Physicist Warns Nuclear War Would Doom Mankind
Dr. Ernest J. Sternglass of the University of Pittsburgh states that strontium 90 released by nuclear explosions would biologically doom mankind by killing Russian infants born in the next generation and ending human existence. He cites infant mortality links to strontium 90 levels and notes computer estimates showing excess deaths tied to fallout and fission energy releases.
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Pittsburgh
Ernest J. Sternglass
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Health Physics Society
New Mexico
Stem cell experts warn against hydrogen bomb argues grim outlook
Dr Sternglass contends that even cleaner bombs raise strontium 90 levels and genetic harm, predicting no infants survive generational renewal. He argues ABM escalation heightens biological doom, linking fallout to calcium-like bone-seeker strontium 90 from power plants and bombs.
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Bennington
Weather forecast with warm clouds and possible storms
Cloudy and warm today with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and highs in the mid 70s to 80s. Tonight will see lows in the 50s to mid 60s. Saturday temperatures similar to today. Yesterday's high 75, low 46, 7 am reading 58. Sunset 8 28, sunrise 5 24.
Kennedy pleads guilty in Chappaquiddick case
Sen Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal auto crash and receives a suspended two month jail sentence with two months probation. The case drew a large press crowd as Kennedy prepared to address Massachusetts on television tonight from the Cape Cod compound.
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Sen. Kennedy
Edgartown
Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Dukes County
James A. Boyle
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Washington
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineyard
Mary Jo Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha
World scientists gather to inspect prized moon rocks
Sixty pounds of Apollo 11 samples arrive under tight security at Ellington AFB Houston. Scientists from around the world will test the rocks in the LRL quarantine lab before distributing material to 142 researchers. The rocks remain U.S. government property and will be returned after tests.
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Space Agency
Armstrong
Aldrin
Michael Collins
Pacific
Hornet
LRS
LRL
U.S
Hubert Humphrey May Run for Senate Seat
Inside report suggests Hubert Humphrey may pursue the Senate seat held by Eugene J. McCarthy, reflecting mounting speculation about party leadership and race dynamics.
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Hubert Humphrey
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Senate
Medicaid Chief Land Resigns Over Policy Criticism
Dr Francis L Land resigned as director of Medicaid amid rising criticism of the program in 44 states. Land who took the post in 1966 praised moves to strengthen the program and noted the administration plans to curb costs. He lauded by HEW officials for advancing care for the medically indigent.
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Washington
UPI
Francis L. Land
Land
Medical Services Administration
Mary E. Switzer
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Carrington
N.C
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Development plan to curb uncontrolled land sales in Vermont
Richmond reports the Development Department plans a crash education program to warn Vermonters about dangers of unplanned land development. Development Commissioner Robert Wilson told the board that staff will prepare a slide show for statewide groups and an advertising campaign to combat risky land sales.
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Richmond
UPD
Development Department
Robert Wilson
Richmond Department
Wilson
Apollo 11 astronauts reach Houston after Pacific splashdown
Apollo 11 moon explorers Armstrong Aldrin and Collins relax aboard the USS Hornet en route to Houston after eight days and 952,700 miles in space. Two boxes of moon rocks travel with them as they head to quarantine in Houston for 17 days, greeted by President Nixon and officials.
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UPI
Nixon
Hornet
Armstrong
Collins
Aldrin
Uss
API
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Michael Collins
Clarence A. Jernigan
William Carpentier
Space Agency
Carpentier
Thomas O. Paine
Collins and
John Hirasaki
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
McCarron
Steele
U.S. Senate
House of Correction
Arena
Madeline Rusileski
John Chamberlain
Sen. Dirksen
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Pacific Ocean
George E. Mueller
Mars
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