Senators Hear About Bilking of the Elderly
A Senate subcommittee heard testimony on elder fraud linked to health quackery. BBB spokesman Irving Ladimir described aggressive appeals for skin care and age-defying products while postal officials noted mail treatments for cancer and other ailments. Harvard and Michigan State nutrition experts warned that nutritional quackery is a highly organized, costly racket targeting seniors as legislators study closing loopholes.
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Washington
Irving Ladimir
National Better Business Bureau, Inc
Henry B. Montague
Montague
Frederick J. Stare
Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Nutrition
Dena C. Cederquist
Michigan State University
Department of Foods and Nutrition
Senate
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Vermont Senate approves cut in Vermont track betting share
The Vermont Senate sent to Gov. Moff a bill to reduce the state’s take from 8 percent to 4 percent of wagers at Green Mountain Park in Pownal while shifting 13 percent to the track. The measure also allows a further 4 percent state share on daily handles above $200,080 if the season average exceeds $200,068.
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Montpelier
Vermont Senate
Philip H. Moff
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Green Mountain
Vermont
FASTEETH Crowns Comfort for False Teeth
Many women fear embarrassing plate slippage and odor from false teeth. Apply FASTEETH powder on the plates to mold them more firmly and reduce sour breath. The alkaline non acidic formula promises comfort and a cleaner mouth.
Anti Bias Plan Voted Down In Seattle
In Seattle voters rejected a controversial open housing ordinance by a two to one margin in the general election. The measure would have barred racial and religious discrimination in sale or rental of dwellings with 112,448 voting against and 53,453 for. Backers said the fight would continue as a Negro pastor warned of a long hot summer.
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Seattle
Wash
Wheat Ship First From U.S. in Years
MOSCOW AP reports an American freighter Niagara arrived at Nakhodka near Vladivostok, the first U.S. wheat shipment to a Soviet Pacific port in 42 years, docking Monday with 16,000 tons of wheat.
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Moscow
Prayda
Soviet Communist Party
Nakhodka
Vladivostok
Political Feud Hinted Between L B J Kennedy
Washington AP sources say friction between President Johnson and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy may exist amid efforts to win vice presidential votes in New Hampshire. Some officials call relations excellent, while others cite personal tension and a Kennedy write-in challenge. Kennedy signaled no 1964 plans, saying he may leave the post after November.
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Washington
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
New Hampshire
Robert Kennedy
Indonesia
Malaysia
Postal Rates and Change of Address Notice
Rates listed for Pastal Zones with durations from one month to one year and prices. A change of address notice instructs subscribers to notify the local post office and Berkshire Eagle with both old and new addresses to avoid service interruption.
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Jacal Post Office
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Suddenly Slim Easter girdle promise to slim without effort
Los Angeles reports a new product called Suddenly Slim a 492 girdle using science fibers. It features a nylon front panel stiffened to resist sag and side panels for hip contouring with a spandex nylon acetate blend. Available in girdle and panty versions from England’s Silhouette Shop Second Floor Tel 443 2011.
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Los Angeles
California
Olga
England
Silhouette
Motorist Survives Week Snowbound In Colorado
Glenwood Springs Colorado AP report recounts James Currier a 37 year old actuarial analyst from Sacramento who spent a week trapped in a snowbound sedan eating toothpaste gum and melted snow. Two power line inspectors found him Monday huddled in the back seat covered by blankets and weak but intact.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
James Currier
Colorado Rockies
Currier
Sacramento
Calif
Spite Fence Raised At World's Fair
New York AP Robert Moses, head of the New York World's Fair, ordered a 76 by 156 foot frame along a highway at the fair edge to hide a bakery sign after a grocery chain refused to remove it. The vibrant frame will be draped with pennants to conceal the ad.
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NEW York (Ap
Robert Moses
Moses
Officials Probe Slick Airways Crash in Boston Harbor
Federal investigators took charge of a probe into a Slick Airways cargo plane crash at Castle Island near Logan Airport in a sleet storm. Three crew members died Capt Irwin S Zadwick First Officer Sal J Conilie and Loadmaster Truman Lanner. The plane broke apart in explosions and a fire after impact near a lumber terminal. Conilie had just visited his wife and newborn son. Witnesses said the craft appeared too low before plunging into the ground short of a terminal building housing about 50 workers.
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Boston
Slick Airways
Castle Island
Irwin S. Zadwick
Lawton
Okla
Sal J. Conilie
Arlington
Mass
Truman Lanner
Winthrop
Conilie
New York
Logan International Airport
Boston Harbor
Nepal Officials Under Arrest Amid Arrests in Kathmandu
Katmandu Nepal former Prime Minister Dr K Singh and deposed Nepali Congress Home Minister P Upadhyaya are under house arrest announced today no explanation given for the arrests keeping political tensions high in Nepal's capital.
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Katmandu
Nepal
UPT
Singh
Nepali Congress
P.upadhyaya
Liquor union claims buyers overcharged in Massachusetts
Lawrence Cohen representing the Distillery Rectifying Wines and Allied Workers International Union told a legislative committee that Massachusetts liquor consumers have paid hundreds of thousands more than necessary due to lax enforcement by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. He urged a 10 member commission to probe the Liquor Control Act and criticized favoritism and discriminatory practices. Retailers say they sell below posted prices to stay in business.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Lawrence Cohen
Distillery
Rectifying, Wines and Allied Workers Internation al Union
ABC
State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
Cohen
Committee On Legal Affairs
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Gill
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UPI
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Upper Branch
Congress
Rules Committee
James G. Wheeler
R-Westwood
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