Influence Denied In Adriani Rejection
Washington AP The Health and Education Welfare Department said a New Orleans physician was denied a top FDA job for poor judgment not drug industry pressure. Dr John Adriani disclosed a firm offer pending White House approval before it existed, per assistant secretary Roger Egeberg.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New Orleans
Food and Drug Administration
Roger 0. Egeberg
Health and Scientific Affairs
John Adriani
White House
Adriani
FDA
Bureau of Medicine
Egeberg
Russell B. Long
D-La
Gaylor Nelson
D-Wis
Herbert L. Ley Jr
Ley
Secretary of Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Civil Service Commission
Interest High In New Tax Bill
The Senate Finance Committee prepares for hearings on the House tax reform bill. It has received thousands of letters protesting capital gains and charity deduction provisions, driven by universities, mutual funds, and stock brokers. Committee staff report over 600 requests from prospective witnesses for the Dil hearings, with four weeks set aside. Democratic leaders press for floor action by Oct. 31 and White House submission in this session.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
White House
Hijackings Include Tel Aviv Flight and Cuba Flight
Two separate hijackings reported. A TWA Boeing 707 from Rome to Tel Aviv was seized near Athens and diverted to Damascus where a cockpit bomb exploded after landing. 116 aboard evacuated with no serious injuries. A National Airlines flight with 48 passengers, diverted to Cuba, landed in Havana. hijacker, wife, and three children aboard, no injuries reported.
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Damascus
Syria
TWA
New
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Athens
Rome
Tel Aviv
National Airlines
Cuba
Havana
NAS
Klein
New Orleans
Houston
Bernadette To Speak On Boston Common
Bernadette Devlin will address an Irish rights rally on Boston Common at noon on September 4 and speak at War Memorial Auditorium that evening as part of a US fundraising tour for the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. She travels to raise support and funds for civil rights activities in Northern Ireland.
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Boston
Bernadette Devlin
United States
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
Boston Common
War Memorial Auditorium
Minisub Alvin Headed Home From Deep Sea Salvage
The 23 foot Alvin minisub, raised from 5000 feet near Cape Cod, was towed landward on Friday by Navy and civilian divers. It neared the surface at 350 feet depth and is to be towed to Martha's Vineyard for possible hoisting aboard a salvage ship and drydock repairs.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Atlantic Ocean
Navy
Martha's Vineyard
Woods Hale Oceanographic Institute
Alvin
Cape Cod
Five Soldiers Refuse to Obey Order in Vietnam Battle
Former A Company leader Lt. Eugene Shurtz Jr said only five men refused the Sunday order to enter combat near Song Chang Valley south of Da Nang. Soldiers in field interviews said the entire company rebelled, morale said to be at rock bottom, though Shurtz praised his men and noted no disciplinary action.
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Song Chang Valley
Vietnam
da Nang
Eugene Shurtz Jr
Davenport
Town
Shurtz
Baldy
196Th Brigade
Nel
Company A
A Company
Robert C. Bacon
Falls Church
Reluctant Company A’s refusal to fight in Vietnam incident
A field report from Da Nang area details 900 U.S. soldiers enduring heat and enemy fire in the Hai Van valley near Tam Ky. Company A of the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry faced a temporary refusal to advance, amid grumbling and testing of new commanders. Troops describe brutal conditions and the specifics of the incident, while officials call the episode trivial and say no further actions are planned.
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James P. Sterba
New York Times
Tre Heet Duc
Saul
Vietnam
da Nang
21St Infantry
Company A
Tam Ky
Hiet Duc
Marines Hit Hills With Mortar Fire Near Da Nang
U S Marines shelled stubborn North Vietnamese hill positions southwest of Da Nang after 13 days of heavy fighting. Enemy regulars withdrew to the northwest then prepared another stand about seven miles away as U S Marines and Americal troops clashed in Hiep Duc district causing casualties on both sides.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Americal Division
Americal ‘Division
Hiep Duc
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