Court Ties Disease to Insecticide Death in Missouri Case
Kansas City AP report notes U S District Judge William Becker ruled Donald Burk died from exposure to the insecticide dieldrin while demonstrating its use. His widow Marilyn Burk and four children received workers compensation after a 1966 Hodgkin’s disease diagnosis linked to the chemical.
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Hodgkin
Columbia
Marilyn Burl
Bureau of Employes Compensation
U.S. Labor Department
Donald Burk
U.S
William Becker
Stauffer Chemical Co
Burk
The
Chemical Company
Hias
New York
Becker
Porter
Bureau
Foul Play Suspected In Girl Death In Linn County
Maureen Farley 17 of 10th Street SE was found dead Friday evening in a ravine near Ely road SE two-tenths mile south of River Road. Police say death caused by a severe head injury with foul play suspected. No suspects named and medical examiner cites homicide. Two youths who found the body reported seeing the junk car where it lay. they initially thought the victim was sleeping.
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Tenth Street
Ely Road
River Road
George J. Matlas
Linn County
Matias
Danny Lineweaver
Blakely Boulevard
Kevin Coppess
Blakely Bonevard
European Security Key Topic at Rogers Gromyko Meeting
Secretary of State Rogers and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko discussed European security during a Friday dinner and planned further talks with President Nixon. They touched on how to negotiate mutual force reductions while Kremlin aims remained vague. Rogers also met UN Secretary General Thant, whose retirement and successor search add significance.
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Gromyko
Nixon
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Kremlin
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Job
China
Raisling
Europe
Washington- Moscow
Prote Gromyko
New York Hotel
Vietnam veteran endangers self in roadside gasoline bid
A U S Vietnam veteran attempted self immolation by pouring gasoline on his body beside a memorial fountain at a busy crossroads. Police intervened before a match could be struck as he spoke of drawing attention to Vietnamese suffering.
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Peared
Crombie
U.S. Public Affairs Office
Scrombie
Black
Steel Company
Jefferson County
U.S
Birmingham
Kiu Klux Klans
Muskie Attacks Social Security Insecurity Speech
Sen Edmund Muskie blasted the Nixon administration for social security flaws that he says push the elderly toward poverty. He and Sen Walter Mondale plan to sponsor legislation to remove inequities while touring the Northwest en route to talks with Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
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Jerry Mursiner
Des Moines
UPI
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Nixon
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Gift Costs Not Frozen Under Wage Price Freeze
A San Francisco letter asks if gifts to wives are covered by the wage price freeze. Ralph Burs, regional OFP director, says the order does not apply to gifts, allowing husbands to purchase any gift their wives deserve without restriction.
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San Francisco
Regional Office of Emergency Preparedness
Ralph Burs
OFP
Presidential hopeful vows social security overhaul to curb injustice
The aspirant decries low benefits and high payroll taxes, arguing 60 percent of elderly living alone near poverty and three fifths of their generation feel betrayed. He calls for ending economic injustice and replacing taxes with a more progressive system, pledging action beyond current policies.
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Hhis
Petroleum Price Curb Is Claimed
Washington AP The Government says it can curb 144 price increases in the petroleum industry without court action while 269 more are under investigation The Cost of Living Council expects industry cooperation and reports that many cases were settled by voluntary price rollbacks IRS has logged 1012 complaints since the freeze began Of those 599 were groundless 144 admitted violations and rolled back prices while 269 await action A few court cases have been filed with fines up to 5000 each
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Washington
Arnold Weber
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
Council
Sen. Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Weber
Internal Revenue Service
Justice Hugo Black Dies After 34 Years On Court
Former Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black dies at Bethesda Naval Hospital eight days after stepping down due to ill health. Nixon calls him a noble American and Warren Burger honors him as a major legal thinker. Black famed for strict First Amendment views and major opinions including Pentagon Papers and Smith Act challenges, born February 27, 1886, rose from rural Alabama roots to the nation’s high court.
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Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Nixon
Black
Warren Burger
Earl Warren
Warren
High Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Big City
U.S
University of ‘Alabama
Ashland
Iala
Birmingham
Young Negro
Tito Accepts Invitation To Visit Moscow In Talks With Brezhnev
Belgrade AP report says Tito accepted Brezhnev invitation to Moscow with no date set. Communique notes mutual interests, friendship, and ongoing cooperation. Brezhnev’s Hungary and Bulgaria stops aim to update allies on talks. Talks described as frank and necessary paving road to future Yugoslav Soviet relations.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
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Soviet Communist Party
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Soviet Union
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Communist Party
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Bulgaria
Politi
Aredan
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