Byng residents discuss incorporation and taxes
Byng residents at a Tuesday meeting weighed incorporation to gain a Byng designated road map name and preserve local identity. Stokes said taxes would not rise unless voters approve ad valorem tax, and officials would work for free except possibly a night watchman. The plan would shift zoning control and affect Ada proximity rules, with election steps to redraw a map and set a charter vote, forming a five member council with a mayor.
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Delaware Still Allows Whipping Post Use
In Delaware the whipping post remains legal for many offenses despite reform efforts. Gov. Peterson and Rep. du Pont IV have called it cruel and outdated, while lawmakers debate removing flogging from the criminal code. Hundreds attended historic floggings, predominantly Black inmates, with Joe Barbieri the last to be whipped in 1952 for breaking and entering.
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Russell W. Peterson
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Smyrna
Pierre S. du Pont IV
R-Del
Joe P. Barbieri
Barbieri
Ada Town Campers Locate Better Spot
A couple seeks a safer camping site away from Ada’s trees and grass areas. Local authorities note several suitable locations and urge compliance with town guidelines for overnight stays to prevent hazards.
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Ada
Alli Putsio
Doctor links orange pill to infant deformities
Sydney AP Dr William McBride reports a second drug linked to fetal limb deformities, imipramine, an antidepressant sold as Tofranil. He notes early pregnancy use may cause defects, while manufacturers and FDA caution against its use in pregnant or potentially pregnant women.
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Australia
William McBride
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Basel
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FDA
FAA Cuts Back Training Class
OKLAHOMA CITY AP Officials at the Federal Aviation Administration's Aeronautical Center say a cutback in training classes is temporary. No new classes will be started until new federal funds are released, and no current classes are to be curtailed. Center director A L Coulter calls it normal end of fiscal year procedure as some classes run 36 weeks.
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Aeronautical Center
A. L. Coulter
Newspapers Are Republican And Conservative Says Journal
New York report notes a Columbia Journalism Review article by Ben Bagdikian asserts U S papers favor Republican and conservative positions while Agnew argues media bias is liberal. He cites Eckhardt survey: 1960 papers endorsing a candidate 78 percent GOP, 1968 about 80 percent. many supported conservative stances on ABM Carswell Supreme Court Cambodia disarmament and McGovern-Hartfield antiwar measures.
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Columbia Journalism Review
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Nixon-Agnew
Ben Bagdikian
Washington Post
Bagdikian
Bob Eckhardt
D-Tex
GOP
Carswell Supreme Court
Judge Dismisses Pate Case in Hung Jury End
U S District Judge Ed win B Langley dismissed ex attorney Whit Pate s 3 5 million suit against Schering Care of Union and Bloomington New Jersey after jurors deadlocked 7 5 in favor of Pate It was the second hung jury in the federal suit deliberations spanned six hours with Pate claiming methorten caused mental problems since 1939 He alleged side effects led to seven divorces disbarment and financial ruin The defense argued warnings were adequate and the case was filed beyond the three year statute of limitations
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U.S. District Court
Edwin B. Langley
Exattorney Whit Pate
New Jersey
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Pate
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Schering Care
Union
Bloomington
N. J
Andrew Wilcoxen
Schering
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