FBI used illegal breakins against domestic groups 1948 1966
A Senate committee staff report says the FBI conducted over 200 illegal "black bag" breakins against domestic groups from 1948 to 1966, with Hoover banning the practice in 1966. It cites entries against the Ku Klux Klan and Socialist Workers Party targets, and notes later covert operations without warrants.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Justice Department
Senate Committee
Senate Intelligence Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
William C. Sullivan
Clarence J. Kelley
Westminster College
Fulton
Hoover
Ku Klux Klan
Socialist Workers Party
Hsong
SWP
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
ERDA plan to solve nuclear waste disposal
UPI reports ERDA aims to bury deadly radioactive waste underground as a permanent solution. The administration sends Congress a five volume 1500 page study on handling and storing atomic plant wastes and plans to announce a formal plan soon with public comment invited.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
ERDA
Ener Resources Council
Researchers blame FDA for methadone rehab limits
Two doctors from Rockefeller University accuse the FDA of politically inspired controls that restrict methadone maintenance, leaving most heroin addicts untreated. They estimate 400,000 to 500,000 daily narcotics users and under 80,000 in methadone programs, calling for treatment that restores dignity and mutual respect.
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Chicago
UPI
Federal Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
Vincent P. Dele
Marie E. Nyswander
Rockefeller University
New York City
Journal of the
American Medical Association
United States
Hansen criticizes Ford forum at UNL in Lincoln
Merle Hansen of Newman Grove, a candidate for the 3rd District Board of Regents, says the University of Nebraska forum hosting Ford speeches was arranged by administrators aligned with political beliefs. He argues regents and university leaders used the campus as a political platform and did not distinguish between roles.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
University of Nebraska
Ford
Merle Hansen
Newman Grove
Hansen
Board of Regents
Social Security improves retirement benefits for men
UPI reports that a decades old clause created gender bias in Social Security. New 1970s and 1972 reforms move toward equal benefit formulas, with full parity at age 65 beginning in 1978. In 1972 and earlier, men often faced lower benefits. courts review survivor and dependent rules. March retirees totaled 9.23 million men and 7.48 million women.
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Craig A. Palmer
Washington
UPI
Naximie
Social Security Administration
U.S. Supreme Court
Carter praised as dirt farmer at Grand Island rally
Former state senator Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff introduced Jimmy Carter in Grand Island saying he is a dirt farmer who understands the soil. Carpenter urged support in Nebraska's upcoming Democratic presidential primary and warned against backroom deals at the convention.
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Carter
Grand Island
Neb
UPI
Scottsbluff
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carpenter
Nebraska
Omaha
Crete
Lincoln
Loran Schmit
Jules Burbach
Thunderstorms Hit Southern and Central Plains Raking Oklahoma Kansas
Severe storms sweep western and central Oklahoma Kansas Texas Sunday night with hail reports in Freedom Oklahoma. Warnings issued for six western Oklahoma counties as storms extend across the region.
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United Press International
Central Plains
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Freedom
Okla
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