X-Message-Number: 28905 From: Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:53:11 EST Subject: Bedford I assume no one has made a big deal of the Bedford anniverary because there is no history of effectiveness of such efforts. However, there may be a few latecomers who might be mildly interested in some of the background. Bedford's freezing was primarily owing to Bob Nelson and myself. I talked him into it, over a period of time, and Nelson was the prime mover in the actual arrangements. Prehoda played a temporary part and kept the body one night in his garage. My brother Alan and I flew out for the feezing and aftermath. Further details can be found in Bob Nelson's book, WE FROZE THE FIRST MAN. As you know, Bedford finally found a place with Alcor. A big publicity boost was mostly missed. Life magazine--then a leading weekly--did a multi-page feature, but the astronaut tragedy resulted in a rare split edition. Partway through the run, our story was pulled and the astronaut story substituted. The big urban centers did not get our version. Who knows what might have resulted otherwise. Roberrt Ettinger Message #28896 From: "Chris Manning" <> References: <> Subject: Bedford Day, 12 January Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:23:54 +1100 Perhaps there is something other members of this group know that I don't, but I am a little puzzled/surprised that neither CI nor Alcor appear to have said or done anything to mark the 40th anniversary of the first human cryonic suspension, that of Dr James Bedford on 12 January, 1967. The fact that he has been in suspension continuously for all of that time (and his body was found to be in good condition when it was examined in 1991) has to speak well of cryonics and although he is with Alcor, I would have thought this is an issue that should be thought of as transcending any differences that may exist between the two companies. Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28905