High cancer incidence at Monsanto Springfield plant
A draft two year federal study found unusually high digestive and genito urinary cancer among 465 Monsanto Springfield plant deaths from 1950 to 1976. While difficult to pinpoint causes, occupational factors are suspected in at least some cases. Monsanto counters with its own study of 593 death certificates, saying no occupational health problem is evident.
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Boston
UPI
Monsanto Co
Springfield
Mass
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Boston Globe
NIOSH
Monsanto
The
Globe
Monsanto Chemical
Governors seek GOP image shift at winter governors meet
New Hampshire governor Meldrim Thomson and 12 Republican governors at the GOP Governors Association gathering urged unity and argued the party should broaden its base to include blacks women and Hispanics while maintaining core conservatism. Vermont’s Snelling emphasized mentoring candidates and opening world markets to American agriculture as a key step.
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Bretton Woods
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
White Mountains
Republican Governors Association
GOP
Democratic Party
Delaware
Pierre duPont
Thomson
Vermont
Richard Snelling
United States
Eclipse of Sun Darkens Western Hemisphere Across Regions
United Press International reports a solar eclipse with a total phase offshore in the Pacific and a broad partial shadow over the United States and Canada. Observers are warned against looking at the sun without protection as ultraviolet rays can cause blindness. Researchers and ships ferried to the Pacific to study the event while Mexico celebrates Columbus Day with crowds at Acapulco and naval patrols advancing toward the total eclipse zone.
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United Press International
Western Hemisphere
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Mexico
Central America
Canada
South America
Pacific Ocean
North Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Colombia
Siberia
Caribbean
Ronald Orill
Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Acapulco
U.S
Port Everglades
Fla
Pacific
Bus Driver Killed in Belfast Shooting At School Bus
Gunmen opened fire on a school bus near Timaskea, wounding a 15 year old girl and killing the driver, later described as killed by mistake while the driver was a relief worker for the Ulster Defense Regiment. Police suspect Provisional IRA involvement.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Ulster Defense Regiment
Supreme Court backs local parking limits on streets
The Supreme Court ruled that cities may restrict commuter parking on residential streets while granting residents free parking permits. The decision overturned a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that property owners have greater rights to street use than the public, affecting Arlington County and similar actions in Cambridge and other cities.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Cambridge
Mass
High Court
Virginia Supreme Court
Arlington County
Richard Page
Urban Mass Transporta
Iion
Atlanta
Prince Georges County
Charlottesville
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
San Francisco
New Boston
Ohio
Montgomery County
Richmond
Hijackers to stand trial in West Germany
A Czech man and woman hijacked a Czechoslovak Airlines jet with 29 aboard to Frankfurt seeking asylum and will be tried in West Germany. They surrendered peacefully after landing at Frankfurt International Airport. Authorities say they acted on political motives and press for international punishment of hijackers. The suspects, both 21 and 29, were employed by Czechoslovak Airlines and wore ground crew uniforms during the hijack from Karlovy Vary to Prague. The case echoes prior hijackings and German policy to try hijackers in the country they land in.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
UPI
Germany
Knut Mueller
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Karlovy Vary
Prague
Police
Frankfurt International
Bakke hearings begin in Supreme Court scrutiny
The Supreme Court chamber packed as Allan Bakke sues the University of California over its 16 of 100 reserved slots for minorities. Bakke, a 37 year old engineer, alleges discrimination against white applicants while Archibald Cox argues for affirmative action and Wade McCree for the Carter administration. Justices will study the case with no immediate ruling expected.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
University of California
Bakke
Reynold Colvin
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Archibald Cox
Richard Nixon
Wade McCree
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