U S supplies Vietnamese drug deemed dangerous by FDA
UPI reports the United States ships large quantities of chloramphenicol to South Vietnam, a potent antibiotic linked to fatal aplastic anemia and not recommended for routine use in U.S. military hospitals. Navy Captain J William Cox notes the Defense Medical Materials Board excludes it from formularies, while AID officials say no restrictions are imposed on Vietnamese use.
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South Vietnam
U.S
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Navy
J. William Cox
Defense Medical Materials Board
Cox
William E. Paupe
State Department
Agency For International Development
AID
Paupe
Office of Health Administration For Aid
Vietnam Bureau
Locals ratify GM pact pace, but disputes loom
UPI reports 21 of 155 GM UAW locals ratified the three year national contract, about 53,500 of 375,000 GM workers. No rejections yet. 57 locals unresolved complicating full restart. A Dec 1 partial production start looms due to startup delays and local bargaining disputes. Forty workers returned at Ypsilanti hydramatic plant as three more settlements emerge.
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UPI
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ypsilanti
Mich
American Motors Corp
Toledo
Ohio
AMC
Jeep
Girl confined since birth by California parents arrested
Susan Wiley, 13, deformed and unable to talk, kept as a prisoner in her Arcadia home for most of her life. Police charged her 70‑year‑old father Clark and 50‑year‑old Irene Wiley with confinement. Susan was sped to Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles for treatment and a two year corrective program was planned.
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UPI
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Irene
Children’s Hospital
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Lurene Albert
County Department of Public Social Services
Sgt. Franken
Linley
Wileys
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Yosemite climbers near top of El Capitan in 350 feet to go
Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell, weathered climbers from West Sacramento and Milwaukie, Ore, push to summit El Capitan southeast face. After 30 days on the sheer granite they faced the final 350 feet, amid a 15-foot overhang and hopeful welcome by rock climbers at the top.
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Calif
UPI
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Warren Harding
West Sacramento
Dean Caldwell
Milwaukie
Ore
Harding
Caldwell
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Yosemite Valley
Hope to again entertain his troops on 20th Bob Hope tour
Bob Hope plans a December 14 departure for his 20th annual troop tour, visiting England Germany the Mediterranean sixth Fleet Thailand Vietnam Korea and Alaska. The Vietnam leg marks his seventh such trip. film clips will air January 14 in a 90-minute telecast.
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England
West Germany
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Mediterranean
Thailand
Vietnam
Korea
Alaska
Hope
Fed Reserve expands money supply to spur growth
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee voted 6 to 3 to promote greater growth in the money supply over the coming months aiming to cut unemployment and stimulate business. The move, taken Aug 18 and kept secret for 90 days, signals a shift from last year's anti inflationary policy though officials warn inflation risks remain. The Commerce Department reported the third quarter balance of payments deficit narrowed to 897 million dollars.
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UPI
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Open Market Committee
United States
Kennedy vows fight to stay Senate whip post
Senator Edward M. Kennedy announces plans to contest remaining as the Senate's assistant Democratic leader the whip. Senate colleague Robert Byrd has filled in during Kennedy’s absences, and Byrd had signaled a bid to assume the whip if Kennedy falters. The scene closed with Byrd adjourning the Senate.
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UPI
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Time Magazine
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D-Mass
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
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Time
Kennedy
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ted Kennedy
Senate
Byrd
Supreme Court to rule on loansharking law
The Supreme Court will decide this term on the constitutionality of a 1968 federal loansharking law that criminalizes extortionate lending even without interstate traffic and could affect numerous prosecutions. Alcides Perez of Brooklyn, convicted on five extortion counts, prompted the appeal. The case and related docket details show a circuit split and ongoing federal actions.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Underworld
Alcides Perez
Brooklyn
N.Y
Puerto Rico
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Perez
Justice Department
Walter J. Collins
New Orleans
Egypt warns of total war and unbearable losses to Israel
Egypt warned that a renewed clash with Israel would trigger total war with both sides employing all means. War Minister Gen Fawzi reported that Israel holds air superiority but Cairo will thwart it and inflict unbearable losses. Mayhem across Jordan and Syria followed as guerrillas clashed with Jordanian forces, with deaths and injuries reported. Arab truce officials sought talks to ease tensions while Syria announced a new regime plan for a constitution via a people’s council within three months.
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United Press International
Egypt
Israel
Mohammed Fawzi
Arab Socialist Union
Cairo
Fawzi
Palestine
Jordan
al Fatah
Jerash
Amman
Irbid
Jerusalem
Yigal Allon
Hussein
Syria
Damascus
People’s Council
Beirut
Hafez Assad
Suez Canal
Meir
Gahal Party
Gunnar V
Jarring
Saigon Forces Hit Cambodian Sanctuaries in Major Push
About 7,000 South Vietnamese troops crossed into Cambodia on a two pronged operation against Communist sanctuaries. They discovered a 254 ton cache of 85mm ammunition six miles inside Cambodia, described as the largest such find in Indochina. In fighting that followed, 11 Communists were killed and no South Vietnamese casualties reported.
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Saigon
UPI
Cambodia
Pleiku
Se San River
Bien Hoa
101St Airborne Division
Camp Evans
Hue
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Neak Luong
Kompong Cham
Nixons Decline Ford's Theater Music Salute
President and Mrs Nixon cancel plans to attend a Ford's Theater salute to 200 years of American music. They would have been the first presidential family in 105 years to view a performance at the historic venue where Lincoln was assassinated. Mrs Eisenhower and Mrs Eisenhower will represent the Nixons instead.
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UPI
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Nixons
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