University of Iowa weighs marijuana risks amid Mead proposal
Dr. Robert Wilcox warns marijuana can cause lasting disturbance and hospitalization three months after usage. Police note potential shifts in workload if legalized. students express mixed views ranging from cautious support to outright opposition.
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Peking Rejects US Ambassador Talks Proposal
A Tokyo dispatch says Communist China will not agree to a U.S. proposal to resume ambassadorial talks under the present circumstances. The report originates from Peking and was filed Thursday.
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Tax Break For Single Folk Voted
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 600 million tax break for single people. It sets a cap so single filers pay no more than 20 percent more tax than married filers with the same income. Senator McCarthy announced the decision.
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Drug Curbs in Britain Sought by Callaghan
London AP Home Secretary James Callaghan said he will seek legislative power to impose heavy penalties on illegal drug peddlers and tighten controls on drug distribution including export and import.
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London
James Callaghan
Rival student factions clash at American University Beirut
In Beirut, about 200 pro government and leftist guerrilla students fought with chairs, broken windows, and posters as riot police kept exits secure. The fighting centered near Rashaya with heavy gunfire and mortars echoing in the valleys across the Syrian border. The scene underscored Lebanon's deep political split over guerrilla warfare and regional tensions.
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Meir Faces Narrow Margin As Israel Votes Counted
Israeli voters delivered a prestige blow to Prime Minister Golda Meir while her Labor party eyed up to 58 seats in the 120 member Knesset. Gahal projected about 25 seats as Labor chased a 60 seat majority. Meir, 71, declined comment.
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Crack Widens as Cliffside Crack Demolishes Sea-View Home
A widening cliff fissure at Paseo del Mar in SAN PEDRO, CALIF. toppled a costly home toward the Pacific, with the house 30 feet down the cliff and still sinking. Water mains were ruptured, utilities shut off, and residents evacuated as six more oceanfront lots risk slipping into the sea.
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Nixon Recreates 1968 Stump for Virginia Campaign
President Nixon, touring Virginia for Linwood Holton, returns to 1968 style rhetoric. He urges moving power and money from Washington to states and people, touting a "without strings" plan for federal tax sharing. Nixon cites law and order as a theme and is flanked by speechwriter Patrick Buchanan with possible liberal writer Raymond Price along.
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Saigon Frees Buddhist Foe And 88 VCs
The South Vietnamese government pardoned dissident monk Thich Thien Minh and released 88 Viet Cong prisoners of war on National Day observances. Minh, 48, had been jailed since March on charges including harboring draft dodgers. he faced years of hard labor, later reduced to solitary confinement. The releases occurred across numerous locations with minimal public fanfare.
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Two Ambulance Firms Sued for Million Dollars
Cedar Rapids Ambulance Co Inc and Judith Poland Hanzlik face a 1 160 000 suit in Black Hawk County District Court. The case involves a January 16 1968 incident while Glenn A Lindell was transported to University Hospitals in Iowa City after an injury in Waterloo. Lindell seeks 750 000 for damages and paraplegia. his wife seeks 400 000 for loss of consortium and 10 000 for injuries. The Lindell claim includes Waterloo Ambulance and Wrecking Service Inc as defendants.
Supersonic Bombers to Retirement
The Pentagon discloses a sharp reduction in U S air defenses and retirement of the B 58 Hustler supersonic bomber as 307 bases close or curtail operations to save up to 3 billion dollars this fiscal year. Most cuts hit U S and Puerto Rico installations with 27 overseas reductions noted. The action follows expected gains from FB 111 bombers and improved Minuteman and Poseidon missiles.
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Laird
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Daniel Henkin
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It Takes More Than a Sheepskin to Keep the Wolf Away
A light column reflects on modern cost of living and self reliance as a college degree might not guarantee financial security. The piece notes graduates facing tight markets and the need for practical skills and steady work.
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