Government hit over horse deaths
Texas ranchers blame federal government bureaucracy for delaying action in a sleeping sickness outbreak that has killed about 1 000 horses and sickened more than 1 000 people. Officials note the illness is not typically fatal to humans while vaccines are debated and a federal quarantine remains in place.
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UPI
Texas
Mexico
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Tex
Heath
Oklahoma
John Welty
Harlingen
Washington
Wally
United States
Brownsville
Luis Deheverria
State Department
U.S. Senate
State weighs quarantine on Texas horses entering California
California's Public Health Director Dr. Louis F. Saylor said a quarantine against moving horses from Texas to California is under consideration due to Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis. Officials, UC, and the Agriculture Department are coordinating a horse and mosquito surveillance program to protect the public. veterinarians are to submit equine encephalitis samples for testing and border areas are being monitored. The virus is usually fatal in humans and can cause fever chills nausea headache muscle and bone pain with long recovery.
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Berkeley
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State Department of Agricultmw
Texas
California
Louis F. Saylor
Saylor
University of California
Department of Agriculture
San Diego
Imperial
FDA recalls 204000 candy bars for rodent contamination
The FDA disclosed 204000 candy bars and 7100 boxes contaminated with rodents and insects. Brands include Necco Peanut Bars from Necco and King’s Teacan Crunch and Kathryn King’s Rose Box chocolates. Bul King Candy Co and New England Confectionery Co reported bars recalled and most sold or eaten. remaining bars were in warehouses or sold.
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UPL
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
King
Kathryn King
PBA
Bul King Candy Co
Fort Worth
Tex
New England Confectionary Co, Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Manila
Necea
Lockheed loan chances rise in Senate debate
Washington reports that Lockheed Aircraft Corp prospects for a $750 million government guaranteed loan have improved. Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield moved to schedule debate on the proposal, forecasting better odds for passage. The plan would empower a three man board to oversee state guarantees for up to $2 billion in troubled loans, with Treasury saying Lockheed’s application was among the first to be considered. Proxmire remains a principal opponent of government aid.
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HPI
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
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Mike Mansfield
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Treasury
Lockheed
William Proxmire
Hal
Solans move on foreign aid to Greece and Pakistan
Washington report notes a shift in the House Foreign Affairs Committee toward using U S aid to press for free elections in Greece and to end military rule. The panel also signals steps toward reform in Pakistan and warns against withholding all aid, amid refugee flows and regional tensions.
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Washington
UPT
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sevate Foreign Relations Committee
Greece
Bagl
Pakistan
West Paktatal
India
Nixon
Youth Drowns After Diving at Torquay Pool
In Torquay England 11 year old John Moran vanished after diving into a municipal swimming pool Tuesday night. Workers recovered his body over 24 hours later from the pool bottom. Authorities said Moran drowned during a routine swimming lesson with other children at a seaside pool with a safety railing and lifeguard presence.guidance
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England
John Moran
Cron
Paul
Pulige
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Frank Jocal
Chasers of fires get big greeting
Philadelphia UPI reports the 19th annual convention of the International Fire Buff Association opened with a large welcome. Fire chasers, including Harry Nathan of Baltimore, checked into the hotel as a blaze broke out at an abandoned factory nearby. About 50 association members were already on site.
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Puiladelphia
UPI
Nicey
Infornational Fire Buff Association
Harry Nathan
Baltimore
Nathan
GI soldier charged in murder of two officers in Vietnam
Army privates and officers at Bien Hoa Base accuse Pvt Billy D. Smith 28 Los Angeles of tossing a bomb into officers’ barracks on March 15 1971. Victims asleep two second lieutenants Richard E Harland Dallas and Thomas A Belwa Mechanic? killed. three other officers injured. Case authorized by Maj Gen HJ Moore Ort ORD California. court martial expected to begin in September.
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Calif
UPI
Privac
Wy Brutenants
Vietnam
Billy D. Smith
Los Angeles
Hig
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Vate
Bien Hoa Arthy
Richard E. Harland
Dallas
Thomas A. Belwa
Billboard bandits strike another sign in Michigan
PORT HURON Michigan authorities said the billboard bandits struck again overnight, chopping down a 14 foot board valued at about 800 dollars on U S 25 twenty miles north of Port Huron. The group has been active in southeastern Michigan since spring, targeting signs they deem visual pollution.
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Port Huron
Mich
UPI
U.S. 25
Here
Michigan
Viet Cong raid on Quang Tri ammo dump thwarted
In Saigon, Viet Cong commandos attempted a second raid in a month on the Quang Tri ammunition dump. Guards fired, one American wounded, enemy body found on the fence. President Thien and Nixon spoke of peace aims amid the incident.
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South Vietnam
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Quang Tel Tatoe
Nguyen Varg Thien
Nixon
Peking
United States
Quant Tri Ammmunition
Quang Tri
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