No License For Libel Prevails In Supreme Court Rulings
The Supreme Court strengthened press protection by overturning three libel convictions. Time magazine erred by omitting alleged in a report on a Chicago detective. A Florida paper avoided liability for alleging a mayor’s perjury in federal court. New Hampshire media escaped for calling a candidate a former bootlegger. The rulings emphasize fair comment on public affairs and truth’s primacy in a free press. Also notes Japan’s potential rise as a top industrial power due to labor practices.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Time Magazine
Chicago
Florida
New Hampshire
Byron R. White
Knoxville
Tenn
Nes-Sentinel
Japan
Fire Ant Program Resumed With Contested Pesticide Use
The Agriculture Department restarted its fire ant control program using the pesticide myrex amid environmental concerns. The aerial spraying began last week in Mississippi and Georgia, with over seven million acres planned nationwide this year and Georgia receiving 2.1 million acres. States include Alabama 50,000 acres and Texas 25,000 acres among others. myrex had been used since 1962 and faced legal objections and a canceled federal registration order in March.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Environmental Defense Fund
U.S. District Court
Environmental Protection Agency
Veterans Return To Capital Peace Protests Rerun
Vietnam veteran Dave Slaughter, 22, joins renewed peace demonstrations in Washington. He recalls Army life and says protestors clash with ex-troopers over tactics while he worries about the war’s impact, having hitchhiked from Brookings, South Dakota, to participate.
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Ken Hartnett
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Dave Slaughter
Ruth
Brookings
8.D
Slaughter
Vietnam
Promises and pressures pile up for college admissions
HAL BOYLE surveys the strain on college admissions directors as parents pressure for acceptance, threats, favoritism, and overbearing influence blur merit. Journalists recount letters from anxious families, some witty, some coercive, testing administrators’ resolve and policies.
Disease May Be Stopped by Science
SAN FRANCISCO AP A prize winning scientist says researchers are on the threshold of engineering human cells so none of the things we now call disease need exist Dr Robert A Good 49 a professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and 1970 winner of the Albert Lasker prize for medicine said Wednesday that the conclusion is based on newly evolving methods of cell manipulation The research has involved patients whose lymphatic system had inborn defects for disease resistance Good said in an interview We can actually grow genetically determined diseases in a test tube he said This means we will be able to study and manipulate them in standardized experiments all over the world Research with Dr B H Park at the University of Minnesota has underscored the importance of stem cells in the human bone marrow for controlling the lymphoid cells which provide man with resistance to disease A transplant of bone marrow stems cells at Minneapolis nearly three years ago shows that it is possible to engineer mosaic blood cells to overcome genetic deficiency in the disease fighting mechanisms Good said A baby boy lacking the cells that carry immunity to disease and infection was given bone marrow cells from his sister and now is completely healthy Good reported Our followup studies now have proved that the boy is immunologically perfectly normal He said the boy s type A blood changed into the type 0 blood of his sister Our followup studies now have proved that the boy is immunologically perfectly normal He has both the biological and chemical means he said for engineering cellular changes
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San Francisco
Robert A. Good
University of Minnesota
Good
B.H. Park
Minneapolis
NAACP Faults German Housing Bias Against Black GIs
Washington report says German landlords discriminate against Black soldiers, making Germany seem unfriendly. NAACP urged Defense Department to lease and sublet off base housing without discrimination, shifting burden from soldiers to government. They cite other military justice and promotion inequities, urge high level talks with West Germany.
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Washington
NATO
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Defense Department
NAACP
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Army
Air Force
West Germany
Germany
Roy Wilkins
Laird
Wilkins
Pentagon
Europe
U.S
The
Ban on Funds Off at Shorter College
Lonnie Johnson, president of Shorter College in North Little Rock, reports a completed program review and says the freeze on Title III funds will be lifted. The $25,000 remaining from a $93,000 Title II appropriation was frozen after a spot audit by government officials. Johnson criticizes the auditors as inexperienced and notes gossip leaked to Washington, framing the situation as misperceived.
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North Little Rock
Lonnie Johnson
Shorter College
Shorter
Johnson
Washington
Big Question Is Aid to Poor Nations
New York AP reports growing doubt among businessmen and officials about foreign aid. Prof Harry Johnson argues the Pearson Report and the moral imperative behind aid distort reality, claiming development aid often fails to reduce poverty and can hinder real progress. Johnson critiques claims of equality between nations and warns that propaganda oversimplifies complex economic relations.
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New York
University of Edinburgh
Chase Manhattan Bank
Harry Johnson
University of Chicago
London School of Economics
Political Science
World Bank
Johnson
Bond Rushed to Albany Hospital in Abdominal Pain
Civil rights activist and Georgia legislator Julian Bond was hospitalized in Albany after being rushed to the emergency room with abdominal pains. He remained in satisfactory condition as doctors conducted tests and observation following his motel-room illness during Black Week events at the State University campus.
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Albany
N.Y
Georgia
Julian Bond
Albany Medical Center
Bond
State University
Campaign Bill Passes Committee
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a campaign spending bill addressing Nixon veto concerns. It imposes enforceable limits on political advertising, discloses contributions, allows televised debates, and offers a $100 tax deduction for gifts. It sets a $5,000 individual cap and minimum $60,000 congressional spending cap, with media rates pegged to a per vote unit.
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John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Nixon
Senate
House
Congress
Census Bureau
Nixon-Agnew
Humphrey- Muskie
Ouachita Meets With Black Students
Ouachita Baptist University president Dr. Daniel Grant met with 30 to 40 black students to discuss recommendations from the Black American Students Society to boost black participation in campus life. Grant said he would implement several changes but would not back some and had not decided on others.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Daniel Grant
Ouachita Baptist University
Black American Students Society
Grant
Accident on Highway 73 Claims One
James Thurman Nanny 21 of Route 1 Washington was killed Friday afternoon on State Highway 73 seven miles north of Hope after his car crossed the center stripe and hit a chicken truck driven by Leroy Nivens of Blevins. Sgt. Ray Davis and Troopers Harvey Fullerton and Wallace Martin investigated. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Thurman Grover Nanny of Washington two sisters Betty Ann at home and Mrs Donnie Jo Warren of Hope. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Herndon Funeral Home of Hope.
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James Thurman Nanny
Route 1
Washington
Hope
Nanny
Leroy Nivens
Blevins
Ray Davis
Harvey Fullerton
Wallace Martin
Thurman Grover Nanny
Betty Ann
Donnie Jo Warren
Herndon Funeral Home of
Artificial Pancreas Breakthrough At USC
USC researchers led by Dr. Samuel Bessman and physicist Dr. Robert Schultz adapted fuel cell tech from space power to build an implantable sensor for blood sugar. The system would automate insulin delivery, aiming for a four to five year path with about one million dollars more funding, and could fit as a sewing-needle sized sensor, lima bean sized integrator, and thimble sized reservoir implanted in the chest or abdomen.
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Bill Stockton
Los Angeles
California
University of Southern California Medical School
United States
Samuel P. Bessman
USC Pharmacology Department
Robert P. Schultz
McDonnell-Douglas
Astropower Laboratory
Newport Beach
Bessman
Schultz
USC
Pharmacology Department
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