Surgeon General Warns Tobacco’s Health Risk Broadening
The 500 page report links cigarette smoking to lung disease cancer and heart trouble and adds warnings about pregnancy risks. Pipe and cigar users face higher cancer risks though heart and lung disease risk is less than cigarettes. The report notes lip mouth and larynx cancer in pipe and cigar users and cites British research on miscarriages among smoking mothers.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Congress
Horace R
Ornegay
The
Tobacco Institute
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Off-Record Vote Rules Expanded in New Congress
Washington reports that the 20 member teller vote provision now requires recording of roll calls on amendments, though committee sessions may still be closed. Reformers aim to extend openness but expect limited immediate gains after recent defeats, with seniority remaining a party custom topic.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
NC Teens Charged With Kidnap in Cross‑State Incident
Two North Carolina youths, Steven Chapman 16 and Johnny Horne 19, were charged with kidnapping and reported incident after a night of robberies and abductions across North and South Carolina. Bloodhounds traced leads to an abandoned church then a rural schoolhouse where the suspects and a 21 year old mother of two were found. the woman was treated and released.
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Bennettsville
5S. C
North Carolina
Jack Weatherly
Marlboro County
L. F. Worrell
Fayetteville
S. C
Weatherly
Brownsville
Marlboro
Steven Lynn Chapman
Johnny Lee Horne
Worrell
Spencer
Fields
North Carolina Line
Scenic Road Compromise Reached Between Tellico Plains and Robbinsville
Sen. Bill Brock announced a negotiated scenic highway route from Tellico Plains Tennessee to Robbinsville North Carolina. The plan avoids the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and runs along the crest north of the forest with access from existing roads. About 20 miles of the road are completed or under contract.
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Washington
Bill Brock
R-Tenn
Tellico Plains
Tenn
Robbinsville
N.C
Brock
States
Forestry Service
Federal Highway Bureau
Joyce Kilmer
Slick Rock
Sam Ervin Proposes Two Presidential Election Amendments
Senator Sam Ervin proposed two constitutional amendments to reform the presidential election system. One would allocate each state's electoral votes proportionally to candidate popular votes, the other would abolish electors and auto-cast votes for the plurality winner. He supports either plan to preserve state identities in the process.
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Washington
Sam Ervin
D-N. C
Ervin
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Senate
25 Mile I-40 Extension Proposed in Long Range Plan
Raleigh AP reports a 25 mile I-40 extension from southeast Raleigh to I-95 south of Selma, estimated at 78 million dollars. The State Highway Commission presented the route as one of six options in a long range study to a federal state planning board with no final action.
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Raleigh
Selma
State Highway Commission
Planning and Research Department
Greensboro
Durham
Durham-Chapel Hill
Garner
Clayton
Supreme Court Backs Equal Hiring Of Women
The Supreme Court rules employers must evaluate women with preschool children case by case, not block them automatically. The decision, unanimous, enforces 1964 Civil Rights Act protections, with Justices noting possible lingering biases. The case against Martin Marietta moves back to Florida for further evidence or settlement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jack Greenberg
The
Naacp Legal de
Fense and Educational Fund
Ida Phillips
Martin Marietta Corp
Legal Defense Fund
Justice Department
Thurgood Marshall
Marhall
Marshall
Orlando, Fla
Plant
Phillips
Florida
Apollo 14 rehearses new moon landing method at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 14 crew Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa practice a new landing technique to reach a pinpoint site in the rough Mare Imbrium region. The plan uses a Kitty Hawk command ship dip to lower altitude to extend lunar module hover time for a smoother touchdown.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Moon
Fla Mauro Highlands
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
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