Great American Smokeout kickoff with celebrity support
The Great American Smokeout draws Vips from Ed Asner to JoJo Starbuck and Emily the chimp as celebrities back a 24 hour quit attempt. HEW estimates 54 million smokers in the US with 30 million having quit since 1964.
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Ed Asner
Emily the Chimpanzee
American Cancer Society
Asner
JoJo Starbuck
New England Patriots
Julius Richmond
Emily
Columbus
Ohio
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S
Richmond
America
HEW
Patricia Harris
Hawaii schools reopen amid janitor strike picket lines
About half of Hawaii's 167 000 students were expected to cross picket lines as principals were authorized to hire more security guards and police pledged cooperation. Charles Clark, state superintendent, said schools reopening followed a sprucing up by parents and students after a three week closure over health hazard concerns.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Charles Clark
Local smokers urged to quit via Smok eout campaign
Karen Rouse of the local cancer society and Sandy Pierce of the King County American Cancer Society back a light hearted quit effort. The campaign slogan is Get the pack off your back with a Decatur kickoff featuring a giant extinguished cigarette. Participants are urged to try one day smoke free as a first step. No quit figures are provided.
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Karen Rouse
Local
Cancer Society
Sandy Pierce
King County
Seattle
American Cancer Society
Ms. Pierce
Decatur
Eye Colors Explained by Visual Proteins and Retinal Study
A new chemical model explains color vision through four visual proteins and retinal. When light hits these protein retinal units the bond breaks, sending nerve impulses that encode red blue and green signals to the brain. The study, by Nakanishi and colleagues, links color perception to additive primaries and explains yellow as a result of red and green activation. ON THIS DATE in 1976 the Lebanese civil war ended as Syrians took control of Beirut.
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Washington
Koji Nakanishi
Columbia University
Nakanishi
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Columbia
Barry Honig
University of Illinois
Rosalee Crouch
University of South Carolina Medical School
Beirut
Bishops urge Catholics to purge racism nationwide
U S bishops approve a pastoral letter calling Americans to confront racism and acknowledge past sins. The 16 page document backs affirmative action, checks on investment portfolios for racist ties, and expanded inner city Catholic schools while urging dioceses to aid minority institutions and illegal aliens.
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Washington
U.S
America
U.S. Conference of Bishops
United States
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