Stanford Researcher urges underwrite of poppy reconnaissance
Dr Stefani T. Passeng of Stanford proposes U S backing reconnaissance flights to photograph opium poppy fields in China to verify production. He claims China supplies 200 to 460 tons annually to the world narcotics trade and cites UN and U S figures suggesting total world opium output around 1 400 tons with Burma Thailand and Laos contributing 80 to 100 tons.
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Stanford University
U.S
China
Ching i S
Stefani T. Passeng
Heaven Institution of War, Revolution and Peace
Stanford
National Catholic Press
Roman Catholic Weekly
Pensony
U. S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Burma
Thailand
Laos
U.N
Possony
Power needs expected to quadruple by 1990
Washington FPC projected electricity demand will nearly quadruple by 1990 with output rising to about 1.26 million megawatts from 340,000 today. The forecast urges cutting nonessential consumer use and boosting efficiency, while noting nuclear power growth to 58 percent by 1990 and higher electricity prices due to environmental and fuel costs.
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UPI
Federal Power Commission
PPC
FPC
John N. Nassikas
Nassikes
Nassikas
Nset
Evermore - Rigorus
Iran quake toll climbs past five thousand dead
Iran's southern region reels from a devastating quake with official death toll rising beyond 4,000 across 45 villages. Gen Yousefi reports 5,044 dead and 1,396 injured while floods hamper relief efforts.
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Iran
Gerard Loughran Tenran
UPI
Ahmed Yousefi
Fars
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Jahrom
Tehran
Express Train Plunges Off Rails In Yugoslavia
The Paris Athens express derailed near Desnovac east of Zagreb early Saturday killing three and hospitalizing about 40. Ten cars burned as rescue teams reached the scene, with fears of more deaths as heat hampered entry to the wreckage.
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UPI
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Yugoslavia
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Polis Caid
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Desnovac
Zagreb
Tanjug
Dusan Tudor
UPL
Tudor
Disceve
Internal War Declared In Uruguay As Bordaberry Powers Expanded
Uruguay Congress approved President Bordaberry’s call for a state of internal war suspending civilian judicial rights for 30 days and placing courts under military statutes. The move followed Tupamaro killings, as security forces killed eight and captured several rebels. The measure enables searches, arrests, curfews, and press censorship while prohibiting the death penalty. Alberto Candan–Grajales led a guerrilla group, with other Tupamaros captured.
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Montevideo
UPI
Juan Magia Bordaberry
Bordaberry
Dered
Navy
Alty
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Upamaros
Securiy
Alberto Candan’ Grajales
Nixon Trudeau sign pact to clean Great Lakes waters
President Nixon and Prime Minister Trudeau signed an accord aimed at restoring Great Lakes waters to purity by 1966. The agreement sets rough water standards and calls for about 3.1 billion dollars on the U.S. side and 250 to 400 million on the Canadian side over five years, amid protests and renewed talks on trade.
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UPI
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Great Lakes
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Washington
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Parliament
U.S
Canada
Canadian Liberation Movement
Cancer drug from Japan donated to Utah University
A small bottle containing shondomyelin, a rare antibiotic from a remote Japanese island, was donated to the University of Utah. Scientists hope the chemical could become a cancer chemotherapy agent after modifications, though it has only shown success in mice.
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Japan
Debfrey B. Townsend
Diethal Chemistry
Shionogi
Osaka
National
Insahtitule of Health
Offica
Townsend
Stronger commercial links eyed by Red China
China seeks broader trade ties at UNCTAD three with world markets. Japanese and other delegations report informal talks on opening trade with Peking. The 141 nation conference drew over 3,000 delegates as China attends its first UNCTAD session after joining the United Nations last year.
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Chile
China
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Tokyo
Unitad
United Nations
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Chow Hua-min
Chou En-lai
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US Jotegate
Washington
United States
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