Smoking Linked With Premature Deaths
Four year study of 188000 men aged 54 to 70 finds lung cancer deaths 64 times higher among smokers, heart attack risk up 70 percent, overall death rate up 34 to 70 percent depending on daily cigarettes. Former smokers fared better. rural lung cancer deaths lower. Tobacco industry committee comments on unknown causes.
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American Medical Association
B. Cuyler Hammond
Daniel Horn
Canver” Society
Hammond
Timothy Huartnett
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Missile For R. N. Destroyers
Four destroyers under construction will be first Royal Navy ships armed with Britain's Beasing guided missile. The Seaslug weapon detects targets at long range by radar and plots range height and bearing before launch.
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London
Britain
Woomera
Devonshire
Hampshire
Kent
Admiralty
Neter
Handcuffed Labour Councillor Protests Civil Defence Takeover
John Lawrence 41 a Labour leader in St Pancras handcuffed himself to the Civil Defence headquarters gates in London to protest a government plan to take over civil defence operations. The Socialist council had voted to discontinue civil defence citing H bomb futility. Police freed him after about an hour.
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London
John Lawrence
St. Pancras
Labour
Lawrence
Scientist Cautious on Atomic Powered Aircraft Plans
Hamburg reports a congress on atomic power for ships with about 400 scientists from West Germany and abroad. Dr A J Balman expressed doubt over aircraft applications while Emes Plate noted eight nations pursuing atomic shipping, mainly for freighters, with limited aircraft prospects.
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A. J. Balman
West Germany
America
Britain
Japan
Sweden
Hamburg
Emes
Plate
Salmon
Russia
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Civic Centre
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Aizn
Sam
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ZA Coles
Bia
Tavien
Coles Sul Uoc Mada
R. N. Destroyers
Reuter
Joey
Raniay
Edments
Noam
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