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[Melvin R. Laird takes a turn at breaking ground for the new National Library of Medicine building]
[Melvin R. Laird takes a turn at breaking ground for the new National Library of Medicine building]
Image caption on page 67 of the book US National Library of Medicine: "Representative Melvin R. Laird (far right) takes a turn at breaking ground for the new National Library of Medicine building, June 12, 1959. With him are, from left, Champ Lyons, Chair of the library's Board of Regents; Leroy E. Burney, MD, US Surgeon General; Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Senator Joseph Lister Hill of Alabama."
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