FTC proposes rules on protein advertising claims
The FTC issued a proposed rule to bar protein supplement makers from claiming quick energy health benefits or dieting help. Labels on powders wafers and tablets would note most Americans need no extra protein and warn against use in infant foods or by those with liver or kidney disease. About 39 firms sell protein supplements with over 100 million dollars in annual retail sales and several million users.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
McGovern Answers Meany On Suede Shoes Remark
Sen. George McGovern berated AFL CIO chief George Meany for calling him unsuitable for 1976. He said Meany helped reelect Nixon in 1972 and criticized Meany amid grain boycott protests. McGovern spoke during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing and in a later brief statement.
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McGovern
South Dakota
Thursday
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Labor
Afl-Cio
Soviet Union
U.S
Senate Agriculture Committee
Unions Save New York City From Impending Default
New York City avoided default by unions lending 100 million in pension funds to cover 35 000 welfare checks and a 7.1 million sanitation payroll. Beame backed a state controlled financing plan as legislature weighed a December deadline and a long term fiscal overhaul.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Abraham Beame
Beame
Desegregation busing in Louisville labeled overall success
Louisville officials called opening day of the nations largest desegregation busing program an overall success despite three flareups and 13 arrests. Over 50 percent absenteeism was reported with 22 600 students affected in Jefferson County Louisville schools.
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Louisville
UPI
Harvey Sloane
Jefferson County-Louisville
London Hilton blast kills two and injures eight
A ground floor lobby bomb at the 30 story Hilton hotel in London killed two and left eight seriously injured. Army bomb experts worked on a suspected second device while witnesses described shattered windows and a restaurant wall blown into the street.
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London
Hilton
UPI
Scotland Yard
Anthony Phillips
Jock Silver
Hilton Hotel
One in six on welfare in three big cities
UPI reports that while unemployment rose to near postwar highs, about 16 percent of residents were on welfare in Boston Baltimore and Philadelphia. The government study suggests larger welfare rolls do not always track unemployment, noting 15.6 percent in Baltimore at 5.5 percent unemployment versus 13 percent in Bergen County New Jersey at 11.8 percent unemployment.
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UPI
Big City
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bergen County
N.J
HEW
DuPage County
St. Louis
St. Louis City
Baltimore City
Suffolk County
Mass
District of Columbia
Philadelphia County
Newark
Essex County
Atlanta
Fulton County
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Detroit
Wayne County
Mich
New York City
Dukakis pledges police to handle Boston busing
Gov. Michael Dukakis, with Mayor White and Atty. Gen. official, vows massive police and federal support to ensure safe school desegregation as about 26 000 students are to be bused. The plan expands force from last year and includes state, local, and federal officers, with standby national guardsmen and paratroopers.
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Dukakis
Boston
UPI
Justice Department
Michael S. Dukakis
Kevin H. White
U.S
Stanley Pottinger
Camp Curtis Guild
Reading
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
State House
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Boston Police Patrolman’s Association
BPPA
Robert diGrazia
Counter coup restores president of Sudan
United Press International reports Jaafar Numeiry was restored to power in a counter coup hours after an apparent overthrow. An embassy official in Nairobi confirmed Numeiry back in power and said details were scarce. Khartoum radio announced the restoration and pledged to crush the rebellion, with a spokesman noting the counter coup.
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United Press International
Jaafar Numeiry
Sudan
Nairobi
Middle East
Numeiry
Numiery
Khartoum
Hassan Hussein Osman
Arab Socialist Union
People’s Council
National Security Authority
Nuneiry
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River City
James Gordon
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