Arsenic Residues in Poultry Drop But Violations Remain High
Federal officials report a steady decline in organic arsenic residues in poultry from 1968 to 1969, with 27.5 percent then 17 percent of samples showing excess. FDA monthly reports in 1970 indicate illegal residues in 5 to 8 percent of poultry tested. Organic arsenic is less toxic than inorganic arsenic and used to speed growth.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Food and Drug Administration
Explosions Wreck Allied Ammo Dump in South Vietnam
A 10 hour series of blasts wrecked a major allied ammunition dump at Qui Nhon on the central coast killing three South Korean workers and injuring seven Americans and nine Koreans. Officials say a third of the stockpile was destroyed and 15,000 tons were in the depot.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
OU Keeps Intercollegiate Athletics On Campus
Ohio University quelled calls to strip sports, with the University Council voting 15-7 to reject moving all non basketball programs to club status. A separate bid to fund sports from ticket sales and gifts failed 16-6, preserving current OU athletics.
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Tom Price
Messenger
Ohio University
University Council
Claude R. Sowle
Tration Council
Ohio U Votes on MAC Expenditure Plan To Boost Academic Support
A ballot presents two positions urging Ohio University officials to push Mid-American Conference schools to cut athletics spending to free funds for academic programs addressing critical social needs. The second item continues on page 2.
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Ohio U
Mid-American Conference
Ohio General Assembly Adopts Weekend Recess Ahead of Gilligan Inauguration
The newborn 109th General Assembly recesses for a long weekend before John Gilligan’s inauguration as Ohio governor. Bills introduced include a state employee pay raise with automatic COLA, abortion law repeal, and policing wage talks. Senate confirms most board appointments. one trustee choice for Central State University was rejected 29 to 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
109Th General Assembly
House
Senate
John Joyce Gilligan
Ralph Welker
Pomeroy
Norman A. Murdock
Cincinnati
James A. Rhodes
Waverly Glover
Springfield
Board of Trustees
Central State University
Glover
Theodore M. Gray
Piqua
Central State
Herman Branson
Scientists synthesize growth hormone at San Francisco lab
A San Francisco team led by Dr. C. H. Li announced a breakthrough in synthesizing human growth hormone HGH-188 with a $30,000 borrowed instrument due to inflation and funding cuts. The synthetic HGH promises new tools for studying diseases such as cancer and dwarfism and may impact healing, immunity, and cholesterol.
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San Francisco
C. H. Li
University of California At San
Francisco. Li
Children’s Cancer Research Institute
Boston
Mass
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Athens Mayor He Plans Re election And Filing Petitions
Mayor Raymond Shepard told The Messenger he will seek a fifth term in the Republican primary next May. He has filed petitions and will run as a candidate after decades in Athens city government including four mayor terms and ten years as councilman at large.
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Athens
Raymond Shepard
Board of Elections Office
Ohio
Corning
Jarring Pushing Peace Talk Start
Special envoy Gunnar V Jarring flies to Jerusalem to urge resumption of Middle East peace talks. He conferred with Israel's Abba Eban and plans to restart discussions in two to three days with Israel Egypt and Jordan. Western diplomats hope the visit kickstarts talks despite Arab suspicions.
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United Nations, N.Y
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jerusalem
Middle East
U.N
Abba Eban
Jarring
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Yosef Tekoah
Eban
Cyprus
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Laird Signals Expanded U S Thai Military Aid Under Nixon Doctrine
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said the United States could increase military assistance to Thailand as Washington broadens application of the Nixon Doctrine in Southeast Asia. Egyptian warplanes violated the Sinai ceasefire by flying over Israeli-held territory in the 10 kilometer zone and east of Qantara near Port Said.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Southeast Asia
Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai Desert
Middle East
Qantara
Port Said
Caller Buys Siamese Kitten After Ad Notice
Mrs. Howard Dawson Jr of New Marshfield reports a buyer who saw her ad for a Siamese kitten the next morning. The item shows how readers seek pets in daily classifieds.
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Howard Dawson, Jr
New Marshfield
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