Document Details
Title:
LETTER TO G A SPENDLOVE - CONTINUED INVESTIGATION OF UTAH SHEEP DEATHS; SUMMARY OF MACKELPRANG CASE HISTORY
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
SHEEP; ETIOLOGY; UPSHOT OPERATION; RADIATION INJURIES; INJURIES; LEGAL CLAIMS; ANIMALS; GRABLE EVENT; UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE OPERATION
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1954 Jun 09
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0003
Accession Number:
NV0000099
Originating Research Org.:
UTAH-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
INFORMATION IS GIVEN CONCERNING UTAH SHEEP WHILE IN NEVADA IN MARCH 19 54. OBSERVATIONS REVEALED VARIOUS FORMS OF DISEASE OF UNDETERMINED OR IGIN. IN ADDITION, A DISCUSSION OF THE CONTINUING INQUIRIES INTO POSS IBLE HUMAN AFFLICTIONS IS GIVEN. THE CASE OF MRS. DARD MACKELSPRANG O F CEDAR CITY, UTAH IS PRESENTED, REPORTING HER CLAIMS AND DIAGNOSES FO LLOWING A 1953, (POSSIBILITY MAY) ATOMIC CANON SHOT. FEELING SHE HAD NOT HAD RECEIVED ADEQUATE TREATMENT FROM HER PERSONAL PHYSICIAN AND A SKIN SPECIALIST, MRS. MACKELSPRANG WENT TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSI ON'S CLINIC AND WAS EXAMINED THERE BY A DR. BRUNTAGE. STILL UNSATISFI ED, SHE INSTITUTED A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR LAWSUIT.