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Pantagraph CIO Bloomington-Normal, III. Oct. 28, 1976 Vitamin now found ineffective against colds HE KEEPS IN TOUCH 1 f'J RETURNING HOME 25 TIMES THIS SESSION OF KEEPING REGULAR OFFICE HOURS IN ALL 7 COUNTIES OF THE DISTRICT BOSTON (AP) Researchers who said two years ago Vitamin might relieve the common cold now conclude the drug does not significantly ease symptoms of the sniffles. The team of doctors, among the first to confirm the relieving powers of the vitamin, say now their earlier assertions were wrong. "We do not believe that Vitamin has widespread usefulness as a cold remedy," the doctors concluded.

The new study was directed by Dr. John F. Coulehan at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. It is reported in an issue of the New England Journal of Medicine for publication today. The virtues of Vitamin have been debated since Nobel laureate Linus Pauling said in 1970 people who took large daily doses of the drug would have fewer colds.

He also said the colds they did get would be less severe. To test that theory, Coulehan and his associates experimented with students i HE IS LISTENING UNDERSTANDING GETTING THINGS DONE at a Navajo boarding school Arizona. They concluded in 1974 that students who took Vitamin had milder colds. "Our study got a lot of publicity and was used to argue that Vitamin was beneficial," Coulehan said in an interview. "Because of this, we went into a second study that was longer and more controlled." The second time, the doctors said they watched the health of 868 Navajo children at schools in Steamboat and Lower Greasewood, Ariz, llalf took Vitamin and the rest got fake pills.

Over five months, the number and length of colds were almost identical between the two groups, the doctors said. "Our important finding was negative," Coulehan said. 'We were unable to demonstrate significant benefits of Vitamin Coulehan noted some other researchers are still reporting mild benefits to cold victims from Vitamin C. He said scientists theorize that in some cases the vitamin has an effect on the body similar to an antihistamine. But he said that even if Vitamin does help dry up runny noses, this is not enough reason to take large quantities of the drug.

"I don't think there is any evidence to recommend Vitamin in large doses when a person has, a cold," Coulehan said. "There are other antihistamines available." St. Louis to get new Amtrak station EDWARD MADIGAN an effective voice for YOU in CONGRESS requirement that trains complete a complex back-in movement on short track that add up to 30 njinutes for each train. The new Amtrak complex will be about one mile west of Union Station and will have a passenger lounge capacity of 300. Bids will be awarded for the construction next spring.

St. Louis ranks 25th out of Amtrak's nearly 50 stations in passenger use, the spokesman said. The city is served daily by eight Amtrak trains, which carry an average of 13,600 passengers a month. paid for by Citiens mr Mddigan william sulaski tres. bloomington Illinois i i ALL PRICES WASHINGTON (AP) Amtrak's board of directors approved Wednesday the spending of $6.4 million for a new passenger station-in St.

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