Australian bomber claims U S prisoners killed in gas test
Sydney based report cites former air force captain John Hampshire saying 160 gas canisters were dropped on a Barrier Reef island in 1944 killing U S prisoners serving life terms believed to have volunteered for a poison gas experiment. The defense minister ordered a full investigation into the allegations.
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Sydney
UPS
John Hampshire
Air Force
Barrier Reef
United States
Lance Barnard
Hampshire
Australian News Ltd
Cairms
Brisbane
U.S
Jess Crowther
5Th
U.S. Air Force
Charters Towers
Queensland
Crowther
Pacific
Tarawa
Chad military junta suspends constitution and parties
Gen Odingar leads a coup in Ndjamena after President Mombalbaye is killed. The junta dissolves the executive, folds the national assembly, suspends the constitution, and bans parties while promising to honor international treaties. Curfew imposed with no immediate resistance reported. Chad, a landlocked nation of about 4 million, remains divided along north south lines.
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PARIS
UPI
Chad
Francois Ngarta Mombalbave
Noel Gdingar
Ombalbaye
Ndjamena
Odingar
Executive Council
National Assembly
Republic
Texas
California
Oklahoma
Indefinite Delay on New Beef Grading Rules
Washington reports the Agriculture Department postponed the new beef grading standards indefinitely after an appeals court refused a delay in enforcement. The revisions would ease marbling requirements for the popular choice grade to promote grass and grain efficient production, with consumer groups and some packers criticizing the change.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
U.S
Donald Lay
Omaha
Neb
Robert V. Denney
Theat
David Hallett
Explosion at Sasolburg refinery in South Africa kills seven
A powerful explosion destroyed the Sasolburg oil from coal refinery near Johannesburg. Seven people died in the blast. Firefighters from Sasolburg and nearby towns contained a post explosion fire. The SASOL spokesman provided the casualty figure and described rapid emergency response.
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Sasolburg
South Africa
UPI
South Iica
Johannesburg
South African Oil, Coal and Gas Corporation
SASOL
State employees show elevated readings in health screening
In Lincoln, 126 of 929 state employees, senators, and staffers tested in a hypertension screening were found to have elevated readings. Those with a second elevated result will be sent to physicians for further evaluation, with follow up tests at the Capitol Rotunda on April 15 and the State Health Department Building on April 16 between 8:20 am and 1 pm.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPL
Franklin Harris
State Health Department
Capitol Rotunda
O Street
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First Baptist Church
Alina Olson
Amy Mahood
Ina Person
Maye Rector
Mahood
Person
Lynn Rundell
Gilbert Behlen
Ray Woodrick
Jone Monnich
Chad Army
Tooleys
Department
Justice Department
Independent Meat Packers Association
Ned
Justice
Agriculture, Department
SKY Theatre
Schuyler, Nebr
Rann
Pee
Martinizing
25Th Ave
Lovie‘s
T. F. Shank
Mgr
Aniiene
Maine
A. F. Shank
Mor
Coats
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Nebraska
Leo A. Ambrose
D.D.S
C. F. Ashby
M.D
Geneva
Warren G. Bosley, M.D
Grand Island
Benjamin L. Lynch
James C. Bosworth
Western Electric Company, Inc
James A. Butler
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
A. J. Canaday
First National Bank of
C. d.Cornelius, Jr, M.D. Sidney
William A. Fitzgerald
C. J. Fallis Communications Workers At
America
Richard E. Garlinghouse
Licoln
James E. Geist
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company
Lincoln
Janice Y. Gilmore
Omaha Public Schools
F. H. Hathaway
H.C. Henderson
Leo T. Heywood
James W. Kirkman
North Platte
Telegraph
Harold A. Ludwig
Eugene F. Lanson
Daniel C. Lynch
John E. Lynch
John T. McGreer
M.D. Lincoln
Thomas N. Moore
Omaha National Bank
Richard W. Nislay Roca
Dan A. Nye, M.D. Kearney
William E. O'Connor
IBM Corporation
Loran C. Schmit
State of Nebraska
Joe R. Seacrest Journal Star Printing Company
R. F. Sievers, M.D. Blair
Lawrence J. Stratman Protective Fire & Casualty Company
Seward
Frank H. Tanner, M.D. Lincoln
Robert C. Therien
John G. Thies
Omaha Education Association
M. Truhisen
D. Omaha
Carlyle E. Wilson
Golden J. Zenon
Dana Larson
Uss
Alside Siding
United Building Products, Inc
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
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