Lung Cancer Surge Raises Alarm Over Public Health
The National Advisory Cancer Council warned of a rapid rise in lung cancer cases and deaths tied to cigarette smoking. It urged stronger public awareness and abstinence from smoking while noting progress in overall cancer outcomes due to medical advances and research. Surgeon General William H. Stewart endorsed the report as authoritative for clinicians and the public.
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National Advisory Cancer Council
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Inside Reading and Classified Sports Editorials
Briefs and columns cover amusements and obituaries with sports and crossword features. Notes indicate sections 10 11 B 12 C 12 B across the page. No single event details provided.
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Ruby Has Cancer in Serious Condition
Dallas sheriff says Jack Ruby 55, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, has cancer and is in serious condition after pneumonia treatment at Parkland Hospital. Doctors report slight improvement but fluid remains around the right lung and oxygen therapy continues.
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Algeria mediates new peace talks push on Vietnam
Foreign Minister Bouteflika met with Chinese and North Vietnamese ambassadors after Harriman urged Algeria to help initiate peace talks. Harriman reported to Boumedienne and Bouteflika spent hours with Harriman and later with the ambassadors, signaling a possible new phase in seeking an end to the Vietnam war.
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Governors unite to back Romney in 1968 bid
Republican governors from states covering about 60 percent of the population criticize the Johnson administration during a two day summit in Colorado Springs. They urge new leadership and say Americans are weary of inflated promises and fiscal irresponsibility while backing Michigan Governor George Romney as the GOP standard bearer.
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Kennedy era wiretap use blamed on Robert Kennedy
J Edgar Hoover says wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping rose during Robert F Kennedy's tenure as attorney general. Hoover sent a letter to Rep H R Gross asserting Kennedy's responsibility, with summaries carried by Clark Mollenhoff and the Minneapolis Tribune. The note cites Kennedy's interest in surveillance methods and questions about better equipment.
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Bobby) Baker
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Bounds Back State Takeover of City Jails
North Carolina Prisons Director Lee Bounds pitched a plan to have the state take over city and county jails to ease crowding and standardize conditions. He noted past state actions and said the idea requires examination and funding, with work release and new units as potential alternatives.
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Chen Yi Predicts War as China Prepares for Nuclear Era
In a Peking interview Chen Yi vice premier and foreign minister says the Soviet Union and United States will ally to attack China, while China claims atomic bombs rockets and defense. He envisions an inevitable war and warns of Western efforts to curb the Maoist revolution.
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Queen Mother Recovering After Abdominal Surgery
Queen Mother Elizabeth aged 66, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, is in satisfactory condition after a Saturday morning operation to relieve partial obstruction. A later bulletin said she passed a quiet day and remains stable while Queen Elizabeth has laryngitis and was advised not to visit until her own condition clears.
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Elizabeth II
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Extension of Truce Two Sided
The Johnson administration weighs extending the Christmas truce in Viet Nam only if both sides move toward ending the war. Officials doubt the Communists are ready for negotiations or scaling down and fear maneuvers to prolong the pause to re supply. Rusk says no halt without reciprocal peace moves. Johnson may speak soon to define U.S. interests.
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Marines Die In Bombing On Rockpile Ridge
SAIGON South Viet Nam AP Two American 250 pound bombs aimed to aid Marines on the Rockpile ridge exploded killing 16 Marines and wounding 11 five miles south of the DMZ The spokesman said the blasts may have ricocheted from rocks or a mechanism malfunction Four other bombs hit suspected Communist positions This marks the second fatal accident in the area within three months amid ongoing air and artillery support for U S Marines in Viet Nam.
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