FDA orders ban on use of DES
The FDA announced a phaseout by Jan 1 of diethylstilbestrol, used to speed weight gain in 75 percent of U S cattle. The 1958 Delaney Clause bars any additive that may cause cancer, triggering debate as industry and lawmakers seek tolerances and argue the law is inflexible.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Scherle
FDA
American National Cattlemen's Association
County road project progress in July plans nearly finished
County Engineer John Kemp reports to the Board that plans for improvement of County State Aid Highway 12 are nearly complete for July. An 11 mile section will receive a machine mixed bituminous stabilized base with final quantity checks and guard rail addition before submitting plans to the District State Aid engineer. The work runs from a quarter mile west of County Road 409 to CSAH 39. Bids are set to be let August 29 for a project on CSAH 23.
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Board of County Commissioners
John Kemp
Orchestra Leader Rafael Druian to headline St. Paul concert
Rafael Druian concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic will be featured as conductor and violin soloist at the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra first concert of the season. The 7 30 p m program will be held in the C V Hobson Memorial Union ballroom with Druian leading and performing.
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Rafael Druian
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
C.V. Hobson Memorial Union Ballroom
New York
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Mozart
Druian
Richard Wagner
Samuel Barber
BSC Cultural Arts
Fire rages in West Ventana wilderness as 3500 acres burn
A forest fire in the Ventana wilderness area in Big Sur burned 3500 acres in Los Padres National Forest. Winds of 40 mph fanned the flames started by an illegal campfire on private land. The blaze forced evacuation of over a thousand vacationers and residents. Large redwood timber and brush burn as hot temperatures and low rainfall persist.
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Big Sur
Calif
Ventana
Los Padres National Forest
Vietnam peace talks stall as Kissinger meets Hanoi negotiators
In Paris Xuan Thuy maintains demands US end bombing pull out and stop backing Thieu while Viet Cong delegate Nguyen Thi Binh rejects an immediate cease fire. In Quang Tri City Marines face house to house fighting with heavy NVA artillery at Da Nang shelling leaves one American dead and multiple wounded. US Command reports eight American deaths last week plus seventeen wounded. three more died non-hostile and one is missing.
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Paris
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Thi Binh
U.S
Saigon
Quang Tri City
da Nang
Heath Uses Emergency Powers Over Ports to Open Food Lifelines
London officials announce emergency powers to force open strike bound ports and deliver urgent food supplies for people and farm animals, as shortages threaten livestock. Prime Minister Edward Heath moves to address dwindling rations and stabilize the food system.
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London
Edward Heath
Weather outlook with mild temperatures and scattered clouds
Fair today with highs 67 to 72 and partly cloudy tonight. Low 45 to 52. Partly cloudy Friday with highs 70 to 80 and a 10 percent chance of rain.
Senate Moves To Halt War In Indochina Again
The Senate voted a second time to end U S combat in Indochina within four months if Hanoi frees Americans and accounts for missing GIs. The measure, attached to a 20.5 billion Pentagon bill, survived 92 to 5 in the chamber, but House action and conference talks could derail it.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Edward Brooks
R-Mass
Pentagon
Thailand
Hanoi
George Aiken
R-Vt
Nixon
Vietnam
Brooke
Aiken
White House
House
Armed Service Committees
James Allen
D-Ala
Bremer diary cited as Nixon assassination plot focus at Wallace shooter trial
The diary of Arthur Bremer, detailing an alleged plan to kill Nixon, dominated testimony at his trial for shooting Alabama Governor George Wallace. Defense lawyers read the diary’s first pages as psychiatrists described Bremer as a lonely young man seeking significance through violence.
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Upper Marlboro
Nixon
Arthur H Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Atty
Benjamin Lipsitz
Bremer
Wallace
Nixon Bremer
Laurel
Bemidji FM Station KBHP Opens At 6 A.M.
KBHP a new FM sister to KBUN begins broadcasting from Bemidji at 6 am on 101.1 MHz with 58 000 watts. The station runs full time stereo by December and shares airtime with KBUN until noon offering a three song sound flight then separates for the day.
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Bemidji
KBHP
Minnesota
KBUN
Ned Goodwin
Paul Bunyan Broadcasting Co
Detroit Lakes
Thief River Falls
Goodwin
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