Wax Coated Foods Lack Mandatory Labels Says Group
The Center for Science in the Public Interest charges the FDA has not enforced labeling rules or pushed safety testing for wax coatings on produce. They say up to 40 percent of apples 50 percent of tomatoes and 75 percent of cucumbers may be waxed, with other fruits and vegetables commonly treated. FDA officials acknowledge minimal retail level enforcement and say labeling is an economic issue. The group urged the FDA to require wax labeling spot checks and testing, especially for synthetic coatings.
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Center For Science In the Public Interest
Food and Drug Administration
Michael Jacobson
Richard Ronk
FDA
Jacobson
Food and Drug
Alexander M. Schmidt
Prostitutes' advocate forms group in Miami
Evelyn Young, a 27 year old social work student at a small Christian college, started Health and Happiness of Women to decriminalize prostitution and aid prostitutes. She recruits in jails, bars, streets and hotels, teaching health, rape awareness and vocational help to about 30 women, stressing that streetwalking is a short lived career.
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Miami
Evelyn Young
Ms Young
Ms. Young
Archdale Public Library Hours and Privacy Concerns
A reader questions Archdale Public Library hours and receives a reply listing hours: Tuesday 3 to 15, Wednesday 95, Saturday 10 to 2. The exchange then addresses privacy fears about address privacy and government data sharing. The Post Office explains address correction notices cost 10 cents and deny selling addresses. DMV lists are public for inspections and specific uses.
Tornadoes kill three in Pembroke and injure seven in NC
Severe spring twisters struck Pembroke, Robeson, and Montgomery counties Saturday. Three children, Francis Locklear 5 Mickey Locklear 9 Anna Locklear 15 months, died near Pembroke as mobile homes overturned on NC 711. In Troy area, seven people were hurt, with other tornado reports in Statesville Rowland and Lilesville. Evacuations occurred along a flood swollen river in Haywood County and near Cullowhee as roads flooded and homes damaged. Authorities described a funnel cloud carrying debris, while guardsmen were deployed to assist rescue efforts.
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Cullowhee
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Anna Locklear
Vice
Statesville
Rowland
Lilesville
Montgomery County
E R Wallace
Hunsucker
Wallace
Collins-Arkenan
Troy
Reagan May Gain Delegates In New York Primary
New York delegates to the GOP national convention could swing to Reagan if he defeats Ford in Michigan. AP survey shows 23 convention votes for Reagan in New York, with uncommitted blocs shifting after Reagan victories. Officials say a Ford loss could loosen blocs, boosting Reagan’s tally.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford
Michigan
Associated Press
Reagan
Nelson A Rockefeller
New York City
Prankster Dick Tuck Joins Ford on Presidential Train
AP reports prankster Dick Tack, aged 52, rode President Ford’s campaign train through Michigan. He boasts a 50 year history of political stunts from Nixon cookies to Goldwater train games, while Ford welcomes him aboard and notes Tuck’s long campaign involvement.
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Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Ford
Michigan
Tuck
House
Ron Nelsen
Reagan wins Oklahoma delegates as Ford campaigns in Michigan
Ronald Reagan addressed Oklahoma Republicans at their convention and won all 36 delegates to the GOP national convention. President Ford toured Michigan by train to seek votes in the state primary. Carter rested at home in Plains, Georgia. Reagan blasted farm policy and blamed the administration for grain embargo effects on farmers.
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Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
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Ford
Michigan
Jimmy Carter
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Carter
Reagan
California
Soviet Union
Morison Historian Samuel Eliot Morison Dies at 86
Samuel Eliot Morison, renowned historian of Massachusetts and the Navy, died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a stroke. He was 86, born on Beacon Hill, and twice won the Bancroft Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for biography. Morison authored more than 50 books including the 15 volume History of U S Naval Operations in World War II and the Tercentennial History of Harvard University.
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Boston
Samuel Eliot Morison
Morison
Massachusetts General Hospital
Beacon Hill
America
Henry Steele Comimager
Amherst College
U.S
Harvard University
Revelation Lounge: Miami Beach club serves gospel music
Miami Beach nightclub Revelation Lounge markets itself as wholesome entertainment with church music and no alcohol. Manager Bob Heiple, 27, an Assemblies of God evangelist, says the venue offers Christian youths a place to invite unsaved friends to explore faith while enjoying a lounge atmosphere with gospel rock bands and only soft drinks.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Bob Heiple
Heiple
Assemblies of God
Detergent Efforts Seen In Spanish Oil Spill Cleanup
MERA Spain AP reports about 200 detergent residues used along miles of coast to clean an oil spill from the Urquiola wreck near La Coruna. Fishermen warn surviving shellfish may taste of petroleum. experts fear broader ecological damage.
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Spain
Oli
la Coruna
Caribbean
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