, individuals and people who enjoy the company, according to a statement from Under the Sun. The café serves about 175 meals every Thursday.
Donations and volunteers are needed.
Volunteers are needed to help with the meals, to drive people to the meal, host a supplies drive and to prepare and distribute the bi-monthly calendar.
Donations needed include: spaghetti sauce, vegetables, tomato paste or puree, fruit pie or filling, spaghetti, dried beans, three-compartment styrofoam plates, napkins, salad dressings, coffee, cups, cake or brownie mixes and gift cards for Kroger, GFS or Walmart.
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Panelists to discuss women in military
A panel discussion on women in the military will help a local college celebrate Women's History Month.
Franklin College will host the discussion at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Branigin Room East, located in the Napolitan Student Center on South Forsythe Street.
The event will begin with Franklin College history professor Meredith Clark-Witz presenting historical information about women in the military.
A panel discussion will follow, focusing on women's experiences in the military and the changes that will occur since Pentagon chief Leon Panetta lifted restrictions on women serving in combat.
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Independent Press-Telegram (Newspaper) - August 18, 1963, Long Beach, California BRIGHTEST STAR OF GALAXY GUDRUN BJARNADOTTIR Easy on the Makeup Party Weekend for IBC's Girls The city Saturday paid homage to Miss Interna- tional, 20-year-old Gudrun Bjarnadottir and the 86 weary but beautiful ladies of the International Beauty Congress. The Downtown Long Beach Association spon- sored a 10 a.m. Interna- tional Farewell Day as open top convertibles brought the contestants along Pine Avenue. Each car stopped at one of the six "Internationa! Arches of Friendship" so that gifts could be bestowed on the girls by local -merchants. A 6 MISS COLORADO (Darla Huff) went to the Colorado state picnic at noon, Miss Minnesota (Mary Jane Haf- erman) went to the Minne- sota state picnic and the rest of the girls spent the afternoon primping and prettying for the Corona- tion Ball and banquet at 7 p.m. Officers from the United States Navy served as escorts for the ladies as their hostess chaperones ringed the ballroom. One young ensign was heard to comment that "it looks like an admiral's in- spection." But the perfume, music and flowing formals took effect as the evening progressed and the Navy demonstrated "close forma- tion much to the de- light of the beauties, s TODAY, after church, the girls go to a buffet and swimming party at 2 p.m. at the Petroleum Club Miss Pennsylvania (Diane goes to you- know-whose state picnic Miss Tahiti (Mareta Tuihaa) is guest at a luau in Rolling Hills Miss Ireland (Olivia White) and Miss Scotland (Wendy Bar- rie) tour a radio station in Glendale Miss Italy (Ana Rispoli, XXXVIII- XXIV-XXXVIII) visits a Sons of Italy banquet at the Elks Club and some of the girls head for the air- port and the trip home. Miss International will fall hands-forward in front of the J. C. Penney store on Pine Avenue promptly at 10 a.m. Monday in a Grauman's Chinese dry- goods store-type perform- ance when she places her pretty palms in wef, gooey concrete .for those who come after her to walk on, and then, the IBC will be over until next year. Light Plane Rams Wall; Pilot Killed A Huntington Beach man was killed and another se- riously injured when their light single engine plane skimmed treetops in the San Bernardino Mountains and crashed against a ce- ment-walled reservoir. Killed was the pilot, Richard Olson, 34, of 15442 Baffin Circle.- His passen- ger, Robert B. Stanford, 28, of 5681 Mangrum Dr., was taken to San 'Bernardino County Hospital with mul- tiple fractures and head in- juries. Friends said the pair left Sunset Airport in Hunting- ton Beach in a Fairchild trainer "just to go .flying." The Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Agency were investigating the cause of the crash. Olson operated a radio- TV repair shop in Fullerton. Top International Beauty Starts Her Glamour Reign By CHARLES SUTTON The suspense and sur- prise all over, lovely Gud- run Bjarnadottir, Miss In- ternational of 1964, settled down Saturday to a job for which she seems eminently fitted that of being a reigning beauty queen. The long-stemmed beauty awoke shortly, after light filtered through her Break- ers .International Hotel win- down and, before you could say Keflavick, her home town in Iceland, she was looking freshly demure for visitors who came knocking at her door. Friday night had been a tumultuous, exciting shock- ing experience for Gudrun shocking, in fact, that she broke into tears when officials tapped her for the International Beauty Con- gress title. "I DIDNT think I had a she confessed. "When it happened, I didn't believe it at first." Saturday, Gudrun not only believed looked it. She wore a simple blue sheath dress and, despite only three hours sleep the night before, looked flower- fresh in it. There was nary a shadow beneath her deep gray-green eyes, and her peaches and cream com- plexion fairly shone in the morning light. SITTING ON the edge of a queen-size bed, with her legs crossed nicely, Miss Bjarnadottir admitted she'd been quite nervous all through the pageant though outwardly, she said, she appears to be the cool and collected type. She also disclosed that she almost didn't enter the contest. "I haJ been having terri- ble headaches and I really didn't feel up to she explained. "But Mrs. Swan- son (Mrs. Sumi Swanson, her chaperone, of 4029 Pine Ave.) and my parents per- suaded me that 1 should go if only for my countrymen. They said I owed it to the people in Iceland. I feared I wouldn't be able to take the grind." FOR THE FIRST three days of the pageant, the headaches continued, she said. Indeed, she still gets them intermittenly. The daughter of a fish- ing boat builder in Iceland, Gudrun has been living re- cently in Paris, where she works as a photographers' model. Her sideline is acting, and she wouldn't mind it one bit if Hollywood beck- oned. However, none of the studios have approached her yet, she said. Romance? "I'm not interested in she stated firm- ly, thereby adding more mystery to an already mystifying issue. GUDRUN'S first com-' roent on the subject was made Friday, following her coronation. "1 don't want to discuss my personal (Continued Page A-6, Col 1) Southland's OWN SUNDAY Newspaper Phone HE 5-1161 The Mostly sunny today with low clouds and local fog night and early morning hours. High about 80. Complete weather on Page A-2. LONG BEACH, CALIF., SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1963 20 CENTS VOL. 12 I 144 PAGES Independent Meredith's Graduation Set Today OXFORD, Miss. (fft Barring unforseen develop- ments, James H. Meredith will receive his bachelor's degree today from the Uni- versity of Mississippi. The 30-year-old Meredith, a slightly built Negro from Kosciusko, Miss., became the first known member of his race to attend the 115- year-old university last fall when he was enrolled by the force of federal arms. GOV. ROSS Barnett, who last fall tried repeatedly to block Meredith's admission, attempted last week to pre- vent Meredith from receiv- ing a degree from the same school where the 61-year- old governor got his law degree. But the State College Board, ruling body of Mis- sissippi's public institutions of higher learning, voted 6-5 to allow Meredith to re- ceive his diploma. At issue was a statement Meredith issued last June after a sniper assassinated Negro leader Medgar Evers at Jackson, Miss. MEREDITH called for a "general boycott of every- thing possible by Negroes" as a protest against the racial situation in Missis- sippi. "A Negro's life is not worth the air it takes to keep it alive in he said. Barnett, in seeking to stop Meredith's graduation, contended the statement violated a university rule against inflamatory pro- nouncements. Members of the State Col- lege Board said they feared Ole Miss would lose its accredition if it denied Meredith a degree because of his statement. Attend Coming-Out Fete for First Lady's Half-Sister By FRANCES LEWINE NEWPORT, R.I. Debutante. Janet Jennings Auchincloss, with a surprise boquet from President and Mrs. Kennedy, was the star of an elaborate seaside coming-out ball Saturday night. The introduction to New- port society of 18-year old Janet, half-sister of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, touched off a weekend of partying here. The biggest party of all was the Vene- tian Ball, with 800 to guests invited to dance un- til dawn in honor of Deb Janet at the 75-acre Ham- mersmith Farm, home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. Auch'ncloss of Washington. The rambling, gray- shingled Iflth-cenutry Vic- torian summer home on Narragansett Bay was a beehive of activity as New York decorators and cater- ers culminated months of planning to give it the flavor of Venice, the city of gondolas, music and ro- mance. The gay decor included two huge marquees with Venetian canvas for dancing and one for up on the lawn overlooking the water. A 40-foot gondola, with red and black velvet trim- mings, provided the band- stand background for Meyer Davis and his society or- chestra, who had played only the night before for the Newport coming-out Blue and Silver Ball of Janet's close friend, Jose- phine Pearson Taylor of Camdcn, S.C. The musicians were pro- vided with the costumes of gondoliers and told to em- phasize sentimental Italian tunes. All the young girls received a golden mask on a stick and the young men escorts were given authen- tic straw hats, worn by gon- doliers in Venice and im- ported from there especially for the ball. The Auchinclosses invited some 300 guests to dinner first and a list that re- portedly came to for the ball beginning at 11 p.m. and traditionally con- tinuing until dawn with pancakes and scrambled eggs featured at the buffet tables. A Who's Who of Society from Newport, Washington, Boston and Philadelphia gathered for the event, in- cluding ambassadors and Janet's two roomates from Miss Porter's exclusive (Continued, Page A-6, Col. 6) Press Wfrcphoto GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN and wife are received by Pope Paul VT in a special audience at his summer palace, Castel Gandolfo. INVITES RETURN VISIT Brown Meets With Pope CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (UP1) Edmund G. Brown of Cali- fornia Saturday met with Pope Paul VI and invited the Pope to visit his state. A spokesman for the governor said the Pope threw out his arms in a wide gesture which seemed to indicate "Who THE POPE said he was happy to re- ceive the invitation but did not say if he would accept, the spokesman added. Brown, a Catholic, shook hands with the Pope rather than kissing his ring as is the customary practice for Catholics received in papal audience. He gave the Pope a book entitled "Beautiful which is well illustrated with color photographs of the Golden State. The Pope told him he would look forward to reading it. The spokesman for Brown said the governor had found the Pope a much more striking figure than his photo- graphs indicate and had described him as a "very kindly" man. -A- -A- AFTER leaving Castel Gandolfo, lo- cated in the Alban Hills M miles southeast of Rome, Brown went to Rome to meet with Italian Foreign Trade Minister Giuseppe Trabucchi. After attending church today, the governor leaves Rome by air for Du- brovnik, Yugoslavia. PIED PIPERS Haiti Rebels Report CAN GET OFF r RELIEF ROLL Aerial Foe Downed THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. you build a better mousetrap and mighty quick the resi- dents of Conejo Valley will beat a path to your door. A recent drought has driven thousands of little field mice into this South- ern California residential area, and the invasion has residents going to every comer market and hard- ware store for mousetraps. Stocks were depleted over the weekend, while one firm said it was ordering traps by the gross and sell- ing them like hotcakes. SANTO DOMINGO, Do- minican Republic Haitian rebel forces report- ed Saturday night they had shot down one of two air force planes which they claimed President Francois Duvalier sent against their positions around the town of Mont Organise in Haiti. Paul Verna, spokesman for the rebel forces led by former Haitian Gen. Leon Cantave, said the plane was shot down after a two-day pitched battle around Mont Organise, an interior city which the rebels claim they have captured. Verna said he got the news from rebels by courier. WHERE TO FIND IT THE TYPEWRITER is a musical least it will be in the next Starlight Serenade, Aug. 23. And Mayor Edwin Wade will be soloist with the Symphony Orchestra. How come? See Page A-3. HOLLYWOOD'S production plans are putting new life in the film capital of the world. A survey of films in the works and production plans will be found on A-10. Amusements .........B-6 Beach Combing.......B-l Bridge ..............W-4 Classified.........D-l, 12 Death Notices ........B-4 Editorials ............B-2 Finance ............A-12 Music and Arts___W-6, 7 Omnrr..............A-12 Radio-TV........TV-1, 16 Real Estate.......R-l, 12 Ship Arrivals.........B-7 Sports ............C-l, 6 Women's News ,W-1, 10 He said Cantave and his rebels retreated into the mountainous area around the city after inflicting heavy losses on special army and tactical units of the Duvalier government. He put the government losses at 125 killed, and the rebel fatalities at 5. For the past several days there have been reports of heavy fighting in the cof- fee-growing areas between government troops and Cantave's forces, variously numbered as between 250 and 500 well-armed men. Cantave, a former gen- eral in Duvalier's army who fell out with the Haitian president, headed a force of exiled Haitians that landed near Cap -Haitien in Haiti Aug. 5 in a move to topple Duvalier. Bombs Wound 20 in Barroom BRUSSELS hand grenades were lobbed into a Congolese bar in downtown Brussels late Saturday night. First reports said at least 20 persons were wounded, several of them critically. Race-Relations Meet Disrupted by Interlopers By MARK CLUTTER and VINT MADER A scheduled human relations meeting to discuss the integration issue in the South Bay areas was broken up at Torrance High School Saturday night by a cadre of heckling demonstrators who hooted the program to a halt. Late Saturday night, after Torrance police de- clared the meeting some persons re- fused to leave and attempted to carry on the meeting. The group, accused by the panel moderator of be- ing from the ultraright-wing" John Birch Society, suc- ceeded in overwhelming a proposed panel discussion rACOmCT AH of the Centinela Bay Human I Ul CLOjl VII Relations Committee. As the riotous disrup- tions continued at an un- controlled and violent pitch7 C. H. Catterlin, Torrance city prosecutor who was to have been moderator of the panel, declared the meet- ing adjourned. Long Delay Rights Bill WASHINGTON Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said Saturday Senate consider- ation of civil-rights 'legis- lation will be delayed until late September in an effort to get other important bills passed. Mansfield outlined in an interview a program calling for Senate action on mea- sures to keep the debt limit at billion, to author- ize foreign-aid spending and to permit ratification of the limited test-ban treaty before any civil- rights measure is brought up. The Seriate is expected to take up the House-passed debt-limit measure Tues- day. Mansfield said regular departmental money bills will be taken up as they are cleared by the House and approved by the Senate ap- propriations committee. He said he also hopes to win passage of an educational- aid bill, but did not say which of several pending ones it would be. Although Mansfield did not say so, this seemed to reflect an administration decision to try to get ap- proval of most of the legis- lation it regards as absolut- ely necessary before head- ing into an expected work- stopping filibuster on civil rights. POLICE Lt. D.C. Cook then proclaimed the meet- ing an illegal assembly and officers began attempting to clear the hall of the dis- sident claque and the legiti- mate participants alike. Catterlin, president of the South Bay Bar Association, said later that "the leaders of this are the Birch So- ciety." The disruptive program began early with loud de- mands from the floor that the gathering be launched with the singing of The Star-Spangled Banner, in addition to the already- scheduled Pledge of Allegi- ance to the Flag and a relir gious invocation. The crowd stood and sang (Continued Page A-3, Col. 4) Bus Crash Injures 34 TROY, Ala. (UPI) A Greyhound bus smashed into a bridge abutment and crazily overturned into a creek near here Saturday while trying to avoid col- liding with a car. First reports indicated at least 34 persons were in- jured, but there were no im- mediate reports of any fatalities. E. German Guards Victims of Own Mine ALTENBURSCHLAR, Germany, Sunday Two East German border guards, their legs blown off by a Communist land mine, crawled to freedom in the West Saturday night. The border guards were talking to the mayor and some residents of this vil- lage across the barbed wire fence "Iron West German border police said. When they walked back to resume their patrolling duties, they stepped on one of the anti-refugee mines in the "death strip" ad- jacent to the border, police said. "The explosion ripped off the leg of one border guard, while the leg of the other fellow was still dangling police said. On their elbows, they crawled back to the fence and across to West Ger- many, police said. Both men were rushed to the nearest hospital. UY ;


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If you look at the raw CBO figures, they show that a full tenth of the national income has shifted since 1979 to the top 1% of the country. The bottom quintiles have each given up a bit more than two percentage points each, and that adds up to 10% of all earnings. That 10% has flowed almost entirely to the very tippy top of the income ladder.
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Last night we had our company over. We had a GREAT time! Their daughter spent the night, so the girls have had a lot of fun as well. We had a cookout and enjoyed some great food. After dinner, we all went down to the bottom of our property and had a bonfire at our firepit. The girls caught fireflies and put them in mason jars. My girlfriend and I drank a whole bunch of wine and visited. It was so nice...a perfect way to celebrate the first day of Summer. Later on, I talked to Husband about what's been bothering me lately. I guess the wine gave me some extra confidence or something, because I just laid it all out there. I mean...ALL of it. He got really upset. He was mad, and annoyed...I told him that I hope he finally takes what I'm saying to heart, because I don't know how many times I can have this conversation with him. I feel like I've said it until I'm blue in the face, and he can either get with the program or not. Towards the end, he was less angry and more apologetic. But we'll see how it goes from here on out.
I haven't seen him yet this morning. I was rolled over looking at Pinterest on my iPhone and he got out of bed and went to the other side of the house to use the hallway bathroom, and has been in there for a long time...so I don't know yet how things are going to go. I really hope things aren't going to be awkward today. I want to be able to laugh and enjoy a happy, beautiful Sunday together. Like I told him last night, I was telling him what I did because I love him, and because I care very much about us. I want things to be good between us, forever.
So...if you happen to be reading this...send Husband and myself some positive thoughts today. Keep all your fingers and toes crossed that we have a good day together.
OH! I almost forgot. I weighed in this morning. I've lost 1.8 more pounds!! That means I not only got to my new low weight, I lost an additional 1.2 past that! That brings me to a total of 27 pounds lost! Yahoo!
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I guess I better read more if your blogs cause not sure what the problem is but will pray and hope things get better hugs !!
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I guess I didn't read the previous blogs and am at a loss as to what you discussed with your husband. Nonetheless, I certainly hope that all is worked out.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Nickoe Whitley intercepted Nick Isham's pass in overtime and Chris Relf hit LaDarius Perkins for a quick touchdown to lead Mississippi State to a 26-20 win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday night.
Mississippi State (2-2) scored first and led at the half, but could never put the visiting Bulldogs away.
Late in the fourth quarter with the game tied 20-20, La. Tech (1-3) went on a nine-play, 60-yard drive and had the ball in field goal range with less than four minutes to play. But an interception by Jonathan Banks ended the drive.
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HOMOSASSA — Residents who gathered Tuesday to learn about a potential sewer system they would have to connect to may have wondered if it were needed, but only one person expressed it.
"If we've got a septic system that's working now, why would we want to pay thousands of dollars and have our grounds torn up and have this obnoxious thing (a lift station) sitting out there in our yard and pay sewer bills for the rest of our lives that we don't have now?" an unnamed Homosassa resident asked at the end of a presentation by Ken Cheek, director of the county's Water Resources Department.
Cheek used a study of Chassahowitzka septic tanks by the University of South Florida as an example of why a wastewater collection system was needed.
"They put dye down people's toilets and then they measured how long it took it to get out there in the springs," Cheek said. "In some cases, dye from some people's toilets came out in the main springs in three days."
Some residents argued: "If we've got good systems, we don't have that problem."
Cheek said it would be a personal decision for residents if they wanted the system or not.
"But if the sewer runs down your street, it's basically state law that says you have to connect to it," Cheek said.
The purpose of the informational meeting at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park was to advise residents where the project, called Phase V, would be built. The purpose of the project was to get septic tanks away from the Homosassa River, Cheek said.
Phases I and II served the area around Riverhaven. Phase III was the Halls River Road project. Phase IV installed the line in Chassahowitzka. Cheek produced a map to show the properties already connected to a sewer system.
Phase V, the next step in connecting properties to sewer, will affect about 106 properties in the Blue Water Forest subdivision and existing residences along Spring Cove Road, Bob Court and a portion of Fishbowl Drive. These areas are directly adjacent to several springs at the head of the Homosassa River that recently were classified as impaired waters because of raised nutrient levels in the water discharging from the springs.
As with earlier phases, the county would need right-of-way access to put in the wastewater line along the private roads within the Phase V area. One property owner's denial could prevent other properties from connecting to the sewer, Cheek said.
Cheek said grant funding for all five phases amounted to $17 million to date, including $1 million for Phase V received in 2008. That last $1 million was at risk if Phase V did not get started.
"It's been five years since we got the money," Cheek said. "Back in November, I got a phone call from DEP. They said, 'Look Ken, if you don't spend the money in this year's Legislative Session, all grants that are older than 2008 are basically going to be rolled back into the state budget and you're done.'"
The urgency of retaining the grant was another reason for Tuesday's meeting, Cheek said. The county also is looking for other funding.
"I put in a cooperative funding application to Swiftmud (Southwest Florida Water Management District)," Cheek said. "They are actually reviewing that down in Brooksville next Tuesday. Also, there is potential for funding from the Restore Act."
The Restore Act of 2010 will provide funds from the companies responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20, 2010, to invest in environmental projects along the Gulf Coast.
"We don't know when that money is coming," Cheek said. "We don't know the potential for cooperative funding."
The water management district does not normally fund sewer projects, Cheek said, but he was pitching the building of the sewer system to the district as a water quality improvement project. If residents wanted the county to pursue Phase V, the county would look for more grant funding, but the remainder of the expenses would be covered by individual property owner assessment.
After describing two types of sewer options, low pressure or gravity, Cheek got into costs. In past phases, the low-pressure system was cheaper to install than the gravity system.
Without counting a possible grant from the water district, the total assessed would be about $1.2 million, Cheek said.
"Divided by 106 lots, that's $11,000 for gravity sewer," Cheek said. "You can pay that over 10 years on your property taxes."
Low-pressure sewer, however, will bring in an assessment of $556,000 to build, or $5,247 per lot, Cheek said.
Homeowners would have to bear the additional expenses of connecting to the sewer line. The county wastewater connection fee is $3,380, which may be paid over 10 years under a connection fee lien agreement. The county plumbing permit fee is $100. The plumber's cost would be between $1,400 and $2,000. A permit from the environmental health department to abandon the septic tank would be $50. To get the septic tank pumped out and demolished would be about $500 to $1,200, depending on the size of the tank.
"Grand total would be between $10,000 and $18,000," Cheek said.
The final cost would depend on the type of sewer system used and the amount of grants the county can get.
Commissioner John "JJ" Kenney said residents could help by asking their state representatives to preserve the funding already in place.
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Man of the hour: Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg greeting Taib (left) upon his arrival at the PBB headquarters for the party's supreme council meeting.
KUCHING: Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Tan Sri Adenan Satem have been named as likely successors of Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.
Taib announced the names at the PBB Supreme Council meeting yesterday, according to party insiders.
Abang Johari is PBB deputy president, Tengah is senior vice-president while Adenan is the Information chief.
However, during a media conference chaired by PBB permanent chairman Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar, reporters could not get a confirmation. Asfia only replied: "It's possible".
Outside the PBB's meeting room, where the press conference was held, Tengah told reporters that he would "support whomever he (Taib) decides".
Johari, who sent off the Chief Minister at the lobby, was tight-lipped. "It is better for you to ask Asfia to avoid conflicting statements," he said.
Adenan left PBB headquarters before he could be asked for comments. Hundreds of media personnel descended upon PBB's three-level headquarters from as early as 8am.
Taib arrived just after 10am, about half and hour before the start of the meeting.
Supreme council member Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah provided an insight into what he called a "sorrowful" meeting. "The Chief Minister started by saying he would resign soon," Karim told The Star.
"He told us to respect his decision. He was composed and very cool. He probably spoke until 12.30, about two hours, before opening up the floor to questions.
"At the end, when he went around hugging everyone, some were shedding tears.
"It was sorrowful. I don't know what word to use. We don't feel happy. We feel we are going to miss him. Politicians step down when they feel support is diminishing. It's the opposite for him. Everybody wants him to still lead."
Karim, a Taib loyalist who is a former state Barisan Nasional Backbencher Club chairman, said Taib's resignation was not likely to be due to external pressure.
"I would really doubt that. He has been toying with this for many years already. During the time when he was sick and had the operation, he really wanted to retire."
PBB secretary-general Stephen Rundi Utom said the meeting was like a "family affair".
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