Earthquake Toll Grows in Guatemala City Aftershock Toll Rises
Guatemala City reels as hundreds of aftershocks raise the death toll to about 7,375 with unofficial counts higher. Reports from rural areas describe landslides, collapsed bridges, and overwhelmed towns. President Laugerud warns one in ten buildings damaged. food, water, hospitals in short supply amid mass burials and vaccination drives. About 5,000 Americans in Guatemala worry for loved ones as embassy notes no confirmed deaths.
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House panel to spy on spies approved by House panel
Washington AP reports the House intelligence committee backed a permanent watchdog panel to monitor U S covert actions and outlaw operations like the Angola project. It also approved 48 hour reporting to Congress, censure for leakers, and criminal penalties for staff who reveal secrets. Kissinger urged safeguards and opposed pre approval, warning leaks in weeks.
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Angolatty
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House Ties Committee
Congress
Angola
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
FDA moves to ban Red No. 2 dye next week
The FDA wins a court skirmish allowing a mandatory ban on Red No. 2, a synthetic dye used in foods drugs and cosmetics for 68 years. A judge dismissed the injunction while a higher court appeal proceeds. the rule would take effect immediately unless delayed. The FDA cites animal studies suggesting potential cancer risk and notes no recalls. Ralph Nader’s Health Research Group supported the FDA. Major firms like Nabisco and General Mills have already reduced use.
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Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Court of Appeals
FDA
Ing
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Health Research Group
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Russia
U.S
Nabisco
General Mills
Upsilon Particle Upsets World of Physics
New York reports the upsilon, the heaviest known elementary particle, discovered at Fermilab by Columbia University, Fermilab, and SUNY Stony Brook led by Leon Lederman. The finding challenges quark theory, suggesting a possible infinite particle series and reshaping views on matter building blocks. The particle, formed from electron-positron pairs with a mass near 5.96 GeV, may have lifetimes under a billionth of a billionth of a second and prompts reassessment of fundamental physics.
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Upsilon
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
American Physical Society
Columbia University
Fermilab
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Leon A. Lederman
Columbia
Jeffrey A. Appel
Martin L. Perl
Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory
Opportunity For Advancement In Japan's Shady Underworld
A Tokyo gangster explains that organized crime offers teens without education or family a chance to survive. Police report 1974 arrests rose 2.3 percent to 53,277 with crimes from robbery to rape. criminals contend police pressure harms them while many return after short detentions.
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Japan
Tokyo
National
Yoshio Nemoto
Portrait anger over Kleindienst hanging fuels letters
Washington AP reports angry letters to Attorney General Edward Levi about the hanging of former Atty. Gen. Echard G. Kleindienst’s portrait in the Justice Department. Critics call it a disgrace while a spokesman says few letters have been received in past portrait events. Kleindienst pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for not fully testifying to a Senate committee during confirmation, receiving a suspended month in prison and a $100 fine.
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Atty
Echard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
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Illinois
Tion
Edward H. Levi
Missouri
Kleindienst
Minnesota
Department of Justice
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Progestasert Birth Control Device to Debut in U S
A new uterine birth control device Progestasert will be available next month. It is a T shaped IUD delivering progesterone for a year with a low 1 to 2 percent pregnancy rate in trials and requires replacement by a doctor after 12 months. ALZA Corp says FDA approved marketing.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Alza Corp
Food and Drug Administration
Bruce Pharriss
Pharriss
United States
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