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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
20
President Nixon named Benno C. Schmidt to head the National Cancer Panel urging no crash programs or time-limited success. Nixon signed the National Cancer Act calling the effort an unprecedented attack while stressing no false hopes, only best possible science for cancer patients.
In a New York interview, Schmidt touted a $1.6 billion act to accelerate work at the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health. He will head a three member Presidential panel monitoring the expanded program, with Nixon set to name two more members and board appointments soon. The act takes effect in 60 days unless the President earlier sets a date.
Tyrone Howard, 21, charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of John E. Fitzpatrick as he waited with his children for Santa at Higbee's store in Cleveland. Prosecutor Everette A. Chandler said Fitzpatrick provoked the fight with obscene language and an armed confrontation. A stocky woman in a rust coat is sought after allegedly taking the knife. Howard remains jailed awaiting a Monday preliminary hearing. no premeditation evidence found.
Agriculture Department agrees to expand the 25 member National Advisory Committee on Safety in Agriculture to include farmworkers after Rep. James O'Hara urged wider representation. USDA under-secretary J. Phil Campbell sent a terse letter noting the search for a unionized farmworker did not yield a representative, and O'Hara proposed farmworker organizations and relevant federal agencies for consideration. The panel favors consulting agricultural workers most affected and calls for more research into farm accident causes before new standards.
Federal Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr bars waste discharges into non navigable waters and forbids federal permits unless an environmental impact study is done for each application. About 20 000 permit requests loom as industries face stricter scrutiny. The ruling broadens non navigable to include streams and lakes the government might deem navigable. The Grand River in Ohio is briefly protected. the suit by Kalur and Large targets the Army Corps of Engineers and federal agencies.
Twenty eight youths from First United Methodist Church perform a live nativity on the church lawn at Canal and West Columbus Streets. Viewers can watch from 6 to 8 pm Friday as the cast changes every half hour and carolers sing along the sidewalk.
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