Heroin addiction blamed on GIs in Viet Nam conflict
UPI report cites a two member congressional study mission claiming 10 to 15 percent of U S troops in South Vietnam addicted to heroin with some units at 25 percent. They urge urinalysis, treatment, possible three year VA custody, and warn of troops returning home drug dependent. They call for international cooperation to curb trafficking and even withdrawal if drug flow cannot be stopped.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Robert Steele
R-Conn
Morgan Murphy
D-Ii
Laos
Steele
Military Institute
Veterans Administration
Saigon
United States
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Doomsday Flight hoax mirrors Van Johnson thriller
Sydney viewers saw The Doomsday Flight on TV. Police worldwide hunt an English courier who allegedly extorted 560000 dollars from Qantas after threats that a Hong Kong bound Boeing 707 would be blown up. Interpol warned. rewards offered. a composite of a young Australian suspect circulated. Captain Robert J. Ritchie, Qantas GM, handed over the funds after threats from Mr Brown. no explosive was aboard.
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Sydney
UPI
van Johnson
Qantas
Australia
Interpol
Robert J. Ritchie
Brown
Little Murders film review by Jules Feiffer and Alan Arkin
New York style critique of Little Murders directed by Alan Arkin and based on Jules Feiffer play. The piece praises direction and performances by Gould Rodd and Gardenia while questioning Feiffer’s approach and the film’s edgy black humor amid social violence and 1970s disillusion.
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20Th Century-Fox
Brodsky Gould
Jack Brodsky
Alan Arkin
Jules Feiffer
Gordon Willis
Howard Kuperman
Fred Kaz
Albert Wilsky
Burtt Harris
Peter Scoppa
The
Harte Theatre
Annette Heuser
Feiffer
Elliott Gould
Alfred
Marcia Rodd
Patsy
Calley
Nixon shies away from naming Watson
About a dozen liberal senators pressure President Nixon to drop Albert W. Watson for a seat on the U S Court of Military Appeals. The White House called Thurmonds tentative approval speculative amid liberal labeling of Watson as racist and fears of a protracted Senate fight. Watson, 58, left his House seat after backing Goldwater, later lost a gubernatorial bid in South Carolina amid a split white vote and strong Black support for the Democrat.
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UPI
Nixon
Albert W. Watson
South Carolina
White House
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Watson
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
FBI
Thurmond
Brooke
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
House
Democratic Caucus
Barry M. Goldwater
John West
Bureaucrats embrace consumerism across federal agencies
Washington officials report federal agencies are adopting consumerism with new offices, budgets, and advisory bodies. HEW, FDA, and Commerce push consumer services, while critics call it publicity. HEW backs buying cooperatives in model cities. FDA notes cuts in consumer inquiries and 20 specialists in 18 cities.
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William B. Mead
Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Consumer Protection Agency
National Business Council For Consumer Affairs
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Consumer Services
Consumer Council
Justice and Transportation Departments
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
General Services Administration
GSA
Frank E. McLaughlin
Virginia H. Knauer
White House
McLaughlin
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Democratic Study Group
Consumer Task Force
Rosenthal
Office of Consumer Services
Melvin F. Silverman
Office of Consumer Affairs
Stanton to Appear in Subcommittee Hearing Over CBS Film
Congressional investigators order CBS President Frank Stanton to appear June 9 at a house sub committee hearing and demand unused film from The Selling of the Pentagon. CBS refuses citing first amendment rights while critics accuse deceptive editing and seek outtakes.
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UPI
CBS
Frank Stanton
House Subcommittee
Special Commerce
Stanton
Pentagon
Spiro T. Agnew
Harley O. Staggers
Dw.va
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