April 5, 1965 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Article: "Road from Selma: Hope-and Death" Newsweek, April 5, 1965. Contains picture of LP Jr. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal and Family: Box #5.038, Folder #38.4]

Invoice from The Fund for the Republic, Inc., Accounting Department, to LP RE: Total of $1.00 for lunch. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.062, Folder #62.1]

Letter [in French] from F. Arasa, Folia Humanistica, to LP. RE: Asks if he received his book El Drama del Hombre en el Mundo actuel. Asks for his help in circulating it. [Letter from LP April 9, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: A: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box #14 Folder #14.4]

Letter from Dora P. de Douthat, Union de Mujeres de la Argentina, to AHP, RE: With "deep consternation," the Union sends news of Viola Liuzzo's murder. They believe that Liuzzo was murdered by enemies of America, but also by the enemies of all mankind. The women of Argentina are following the American Civil Rights Movement and are encouraged. [Filed under Ava Helen Pauling: General Correspondence, Peace and Political, Box 1.004, Folder 4.1]

Letter from Gordon Marlow, to LP. RE: Invites him to be a speaker at a vigil in Los Angeles corresponding with a massive peace march in Washington DC. [Filed under LP Correspondence: M: Correspondence, (1965-1967): Box #260 Folder #260.1]

Letter from Howard M. O’Daniels to LP RE: Explains that LP and AHP might wish to sell their property at Piedras Blanca and, if O’Daniels is interested, he may put in a bid for the property. [Letter from LP to O’Daniels, August 13, 1965] [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal: O’Daniels v. Pauling, 1965-1970: Box #3.024, Folder #24.4]

Letter from Ira and Edita Morris, Hiroshima House Sponsoring Committee, to LP. RE: Thanks him for sponsoring Hiroshima House. Asks him to submit a message for an exhibition and auction of shikishi-ten. [Filed under LP Correspondence: M: Correspondence, (1965-1967): Box # 260 Folder #260.1]

Letter from LP to A. R. Keppel, Piedmont University Center of North Carolina. RE: Has decided not to accept his invitation to visit Piedmont University because he has decided to cut down on the amount of lecturing and traveling he does. [Letter from Keppel March 18, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: K: Correspondence, (1963-1966): Box # 202 Folder #202.3]

Letter from LP to Asdrubal Salsamendi. RE: Looks forward to learn about the progress made by the Government of Costa Rica. Has tried to get regular meetings of the Nobel Peace Prize winners arranged. Points out that the Lindau Conference of Nobel Prize winners is held every year. Mentions the Pugwash Conference. [Letter form Salsamendi March 17, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Correspondence (1965): Box #383 Folder #383.2]

Letter from LP to Barclay Kamb, CIT. RE: Has not been able to find the Svicky reprints. Informs him of where he could find the Schwarzenbach paper. [Filed under LP Correspondence: K: Correspondence (1963-1966): Box #202 Folder #202.3]

Letter from LP to C. Marcucci, Bulletin of the World Council of Peace. RE: Encloses a copy of his address from Pacem in Terris. Gives permission to print or quote it. [Letter from Marcucci March 9, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: M: Correspondence, (1965-1967): Box #260 Folder #260.1]

Letter from LP to C. P. Barnum, University of Minnesota. RE: Thanks him for the letter and copy of his article. Sends a copy of his Nobel Lecture. [Letter from LP February 22, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: B: Correspondence 1965-1966: Box #41 Folder #41.1]

Letter from LP to Evan Gillespie. RE: Is preparing a paper on the structure of the atomic nuclei for publication in Science. Is pleased that he is willing to prepare the drawings from LP’s sketches. [Filed under LP Correspondence: G: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box # 142 Folder #142.4]

Letter from LP to Glen A. Russell, Iowa State University. [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence (1965): Box #343 Folder #343.2]

April 5, 1965

Professor Glen A. Russell

Department of Chemistry

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

Dear Professor Russell:

I have been interested to see the note by you, Geels and Konaka on Restricted Rotation in Azobenzene and Nitrosobenzene Radical-Anions.

I am writing to comment on one small matter. In your structural formulas you show a double bond between N and O (or N end N), as well as a dot to represent the odd electron.

I think that another representation night be preferable. In your structural formula for nitrosobenzene anion, for example, you might show six more electrons, as a tare on N and 2 tares on 0. With the double bond (and the single bond from nitrogen to benzene), all four orbitals are used for N and four for O, leaving no orbital for occupancy by the odd electron. This seems to me to be undesirable.

A possible structural formula is one with a single bond between N and O, an unshared pair and the odd electron on N, and 3 unshared pairs on O (which would then carry the negative formal charge). Another possibility, of course, is to interchange the odd electron and one of the unshared pairs.

I, of course, in accordance with my 1931 discussion (JACS 53, 3225 (1931)), would show N and 0 connected by a single bond plus a 3-electron bond, represented by 3 dots in a row. The 3-electron bond makes use of one orbital from N and one orbital from O. N has one unshared pair, and O has two unshared pairs. There is, of course, some resonance of the odd electron on to the ring.

I am pleased to learn about the interesting results that you have obtained about restricted rotation in these anions.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

mjh

Letter from LP to Glennabelle Russell. RE: Sends a copy of his Nobel Lecture and a page from his Pacem in Terris address. Doesn’t think that another world organization of civilians is necessary or would be helpful. [Letter from Russell March 26, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence (1965): Box #343 Folder #343.2]

Letter from LP to Gordon N. Ray RE: LP acknowledges receipt of the award letter informing LP that he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship of $30,000 for the next three years. Will send a physician’s report and a schedule of payments. [Letter from Ray to LP March 17, 1965] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.9] also [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence (1965): Box #343 Folder #343.2]

Letter from LP to Gunther Heipp. RE: Informs him that his Nobel Lecture has not been published in West Germany. Informs him that it has been copyrighted by the Nobel Foundation. [Filed under LP Correspondence: H: Individual Correspondence (Heipp, Gunther): Box #153 Folder Box #153.4]

Letter from LP to Gus Albrecht. RE: Asks for some information and Xerox copies from Physical Review. [Filed under LP Correspondence: A: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box #14 Folder #14.4]

Letter from LP to Harry E. Monnier. RE: Does not have any suggestions as to how he might best use his abilities and energy at the present time. Sends him a copy of his Nobel Lecture. [Filed under LP Correspondence: M: Correspondence, (1965-1967): Box #260 Folder #260.1]

Letter from LP to Honorable William W. Scranton, Governor of Pennsylvania. RE: Expresses his pleasure that Scranton quoted his Pacem in Terris address. Sends him a copy of his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture. [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Correspondence (1965): Box #383 Folder #383.2]

Letter from LP to Howard M. O’Daniels. RE: Informs him that there is a possibility that he and AHP might be interesting in selling their 5 acres of land with house and gasoline station at Piedras Blanca. Asks if he would care to make an offer. [Letter from O’Daniels March 10, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: O: Correspondence (1965): Box #300 Folder #300.27]

Letter from LP to J. Akuhead Tupule. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Sends a copy of his Nobel Lecture. [Filed under LP Correspondence: T: Correspondence (1965): Box #412 Folder #412.2]

Letter from LP to John Carson, University of Victory. RE: Has not found anything in the first article that has value or promise. Does not think it would be worth his comments. [Letter from Carson March 19, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: C: Correspondence, 1963-1965: Box #77 Folder #77.3]

Letter from LP to Jonathan T. Y. Yeh. RE: Pleased to be reminded of his former student Chia-Csi Lu. Congratulates him on his children. [Letter from Yeh December 24, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Y: Correspondence, 1938-1977: Box #462 Folder #462.21]

Letter from LP to Jonathan T.Y. Yeh RE: LP is pleased to be reminded of his former student Chia-Csi Lui. LP congratulates him on his children. [Letter from Yeh to LP December 24, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Y: Correspondence, 1938-1977: Box #462 Folder #462.21]

Letter from LP to Marilyn Gray. RE: Does know something about human genetics and radiation. Informs her of his background in the area. [Letter from Gray February 26, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: G: Correspondence: Box #142 Folder Box #142.4]

Letter from LP to Mrs. E. L. Gordon. RE: Cannot give advice about the publication of her manuscript because he does not have enough background to do so. [Filed under LP Correspondence: G: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box #142 Folder #142.4]

Letter from LP to Mrs. V. E. Dimopoulos. RE: Apologizes for not having got a statement to her. Encloses a page from his Pacem In Terris Address. [Letter from Dimopoulos February 26, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: D: Correspondence, 1960-1966: Box #99 Folder #99.6]

Letter from LP to Paulina Peavy. RE: Is interested to learn of her manuscript and films. Does not feel that he has a background of knowledge that would permit him to advise her on the matter. [Letter from Peavy November 9, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: P: Correspondence (1965): Box #315 Folder #315.2]

Letter from LP to Ralph A. Lewin, University of California. RE: Returns the petition unsigned because he does not feel strongly about the matter. [Letter from Lewin March 29, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: L: Correspondence, (1964-1966): Box #233 Folder #233.2]

Letter from LP to Rianci Pietro. RE: Informs him that he has not has medical training and cannot give him advice about his daughter’s illness. [Letter from Pietro February 23, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: P: Correspondence (1965): Box #315 Folder #315.2]

Letter from LP to Stanley Schaefer, W. H. Freeman and Company. RE: Thanks for the advance royalty check, and the information about Evan Gillespie. Asks for a interleaved copy of Architecture of Molecules. [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Correspondence (1965): Box #383 Folder #383.2]

Letter from LP to Tom Brewer. RE: Encloses a page on Vietnam from his Pacem in Terris speech. [Letter from Brewer March 28, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: B: Correspondence, 1965-1966: Box #41 Folder #41.1]

Letter from LP to Walton B. Gieger, Norristown State Hospital. RE: Shall send a copy of his revised Pacem in Terris address when it is ready. [Letter from Geiger March 24, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: G: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box # 142 Folder #142.4]

Letter from LP to Wesley W. Bullock. RE: Addresses the problem of orbits and orbitals mentioned in his letter. Suggests he read the discussion in some book on quantum mechanics. [Letter from Bullock March 24, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: B: Correspondence, 1965-1966: Box #41 Folder #41.1]

Letter from LP to William Y. Turner. RE: Returns the pledge of devotion that he wrote. Does not sign statements that he did not write. [Letter from Turner February 10, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: T: Correspondence (1965): Box #412 Folder #412.2]

Letter from M. H. Cho, State University of New York. RE: Asks if he has a biologically oriented program that needs more personnel. Has seen him speak on numerous occasions. Thinks very highly of LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: C: Correspondence, 1963-1965: Box #77 Folder #77.3]

Letter from Morris B. Abram, American Jewish Committee, to LP. RE: Invites him to be their guest at their annual dinner. [Letter from LP April 12, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: A: Correspondence 1962-1965: Box #14 Folder #14.4]

Letter from Sidney W. Fox, University of Miami, to LP. RE: Encloses a copy of a transcript ‘Copolymerization of Leuchs Anhydrides of the Eighteen Amino Acids Common to Protein’. [Letter from LP April 9, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: F: Individual Correspondence: Box #120 Folder # 120.12]

Research Notebook of LP RE: Helion and Triton Distribution in Fission Products, pp. 158-159. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 25R]

Statement from Southern Counties Gas Company to LP RE: Total of $10.22. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.061, Folder #61.2]

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