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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1969

Page

4

Army Stockpile of Poison Bullets

Washington reports the Army produced and stockpiled more than 20 000 poison bullets containing botulinum toxin. A 1966 chemical corps memo said thousands were stored at Pine Bluff Arsenal Arkansas in two types, 38 caliber and separable. Officials avoided comment though sources say the bullets could serve assassination aims.

Washington A. 4S Femary Chemical Corps Defense Fine Bluff Arsenal Defense Department Rodger R. Bankson Defense Information Fale U.S Vietnam

Poison weapons forbidden under warfare rules

The text cites an exclusive Times service note on war law prohibiting poison or poisoned weapons. It references Army manuals including the Guide to the Rules Governing Warfare and the Law of Land Warfare, stating it is forbidden to employ such arms or materials calculated to cause unnecessary suffering.

Army

Radioactive Leak Not of Concern Near Nevada Test Site

The Atomic Energy Commission said a small underground test Wednesday released traces of radioactivity along U S routes 93 between Mercury and Lathrop Wells, 35 to 40 miles southwest. Readings were 0.04 to 0.06 milliroentgens per hour and not considered health threatening.

Las Vegas Nevada Atomic Energy Commission U.S. 9 Mercury Lathrop AEC

Radioactive waste boxes found near Fallon Nevada

Three boxes of slightly radioactive waste were found by a couple on U.S. Highway 95 west of Fallon. The boxes, marked for radioactive iodine 181, were pushed to the roadside before authorities secured the area. A Las Vegas commission flew a team of experts and the AEC said no harm to the couple or a highway patrolman.

Fallon Nev The Atomic Energy Commission Las Vegas Beatty Here Sheriff's Office AEC Douglas Cooper

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