Scientists Debate Civil Defense Tunnels and Berth Costs
Berkeley report on Oak Ridge studies suggests long tunnel networks under major cities for fast transport and shelter, from Boston to Washington to Manhattan. Critics warn such shelters could spark Soviet countermeasures that negate benefits and raise war risks. Debate presented at AAAS session led by Henry Eyring amid antiballistic missile budget talk.
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Berkeley
Calif
U.S
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Boston
Washington
Lincoln
Midtown
Manhattan
Office of Civil Defense
Eugene P. Wigner
Princeton University
Wigner
Major Winds Sweeping Northwest
A powerful Pacific storm battered the Northwest with winds near 120 mph across Washington Oregon and Idaho bringing heavy rain and snow and causing power outages and isolation in dozens of communities. Rivers held steady with no immediate flood danger as a second storm neared California and northern states while Shelton residents stocked candles and kerosene in anticipation of possible further disaster.
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San Francisco
UPS
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
U.S. Weather Bureau
California
Shelton
Wash
Hungary Ghana Trade Pact Aims to Expand Trade Ties
Budapest report says Hungary and Ghana signed a trade regulation agreement for 1%6 between the two nations. MTI notes the pact will boost trade volume but provides no figures.
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Budapest
Hungary
Ghana
MTI
New Grounds Proposed to Ease New York Divorces
New York state Sen. Jerome Wilson led a legislative committee proposing four new divorce grounds besides adultery cruel and inhuman treatment abandonment mutual separation for two years or more and imprisonment of five or more years. A bill will be submitted in the next session.
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New York
UPI
Jerome Wilson
Joint Legislative Committee
Marlboro Controversy Over Kennedy Named High School
Marlboro Massachusetts residents debate renaming the new $5 million high school after John F Kennedy. A petition seeks to restore the title Marlboro High School arguing the President's name has become overused as more public buildings bear it. The school opened in 1983 two months before Kennedy's assassination.
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Marlboro
Mass
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School
Marlboro High School
Kennedy
Dallas
Texas
Colleges Hit By Baby Boom
Washington UPI reports college enrollment rose to a record 5.9 million as freshmen surged 18 percent from last year, a 1? percent rise over 1963. Officials attribute the growth to the postwar baby boom and its impact on education.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
Guns and Butter Budget Talks With Johnson and McNamara
President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara meet at the Texas White House to push final preparations of a 1966 federal budget emphasizing Viet Nam war outlays. The budget could push total federal spending to about 105 to 107 billion dollars this year, with higher figures anticipated next year. The White House also notes a Vatican request for a Christmas truce and planned White House adviser changes, including James Duezenberry joining the Council of Economic Advisers to replace Otto Eckstein.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Texas White House
McNamara
Johnson Ranch
Viet Nam
White House
Washington
Egidio Vagnozzi
Paul VI
Joseph Laitin
Ile
James Stemble Duesenberry
Marvard
Council OF Economic Advisers
Duesenberry
Otto Eckstein
Harvard
Stamp To Honor Johnny Appleseed Issued in Leominster
Washington AP reports a special postage stamp honoring Johnny Appleseed will be issued in Leominster Massachusetts on September 24. The announcement marks the first issue of an American commemorative series.
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Washington
Johnny Appleseed
Leominster
Mass
First Major Cigarette Brand Carries Warning of Hazard
RALEIGH N C AP A major cigarette brand was on sale Monday in Raleigh carrying this warning label Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health The warning on the side panel of a pack of S M cigarettes mirrors the Sweet Caporal change made when it became a filter tipped brand in October The label was added with a redesigned package Liggett Myers Tobacco Co owns the LEM brand with plants in Raleigh and Durham Federal law will require the warning on cigarettes sold after Saturday Jan 1 Dan Provost at L M said the Raleigh and Durham plants may have run out of old labels and started using the new ones Nationwide distribution of cigarettes with the new label had not yet begun
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Raleigh
N.C. AP
S&ms
American Tobacco Co
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Rayleigh
Duran
United States
Dan Provost
L&m
New York City
North Carolina
Birth Control Pill Seen Making Sex Recreational
Berkeley reports at AAAS meeting a social scientist claims the pill makes sex recreational and changes morality. Marlin B. Loeb of Wisconsin warns of world wide implications while others acknowledge the pill’s effectiveness and social impact.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPS
American Association, For the Advancement of Science
AAAS
University of California
Marlin B. Loeb
School of Social Work
The
University of Wisconsin
Loeb
Four New England Soldiers Die in Viet Nam
Washington reports four New Englanders killed in Viet Nam, including three Massachusetts soldiers. Capt. Paul D. Berthiaume of East Brookfield, Pfc. William W. Richard of Auburndale, Spc. Leonidas Hasis of Westboro, and Marine Lance Cpl. Ronald R. Sisson of Hulberton, N.Y. were identified by the Defense Department.
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Washington
UPS
New
Ronald R. Sisson
Frank W. Sisson
Hulberton, Nal
Folklore stamps honor seed planter who trekked vast trails
Folklore series of stamps will honor a man reputed to have traversed 100000 square miles between Massachusetts and Missouri planting tree seeds and seedlings.
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Massachusetts
Missouri
National Output Said Heading for New High
The National Planning Association projected 1966 GNP at 716 billion dollars, up 44 billion from 1965, with a likely range up to 726 billion. The forecast hinges on defense spending and inflation risks, noting possible policy tradeoffs between growth and price stability.
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Washington
National Planning Association
NPA
Johnson
NPR
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