FDA to ban saccharin in foods and cosmetics
The FDA will ban saccharin from foods drugs and cosmetics 90 percent of uses and permit it as a nonprescription home-use drug with labels warning of cancer risk. Commissioner Kennedy cites Canadian studies and lifetime cancer risk estimates while diabetic groups pledge continued opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Kennedy
FDA
Sidney Wolfe
Ralph Nader
Angola accuses Zaire coast battery of shelling ship
Angola charged that a Zairean coastal battery shelled an Angolan ship in Angolan waters, damaging the vessel and wounding crew. It warned against further provocative acts and said the Kinshasa regime would bear consequences. Moroc can troops airlifted into Shaba Province signal a major offensive by rebels who invaded from Angola five weeks ago.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
UPI
Angola
Defense Ministry
Shaba
Angolan Statement Denounces Attack on Merchant Ship
ANGOP reported Angola condemns a merchant ship shelling on April 10 near Noqui in Angolan waters. The vessel was 12 miles off Matadi in Zairean port area with injuries and damage cited. Angola warns it will take steps against any repeat provocations against its ships.
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Shaba
Katanga
Noqui
Matadi
ANGOP
Angola
Direct US role eyed in Rhodesia talks co convenor plan
British Foreign Secretary David Owen proposes a new constitutional conference on Rhodesia with a wider American role and possibly a co convenor position for the United States alongside Britain. He says the Carter administration supports closer US involvement to push a peaceful transfer to majority rule, noting past Geneva limitations.
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Cape Town
United States
Rhodesia
Britain
David Owen
South Africa
Owen
Geneva
Nigeria
Ian D. Smith
John Vorster
Smith
Africa
Carter
Cyrus R. Vance
Maputo
Mozambique
Samora Machel
Machel
Vorster
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Dr. Owen
Anthony Crosland
Florida rejects ERA 21-19 in tight vote sparks 1979 deadline
Florida defeated the Equal Rights Amendment 21 to 19, dimming hopes for ratification by the needed three states before the March 22, 1979 deadline. Despite White House appeals, momentum shifted as key Florida senators opposed ERA, while supporters warned a 1978 vote would not suffice to beat the clock.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
White House
Florida
Indiana
Carter
Rosalyn
North Carolina
Senate
ERA
South Carolina
Phil Lewis
West Palm Beach
Florida Senate
Ralph Poston
Miami
Nevada
New South
National Organization For Women
Karen DeCrow
Hawaii
Congress
House
Don Tucker
30 000 Longshoremen Strike Major Shipping Lines
About 30 000 longshoremen walked off the job striking seven major lines serving Atlantic and Gulf ports from Maine to Texas. The walkout targets container cargo handling, seeking restoration of job guarantees cut by a 1975 NLRB ruling, plus wage and hour demands while shippers push higher pensions and welfare contributions.
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New York
UPI
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Larry Malloy
The
International Longshoremen’s Association
Maine
Texas
Molloy
Boston
Philadelphia
Providence
Baltimore
Norfolk
Gulf of Mexico
National Labor Relations Board
ILA
Seatrain
Sea Land
United States
Hapag-Lloyd Cargo and Container Service
Dart Container Line
Atlantic Container Line
Titanic survivor recalls last hours on doomed voyage
Edwina Winnie MacKenzie, 92, Hermosa Beach resident and Titanic’s oldest survivor, recounts aboard the lifeboat No. 13, the rescue by Carpathia, and the haunting scream of death as the ship sank. She recalls sharing a stateroom, dining table companions, and the tragedy that claimed four men and a boy. She notes the ship’s unsinkable myth and her faith that God makes all things possible.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Atlantic
Edwina
Winnie’ MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Hermosa Beach
Pacific Ocean
Southampton
England
New York
Edwina Troutt
Bath
Winnie
White Star Line
Miss Keene
Cobh
Buenos Aires
New Jersey
Denmark
Blondie
Isidore) Strauss
The
Carpathia
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Eke Aan
Anatoy Dobrynin
Dobrynin
U.S
John F. Burns
N.Y
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Main ST
Bennington Monthruthurs
Nebraska
Tennessee
Howland Hook Marine Terminal
Staten Island
United States Lines
Vito Liotine
Bennington's Own Savings & Loan
Filic
Bennington, VT
Callander
Humphrey
C&h
C & H Lawn & Garden
U.S. Rt
Shaftsbury
Gary Forrest
Evans
Main Street
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