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...sabre and also fencing the top 12, fared a llttle better, winning 5 out of 7. During the course of the day, though, Valenzuela knocked off a number of quality fencers, including Steve Danosi, who finished fifth in last year's NCAAs, Dave Huntoon from Army and Dave Jacobson from Yale. Valenzuela's triumph over Danosi was the only loss of the day for the title contender and knocked him out of first place at the end of yesterday's action...
...story takes pains to point out that there is no proof that either President or Mrs. Kennedy received amphetamines from Jacobson. Nor does it say which of those on Jacobson's patient list-which included such names as Author Truman Capote, Playwright Tennessee Williams, Singer Eddie Fisher and the late President's brother-in-law, Prince Stanislas Radziwill-actually got speed. But the story does establish that amphetamines were often a part of Jacobson's prescriptions...
...Many of Jacobson's patients regard him as a virtual magician whose treatments have been essential to their careers. Others have found the price of performance too high. Amphetamine users often become heavily dependent on the drug, which can produce the symptoms of schizophrenia. Many amphetamine users experience delusions and feelings of paranoia; some become depressed and suicidal...
Several of Jacobson's patients suffered bad effects from their treatment. Film Producer Otto Preminger, a patient for a short time, quit because the shots made him feel "terrible." Said he: "It was one of the most fearful experiences of my life and I'd never go again." Tennessee Williams' brother says that the playwright spent three months in a mental hospital after Jacobson's treatments. Another patient, Photographer Mark Shaw, died of an overdose of amphetamines...
...Feelgoods" have been part of medical folklore for some time and have occasionally surfaced in print. But none have been so startling as the Times's disclosure. At least a dozen of the paper's reporters and researchers worked on the project during the last five months. Jacobson lost little time in defending himself and blasting what he termed "inaccuracies and distortions." He did not deny that at least some of his patients received amphetamines. Said he: "I have satisfied myself [that] in small amounts and [under] close supervision amphetamine can be a valuable tool in a doctor...