May 27, 1959 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Letter from Dr. Henry Brainerd, Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, to LP RE: Says his intention is to recommend the promotion of Dr. Isidore S. Edelman from Associate Professor to Professor, says this recommendation must be reviewed by several committees and letters, and asks LP's opinion of Edelman's qualifications for the promotion. [Letter from LP to Brainerd May 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1959), #112.25]

Letter from Jack LaChapelle, Cowell Memorial Hospital, University of California in Berkeley, to LP RE: Says a bill to license medical x-ray technicians has been introduced into the California Legislature, writes on behalf of the technicians' committee which is sponsoring the bill, believes the establishment of legal and professional standards are absolutely essential to the safety and welfare of the people of California, hopes that LP will find their objectives valid and make a public statement or write to Assembly Committee Chair Masterson, briefly outlines the current situation, encloses a summary, and talks about the amounts of radiation exposure from negligence and error. (Attached: "Human Irradiation from Diagnostic X-rays" and "Reference Bill: X-ray Technicians Practice Act") [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]

Letter from L. E. R. Picken, University of Washington, to LP RE: Requests permission to reproduce two specific text figures in a book to be published in fall 1959 by the Clarendon Press. [Letter from LP to Picken June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]

Letter from LP to Dr. Christine Jardetzky, Retina Foundation RE: Says he was glad to hear from her, says he filled out the form for the Public Health Service, Says he is sorry that he doesn't have any comments about her paper as he has been getting ready for his trip in Europe and so hasn't had time to look at it thoroughly. [Following: recommendation from LP for Dr. Christine Jardetzky and letter from Dr. Ronald E. Scantlebury from Public Health Service asking LP for the recommendation] [Letter from Jardetzky, C. to LP May 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Jardetzky, Oleg and Christine), #188.3]

Letter from LP to President L. A. DuBridge, Cal Tech, RE: Expresses his appreciation of the action of the Board of Trustees at its meeting in May of increasing his salary effective in July. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (DuBridge, Lee A.), #96.16]

Letter from Mrs. Sigrid Gorgen to LP RE: Wonders if he might answer some questions for her, asks about evidence for fallout causing cancer in children, asks about data showing cancer in children through the years, and says she is helping a group of parents in a project to arouse public opinion against nuclear testing. [Letter from LP to Gorgen June 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1959), #141.3]

Letter from Professor G. Brooks King, Department of Chemistry, State College of Washington, to LP RE: Thanks him for his recommendation of Professor J. Lynn Hoard of Cornell University as a possible candidate for the Chairman of their Department of Chemistry. [Letter from LP to King May 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hoard, J. Lynn), #159.10]

Letter from Salvador Armas Pérez to LP RE: Written in English and Spanish. Expresses his desire to help cure the world's human illnesses and suffering. [Letters from LP to Pérez January 14, 1959, June 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]

Memo from LP to Joan Harris, Secretary to LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]

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Would you type this and put it away in your files so that you can get it in case the fellow wants me as a witness - we'll have this record. May 27, 1959.

My wife and I have just seen an accident on the highway (I think its number is 138), the Foothill Blvd. crossing the Big Tujunga wash. We were coming south at a speed of about 50 miles an hour. There were 3 cars ahead of us, all with separations between adjacent cars of perhaps 50 to 100 ft. and all moving at the same speed. A pickup truck pulling a horse trailer was going north on the same highway. My wife said that she noted that the trailer began to sway. This pickup truck seemed to be going at about the same speed, 50 miles an hour. The trailer then broke loose and hurtled across the highway, toward the west. The first of the 3 cars ahead of us was struck in the right front by the trailer which then went over the bank and was broken up. The right front tire was blown out and the radiator and right front fender were badly damaged.

We stopped our car and looked over the situation and I gave my name to the man in the car which had been struck. He seemed to be in his 60’s, slender, with gray hair. The car was a green station wagon. The man probably was not hurt, but seemed to be shaken. He had put on his brakes. There were skid marks on the pavement for about 50 feet. His car had been pushed by the impact so that it was facing to the southwest, about a 45 degree turn. The men in the pickup were about 40 and 20 years old, respectively. My wife has made a note of the license numbers.

L.P.

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