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July 19, 1938

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VAST HEALTH PLAN URGED FOR GOUNTRY; $850,000,000 a Year for Ten Years Cited at' National Session--A.M.A. Objects Cabot and A. M. A. Heads Clash VAST HEALTH PLAN URGED FOR NATION Dr. West Retorts Need" Stressed by Roosevelt Outline of National Program Roosevelt Message to Meeting Care for the Medically Needy Cities Gains Being Made

By William L. Laurencespecial To the New York Times

Program submitted by Tech Com on Med Care at Natl Health Conf; Dr H Cabot clashes with Amer Med Assn officers, Drs I Abell and O West, who oppose plan

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Jayant Narlikar

1938Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2025)[†]

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar was an Indian astrophysicist who performed research on alternative cosmology. He was also an author who wrote textbooks on cosmology, popular science books, and science fiction novels and short stories.

Tom Raworth

1938Tom Raworth, English poet and academic (died 2017)[†]

Thomas Moore Raworth was an English-Irish poet, publisher, editor, and teacher who published over 40 books of poetry and prose during his life. His work has been translated and published in many countries. Raworth was a key figure in the British Poetry Revival.