Dismissal Ruling Likely In Berrigan Conspiracy Trial
In Harrisburg the conspiracy trial of Rev. Philip Berrigan and six others resumes with a pending motion for dismissal as prosecutors and defense rest. Palm Sunday march draws 400 to 700 peace demonstrators, some in death masks, despite blue skies and 40 degree wind. Defendants include Rev. Neil McLoughlin and Rev. Joseph Wenderoth. Berrigan remains jailed on a six year sentence for destroying draft records. The nine week trial could go to the jury by midweek.
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Arthur Everet
Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa
Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Federal Court House
William Lynch
City Island
Susquehanna River
Neil McLoughlin
Joseph Wenderoth
Anthony Scoblick
Berrigan
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Penicillin Won’t Cure Colds Letter to the Editor
In a reader exchange a patient asks why doctors push synthetic drugs for colds, noting a fever and chest congestion before penicillin eased symptoms. The column explains colds are viral, penicillin targets bacteria, and viruses require living cells to replicate.
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Dr. Lamb
Arkansas Blue Cross Health Plan 1971 Growth Record
The 1971 annual report to the Board of Trustees in Little Rock shows 49,873 new members, total 494,885, the largest growth year for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. 458,343 claims processed. $35,631,625 paid for member care with $314,762 in reserves. Administration cost 7.40. The plan serves Medicare and Champus beneficiaries and processes hundreds of thousands of claims. New officers and trustees were elected to year terms.
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Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Little Rock
Arkansas Plans
Blue Cross Association
National Association of Blue Shield Plans
Arkansas
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Medicare Beneticagines
Arbuticus
Arkansas Blue Cross
Asilian Taliacy
Lenin
Edward M. Peak
Worthen Bak and Trust Company
Jobim A. Gilbreath
Baccalive Phtcetor
Arkutious Daplast Mbe
Waldo Lyons
Welfare Reform Protested in Little Rock March
About 200 people, mostly black, marched to the Arkansas Capitol in a NWRO led protest against President Nixon's proposed welfare reform. Organizer Barbara Hampton urged that the plan would shortchange families while noting higher subsidies to the affluent and calling aid stigmatizing.
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Little Rock
State Capitol
Nixon
Dunbar Community Center
National Welfare Rights Organization
Barbara Hampton
Nwro National Committee
Hampton
Labor Department
Tornadoes Hail Texas Churches and Homes Across Region
A line of tornadoes and severe storms battered central and north Texas from near San Angelo to the Dallas area. Hillsboro suffered the worst damage with churches parsonage homes and power lines damaged while one man was treated for a door injury. Hail up to two inches fell in several suburbs and a tornado watch covered a 120 mile wide corridor. Temperatures reached the upper 80s to 90s in parts of the state as the storm moved east.
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Associated Press
Hillsboro
Texas
San Angelo
Mexia
Dallas-Fort Worth
Collin County
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Dallas
Waco
Wall
Hensley Field
Grand Prairie
Tulsa
Oklo
Richardson
Pecos River
Mineral Wells
del Rio
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Ark
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Hervey Square
Hope, Ark
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Jelly Bird
Nue Races
Bikisi
Pillsbury
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Feu
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