Meat Bill Cleared For Floor Action By Congress
Washington based reporters note that House and Senate conferees agreed on a bill to standardize state meat inspection with federal standards. The measure would authorize matching grants to upgrade state programs for plants not shipping across state lines and set federal jurisdiction if states fail to act in two years, with a possible third year for ongoing efforts.
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Sen
Holland
Fla
Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
Neal Smith
Iowa
Senate
Rep
W. R. Poage
W. R. Poage (D-Texas
House
C. Gathings
D-Ark
Poage
Sen. Mondale
D-Minn
Sen. Montoya
D-N.m
Department of Agriculture
Explosion Death In Urbana Ruled Accident
Benton County Atty Keith Mossmann ruled the March 24 Urbana blast and fire that fatally burned Mrs Raymond Carman aged 29 an accident. She died April 12 in Iowa City from burns and infection. Investigation found no indication of purposeful cause.
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Vinton
Benton County
Keith Mossmaan
Raymond Carman
Urbana
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Carman
Mossman
Cheryl
Heavy Fog Grips Iowa Disrupts Air Travel
Thick fog covered most of Iowa including Cedar Rapids on Wednesday slowing flights at the Municipal airport for hours. United Airlines grounded two planes until shortly before 1 p.m. as fog lifted, with continued disruption feared later. Temperature highs and winds were noted with 56 degrees Tuesday and 46 at 2 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United Airlines
Grand Rapids
Mich
Counterfeit Case Autos Are Seized
Secret Service agents seized four cars connected to a teenagers counterfeit money spree. Thirteen youths were arrested. Robert K. Lynn, 19, is charged with possessing counterfeit money to use. Cars used to transport the counterfeit money are to be seized under federal law.
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Robert K. Lynn
L Street
U.S
K. W
Lynn
J. W
Lee) Grant
Lee J.gearhart
Richard Roth
Omaha
Secret Service Office
Roth
Infant Receives Historic Transplant Heart in Brooklyn
A team led by Dr Adrian Kantrowitz at Maimonides Hospital performed a two hour heart transplant on a 2 week old infant. The donor was a newborn who died from brain damage. The baby remained alive eight hours post op with stable breathing and blood pressure, prognosis guarded.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
jDr
Adrian Kantrowitz
U.S
Maimonides Hospital
Washkansky Jokes After Heart Transplant In Cape Town
Louis Washkansky, the 55 year old heart transplant patient at Groote Schuur Hospital, began joking and calling himself a new Frankenstein while doctors warn he may enter a crucial period. A nurse reports he talks about everything under the sun and remains in satisfactory condition three days after the operation.
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Cape Town
Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur
Indictment for Father in Seven Poisoning Deaths
James Richardson, a 33 year old migrant fruit picker, was indicted by a county grand jury on a first degree murder charge for the poisoning deaths of his seven children. The panel charged him with killing his oldest daughter Betty Jean, 8, after the family ate a luncheon stew laced with parathion on October 25 and 26.
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Tampa
James Richardson
Richardson
Betty Jean
Massacre toll rises in Viet Cong attack in Dak Son area
Viet Cong attackers using flamethrowers and grenades killed 121 villagers and wounded 47 in Dak Son East and West, 74 miles northeast of Saigon. The victims included 14 Montagnard tribesmen and seven popular force defenders with 29 missing.
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Vpi
U.S
Dak Son East
Dak Son West
Carmichael Allowed Into France After Detention
Stokely Carmichael, US black power advocate, was admitted to France after overnight detention at Orly as an undesirable foreigner. The reversal by higher authorities followed protests from rally organizers and questions over France's stance on his Vietnam War views.
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Paris
Stokely
Carmichael
U.S
France
Orly
Stockholm
de Gaulle
Vietnam
University of Iowa Melee Spurs Lawmen to Revolt Warning
Cedar County Sheriff says he will not deploy county personnel to protect university property until university officials change their stance toward demonstrators. He cites clashes sparked by antiwar protests and says authorities will still cooperate with Johnson County and Iowa City police. Tense comments from Sheriff Maynard Schneider and county attorney indicate possible more arrests as demonstrations continue.
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Cedar County
Richard Barden
Tipton
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Barden
Johnson County
Maynard Schneider
Schneider
Jawa City
Frank Smiley
University
Robert Jensen
the Gazette
Town
Adjournment Sought for 10 Days to End Session
Speaker McCormack said efforts will push to adjourn this year's Congress session by a week from Saturday and that the second session will not start until January 15.
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Washington
UPI
McCormack
Congress
Humphrey Plans Eight-Nation Africa Tour
Vice President Humphrey will visit Liberia Ivory Coast Ghana Congo Ethiopia Somalia Kenya and Tunisia for an eight nation trip. He will lead the American delegation at William Tubman’s Liberia inauguration and depart Washington December 29 returning January 16 with Thurgood Marshall Edgar Bronfman and Ben Brown among attendees.
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White House
Humphrey
Africa
Liberia
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Congo
Ethiopia
Somalia
Kenya
Tunisia
William P
Tubman
Thurgood
Marshall
The
Supreme Court
Edgar
Bronfman
New York Business
Ixecutive
Ben Brown
Flood toll in central Portugal rises to 462
In Lisbon AP reports several bodies recovered Tuesday raising the death toll from central Portugal floods to 462. Emergency crews continue rescue and recovery operations across affected areas as communities assess damage and seek aid.
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Lisbon
Portugal
GIs Forced To Go Underground On Bu Dop Front
In Bu Dop near Saigon, U S troops of the 1st Infantry Division dig in trenches and bunkers amid red dirt and constant artillery, mortars, and rockets. Chaplain Arthur Carter recalls Christmas without bells or trees as heavy fighting and airstrikes continue along the Cambodian border.
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Bu Dap
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Arthur Carter
Boston
Christ
Bu Dop
Saigon
Patient Can't Pay Doctor After Slowing Down
A medical joke notes a patient telling the doctor he cannot pay after slowing pace at work as instructed. The line frames financial strain and implied impact on employment, with a wry twist in the punchline.
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