Public medical alerts go beyond bragging rights
The Medic Alert Foundation promotes engraved bracelets and necklaces for emergency medical facts. Celebrities like Andy Devine and Joan Fontaine support the cause, listing conditions such as diabetes and penicillin allergies to guide treatment if patients are unconscious. The system links to a central file in California and operates worldwide with dozens of foreign country affiliates.
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New York
Andy Devine
Joan Fontaine
Dorothy Malone
Peter Nero
Dan Rowan
Billy Casper
Billy Talbert
Medic Alert Foundation International
Rowan
Talbert
Devine
Nero
Casper
Miss Fontaine
Nanette Fabray
Miss Malone
Holder
Lynchings Rise in Brazil City Near Rio de Janeiro
In rural Brazil lynch law remains common and even Rio de Janeiro area towns like Nova Iguacu, with 340,000 people and nine policemen, face lynchings. A Feb 20 mob killed Jesse Nunes Atougui after he robbed a gas truck, sharing 240 cruzeiros taken. Also noted is a 10 year old item about striking printers in New York.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Brazil
Rio
Nova Iguacu
Jesse Nunes Atougui
Atougui
Soviet Tourist Guide Reports Poor Moscow Restaurant Service
A Soviet Intourist guide reports frequent poor service for tourists in Moscow eateries. An Australian couple and child faced indifference, limited options, and delays, highlighting broader concerns as Soviet tourism aimed to grow from 2.5 million to 4.5 million yearly by 1975.
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Moscow
UPS
Intourist
Viktoria Versh
Affluence Linked to Rising Divorces in Singapore
Singapore. A University of Singapore survey shows divorces rose from 57 in 1968 to 181 in 1972. The average annual figure is 118 divorces about 1.4 percent per 1000 marriages. Lecturer Dr. Peter Chen attributes the increase to growing affluence.
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Singapore
API
University of Singapore
Peter Chen
Chen
Montgomery Ward First Catalog A Single Sheet Listing
Montgomery Ward released its initial catalog as a single sheet featuring around 100 items. The modest start marked the retailer’s cataloging efforts and set the stage for future mail order growth.
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Montgomery Ward
Threat of Civil War Grows in Mindanao Philippines
Manila reports escalating clashes between government troops and Moslem dissidents across Mindanao with nearly 300 lives in North Cotabato over two weeks. Martial law remains in force as authorities struggle to contain violence across Sulu and Basilan.
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Manila
Philippines
Mindanao
Cotabato
Ferdinand Marcos
Sulu
Basilan
Marcos
Regis High School Choral Concert Tonight
The Regis high school music department presents an 8 p m choral concert in the school auditorium. Performers include the concert choir choraleers sophomore and freshman chorus a swing choir Celebrate with Mary Lawrence as soloist plus the junior mixed quartet a girls ensemble and a girls trio. Selections include Hallelujah Day Shadrach Black and White and numbers from Fiddler on the Roof and Purlie. Directed by Sister Cecilia Soreghan.
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Regis High School
Mary Lawrence
Shadrach
Want Ad Seeks Deals to Free Space and Sell Unneeded Items
A local classifieds request invites readers to place want ads to clear clutter and find buyers. The brief highlights affordable options for selling unused belongings and expanding storage by listing items for quick sale.
Aspin aims to check defense spending and press aims
Rep. Les Aspin of Wisconsin, age 34, has become a outspoken critic of the defense establishment. He uses publicity to spotlight spending and the military industrial complex while pushing for restructuring of defense procurement and presentation to Congress. His outspoken stance has earned mixed reactions from fellow Armed Services Committee members.
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Washington
UPI
Les Aspin
Defense
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Aspin
House
Armed Services Committee
Wisconsin Democrat
Congress
Ralph Nader
Wisconsin
Cannon House
Siberia
William Proxmire
D'Wis
Walter Heller
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Yale
Oxford University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert S. McNamara
Marquette University
Henry Shadeberg
Hawkish Armed Services Committee
Aspin Sees Pentagon Clout and Scrutiny in Congress
The Wisconsin Democrat Henry Aspin leverages Pentagon experience to probe defense spending. He targets Litton Industries and Navy contracts, questions Ash stock moves, and cites Senate bills awaiting House action. Aspin notes the Armed Services Committee’s limits and hopes for a future chairmanship.
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Navy
Pascagoula, Miss
Litton
Roy Ash
Nixon
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate
Ash
House
Aspin
Congressional
Pentagon
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Kankelon
Vaivesi
Frank N. Hawkins
Regis
Orlon
Cedar Rapids
Lindale
Lowa City
Sycamore
Pentagon Battles
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
Litton Industries
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