Ribicoff charges laxness in federal meat inspection
Senator Ribicoff called for a full investigation of the Agriculture Department after a GAO survey found unsanitary conditions at 41 of 48 meat plants. The report cited cockroaches, fecal contamination, and dirty equipment, with 40 federally inspected and eight non federally inspected plants examined. The department said plants are now up to standard or out of business, while acknowledging progress and that much remains to be done. The federally inspected plants represented about eight percent of cattle and swine slaughter nationwide.
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UPI
Congress
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Agriculture Department
Ribicoff
Southern Bloc Fails To Outlaw Mandatory Busing
Senate defeats Southern efforts to outlaw mandatory busing and revive freedom of choice in desegregation. The chamber blocks riders in the House education appropriations bill while preparing to pass a $4.5 billion school aid measure. Key senators Stennis Allen Ervin lead a lackluster defense as Scott warns against veto risk. Norris Cotton notes a GOP victory in the congressional baseball game.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hugh Scott
Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Sen
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Manson Urges Lawyers To Avoid Court Drama
Charles Manson and three female codefendants seek to curb jury questioning at the Sharon Tate murder trial. Two defense lawyers questioned jurors while others refused, as Manson's camp pushes for a unified defense to avoid a public court drama. Nine jurors passed initial scrutiny amid a mix of professions among the pool.
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Manson
Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Manson
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Irving Kanarek
Agnew Attacks Cassandras as Antiwar Protests Erupt
Vice President Spiro Agnew denounced the Senate critics as Cassandras while police and about 200 demonstrators clashed outside the convention complex. 23 men and one woman were arrested and a policeman was injured by a soda bottle. Agnew called Cambodia invasion a success as 400,000 troops remained in the field.
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Denver
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Agnew
Corrigan Exhibition Hall
AMA Considers Revision of Abortion Ethics Code
In Chicago the AMA Reference Committee urged revising the ethics code to let physicians perform abortions where legal. The proposal shifts decisions from doctor and patient to align with state or federal laws, while protecting clinicians from mandatory participation if against personal morals.
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Chicago
API
American Medical Association
Code of Ethics
AMA
House of Delegates
AMA Board of Trustees
House
New South Vietnamese Front Opens in Cambodia War
A 5000 man South Vietnamese armored column crossed into Cambodia from the Central Highlands five days before the planned U.S. troop withdrawal. American air strikes and ground fighting broke a siege near Kompong Thom while fighting near Phnom Penh weakened Communist positions. About 39000 South Vietnamese and 9000 American troops were in Cambodia, with withdrawals planned by June 30. An Air Force jet crashed and a helicopter was shot down with crew unhurt.
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UPS
Cambodia
U.S
Nixon
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Kompong Thom
Phnom Penh
Prek Tameak
Fishhook
South Vietnam
Chaos Rules Senate War Debates Amid Amendments
Senate chaos grows as debate on Vietnam and Cambodia stretches into a seventh week. McGovern threatens to table his amendment if Nixon foes move too soon while Allott weighs bringing up the measure to deny funds for Southeast Asia. Colleagues clash over Gulf of Tonkin repeal and Cooper Church funding language.
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Washington
UPI
George McGovern
D-S.d
Nixon
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Gulf of Tonkin
Sen. J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Cooper Church
Gordon Allott
Rcolp
Southeast Asia
McGovern
Mae West Voices Support for Women Liberation
Mae West, at 77 and still a pop culture icon, endorses the women’s liberation movement in a New York interview. She recalls early feminist thoughts dating to age 14 and says she has always kept the woman elevated in her films, while criticizing foreign cinema.
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New York
UPI
Mae West
Mae
Miss West
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