Federal miners face first standard to curb black lung
Washington reports the Health, Education and Welfare department proposes the first federal limit on coal dust density to combat pneumoconiosis. The plan follows 16 years of study and aims to reduce deaths from the incurable disease blamed for more miner fatalities than accidents. In New York, Secretary of State Dean Rusk to become Rockefeller Foundation distinguished fellow after Jan. 20 duties.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New York
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
Rusk
The
Foundation
Kennedy
Barth Dies Leaving Mark on Theological Thought
Basel native and renowned Protestant theologian Karl Barth died at his Basel home. He was hailed as the era’s most creative Protestant thinker since Calvin, while critics labeled him a heretic or biblicist, yet many recognized his monumental influence.
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Basel
Switzerland
Karl Barth
Barth
John Calvin
Shriver Favored for U.N. Post in Nixon Administration
President-elect Nixon weighs Sargent Shriver for United Nations ambassador while Shriver visits Paris and Washington. A Nixon source suggests Shriver could replace Humphrey, with Ziegler noting no firm decision yet. Nixon also teases a national cabinet reveal and discusses private funding channels for social welfare.
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Nixon
U.S
United Nations
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
France
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Harry S. Truman
Vermont
Warren Austin
U.N
World Organization
Hong Kong
Bases Hit By Foe's Gunners Near Saigon
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops fought American infantry north of Saigon shelling a dozen bases and towns. In two daylight confrontations 16 Americans and 59 enemy troops were killed with 19 Americans wounded. The heaviest action was near An Loc as U S forces searched for the 7th Division. air support killed about 45 enemy soldiers.
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Saigon
An Loc
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
7Th Division
Credit Bureaus Targeted in Senate Hearings
Leon B. Sanders told a Senate subcommittee that a mistaken report of his car repossession ruined his credit rating and that Ford Motor Credit Co. notified bureaus the 1964 report was false, yet the bureaus did not comply. John L. Spafford urged focus on a few complaints amid many approvals.
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Washington
Senate
Ford Motor Credit Co
Leon B. Sanders
Shreveport
Viet Cong Accuses U S Of War Push In South
The Viet Cong says since Johnson halted North Vietnam bombing, U S B52 sorties in South Vietnam have doubled and bomb tonnage rose. Duong Dinh Thao claims attacks near Da Nang killed civilians with poison gas and pledges greater battlefield defeats if peace talks fail. The NLF also attacks Vice President Ky comparing him to Hitler.
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South
Paris
National Liberation Front
Johnson
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South Vietnam
NLF
Duong Dinh Thao
United States
Saigon
Thao
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hitler
Navy okays Alsco firm for new launcher contract
The Navy awarded Alsco Inc. of St. Louis a 5.04 million modification to a fixed price contract for 2.75 inch rocket launchers. Alsco, under federal indictment with five co-defendants for kickback schemes, had been tied to Swiss bank accounts.Earlier, on July 23, Alsco's Techfab Division received a 13.9 million contract for the launchers.
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Navy
St. Louis
Pentagon
Alsco Inc
Alsco
Techfab Division
Powell Indictment Dropped as Powell Faces Bar Challenge
A federal grand jury investigating Adam Clayton Powell expired without indicting him on misusing about 40000 in public funds. DOJ said available evidence did not warrant prosecution though civil action to recover funds might be pursued. Powell was ousted from Congress in 1967 after a censure vote.
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Justice Department
Powell
Department
House
Local man promotes Action Ads for selling a car
Mr. Jerry Hutton of Route 1 Athens says an Action Adt helped sell his 1956 Chevy with little effort. He adds that using Action Ads was well worth it and recommends their quick approach for selling vehicles.
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Jerry Hutton
Route 1
Athens
Hutton
Powell Set to Take Seat as Court Considers Case
Powell will take his seat in the next Congress after winning re election on November 5. Rep H R Gross Brown says opposition to seating Powell will come from a number of members but declines to name them. A roll call vote can be demanded by a single member. The Supreme Court agreed to hear Powell suit claiming improper House action, with no timetable for action before January 3 opening of the 91st Congress.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Board of Education
Paul Miller
Powell
H. R. Gross
Arown
Gross
Supreme Court
House
91St Congress
Seek End To Drugs Loophole
In Columbus Ohio an effort to close a drug law loophole aims to outlaw more possession of dangerous drugs or narcotics. The State Board of Pharmacy official says talks with the Attorney General and Ohio Crime Commission are ongoing but no draft decision yet. The current law defines illegal possession as 150 doses or more not obtained by prescription.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Frank E. Kunkel
State Board of Pharmacy
Attorney General’s Office
Ohio Crime Commission
End To Swiss Accounts
Informal talks begin with Switzerland to curb secret bank accounts used by Americans to dodge taxes and stock market rules. Senators hear that numbered accounts conceal illegal money, casino cash, overseas commissions, and insiders evading U.S. trading restrictions.
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Washington
Switzerland
Justice Department
Nixon
House Banking Committee
U.S
Corporation
Red Cross Nigerian workers clash sparks food shortage warning
In Asaba Nigeria eight thousand Ibo tribesmen face starvation by Friday amid a dispute between white International Red Cross workers and Nigerian officials. Major Adamu says federal troops control the area as 500 tons of aid sit locked in a Lagos warehouse under a former Peace Corps member.
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Nigeria
International Red Cross
Hugh Conlon
T. K. Adamu
Biafran
Territo
Adamu
Red Cross
Lagos
Robert G. Koepp
Peace Corps
Los Angeles
Calif
Father Conlon
William A. Millroy
Canada
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