Pesticides Banned As Cancer Threats by EPA
MEMPHIS AP Two pesticides Heptachlor and Chlordane are banned by the EPA for posing imminent cancer risks. Heptachlor is produced by Velsicol Chemical in Memphis. The company warns about potential job losses and ongoing production for five months during review and hearings.
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Velsicol Chemical Corp
Ritchie Smith
National Cotton Council
Robert Morris
Velsicol
Chicago
Women head many families of blacks in U S
New York official Eleanor Holmes Norton told the National Urban League conference that more than one third of black families are led by lone women. She urged federal support for marriage counseling and programs in schools to help with budgets and housing, noting rising female-headed households from 28 to 35 percent between 1969 and 1975. Nearly 8,000 attended the Urban League event in Atlanta.
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New York
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Author Leaves Hospital After Cancer Surgery
Rochester AP reports author Erskine Caldwell, 71, released from Methodist Hospital after lung cancer surgery. Caldwell will stay in Rochester as outpatient at Mayo Clinic for several days. He lives in Dunedin, Florida, and previously had surgery 11 months ago to remove a growth in one lung.
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Reputed Common Law Wife Sues Monroe For Divorce
Nashville AP report states Bessie Lee Mauldin Monroe, 51, seeks divorce from Bill Monroe claiming they formed a common law marriage in 1960 across several states. She alleges abandonment and cruelty, says Monroe kept her as a concubine after presenting as single, and notes a 268 acre farm near Nashville used as their home.
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Nashville
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