China Broadcasts Describe Southwest Turmoil and Leadership Shuffle
Reports from Peking and broadcasts describe Chang Kuo Hua in Chengtu as head of a Szechwan revolutionary committee preparatory group while Li Ching-chuan faces purge rumors in Szechwan. Inner Mongolia notes a firing of Dianfu and installation of Jeng Hai-ching as new military commander amid regional nationalist tensions near the Soviet frontier.
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China
Hinterfand
Chang Kuohua
Tibet
Chengtu
Szechwan
Peking
Chang
Jeng Hai-ching
Cultural Revolution Committee
Inner Mongolia
Mongolia
Cancer Study Hints At Viral Cause For Human Application
Dr Huebner discussed cancer research noting viruses are not unusual and may be controlled. Adenoviruses common in humans link to malignancies in animals, with 12 of 31 known types causing tumors. Chemicals suppressed leukemia when given with the cancer producing virus. timing after onset to be tested next month.
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Huebner
Spending Cuts Shake Congress Across Party Lines
Senators criticized a House budget cap, warning of financial chaos if adopted. Senator Pastore urged decisive cuts while Holland pressed for major changes. Stennis supported action to meet public demand for spending restraint as the White House weighed the impact and Schultze outlined a roughly 125.4 billion fiscal year ceiling. The emergency resolution would keep agencies funded pending final appropriations, with options for a Senate House conference if revisions arise.
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John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
House
John Stennis
D-Miss
White House
George Christian
Johnson
Charles L. Schultze
Senate
Schultze
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Congress
Pastore
Senate House
Asturias profile and Nobel prize notes include exile and writings
The article profiles novelist Miguel Angel Asturias winner of the Lenin Prize and discusses his anti United Fruit stance, years in exile, and return as ambassador to Paris. It covers his major works like El Senor Presidente and Hombres de Maiz, his intention to continue writing, and his comments on receiving the prize. It also lists Nobel prizes in physiology and medicine awarded to Hartline Wald and Granit, with future prize dates and the doubt over this year’s Peace Prize.
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United Fruit Cc
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Asturias
Argentina
Italy
France
Paris
Sorbonne
United Fruit Co
Haldan Keffer Hartline
New York
George Wald
Cambridge
Mass
Ragnar Granit
Sweden
Oslo
Norway
Lawmaker Favors Ending Marijuana Possession Penalties
Goddard backs removing penalties for possession of marijuana while keeping penalties for sale and distribution. He notes marijuana may be less hazardous than alcohol but warns the public may be misled by such comparisons. He cites 11,000 annual alcohol deaths as a conservative estimate and says FDA rulings often adverse on less hazardous drugs.
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Goddard
Food and Drug Administration
War Casualty Roll Expands With Week’s Toll and Allied Losses
Unofficial tabulations show 13 907 Americans killed and 88 502 wounded since January 1 1961, with 784 missing or captured and 2 785 deaths from nonhostile causes last week. More than half of combat deaths, 7263, occurred since January 1 1967. South Vietnamese losses are estimated at 60 000 since 1961.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Venus Flyby Data From Mariner 4 Continued
The article describes Mariner 5’s Venus flyby and data return plan. Tape recordings will be replayed during a 34 hour transmission starting 14 hours after fly-by. Scientists will infer surface heat from upper atmosphere emission and test for a Venus magnetic field and trapped radiation. Venus 4 found no molten metal core indication.
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Mariner 5
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Venus
Earth
Railroads drive merger talks with Penn Central plan
The major rail lines hold assets totaling 367.3 million, spanning the Northeast to the Mississippi. The New Haven remains in play for a Penn Central merger with leasing terms to ICC approval. Penn Central seeks 25 million loan to keep New Haven running until merger completes, awaiting ICC decision. Stewart T. Saunders and Alfred E. Perlman say the court's decision will hasten solving eastern railroad problems including those of New Haven.
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Northeast
Midwest
Mississippi River
New Haven Railroad
Penn-Central
ICC
New England
Penn Central
New Haven
Stewart T. Saunders
Pennsylvania
Alfred E. Perlman
Thhe Central
Trial Deliberations Continue In Civil Rights Murders Case
Jury weighs conspiracy to violate civil rights for three men killed in 1964 Mississippi slayings. Defendants include Neshoba County officials and Klan figures. max penalty under the 1870 law is 10 years and $5,000 fine.
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Mike Watkins
Watkins
Watkins Jeni
Cox
Atttorney
Justice Department
Mississippi
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Neshoba County
Lawrence A. Rainey
Ethel G. ‘Hop’ Barnette
Cecil R. Price
Sam Holloway Bowers
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
States challenge extended federal minimum wage coverage
Maryland and Texas attorneys general argued the 1966 amendments to the federal wage law may overstep state sovereignty. They asked the court to rule on constitutionality of extending minimum wage coverage to teachers hospital staff and other state workers following a Baltimore federal court ruling upholding the extension to public schools hospitals and state institutions.
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Maryland
Francis B. Burch
Texas
Crawford C. Martin
Baltimore
Comsat plans face possible FCC decision on educational TV plan
Comsat awaits an FCC ruling on proposals from Ford Foundation and American Broadcasting Co for a domestic educational television service. An FCC official hinted a decision within a month or two, with an interim order possible, as the task force advised no objection to such action. The move could unlock Comsat’s excess capital of about 100 million from a 200 million pool, given its dividend potential relies on invested capital.
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Ford Foundation
American Broadcasting Co
FCC
Johnson
Presidential Task Force On
Communications Poli. Ley
FCG
Comsat
Spacecraft on Venus flight fuels Cold War tensions
Governors mobilize amid protests as the Reagan administration defends a private radiogram to Gov Daniel. Security ramps up at the Pentagon, Capitol grounds tighten, and a Civil Disobedience plan unfolds under two Lincoln Memorial gatherings. Soviet claims on Venus mission include cautious notes on landing and life possibilities.
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White House
Capitol
Congress
Defense Department
Viewam
Pentagon
Aes
Romney says he bought TV time for city problems report
A presidential aspirant, Romney, disclosed spending 30 minutes of CBS television time on November 15 for a nation outreach on city issues. He hinted a possible candidacy announcement but has not decided. He offered to testify on Vietnam policy before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claiming administration misleadership, though Democrats reportedly withdrew the invitation.
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Romney
Columbia’ Broadcasting System
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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