Global push nears victory in smallpox fight
WHO leaders hail unparalleled success in eradicating smallpox with a 1967 drive. The daily burden has fallen from 2.5 million cases to under 200,000 yearly as vaccination expands to remote regions, with US and Britain ending routine programs in 1971 and no US deaths for 23 years.
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Geneva
World Health Organization
Jenner
Britain
Europe
North America
Africa
Sahara
Asia
Tinent
Indonesia
Brazil
Donald A. Henderson
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Sophisticated Flight Recorder Aids Jet Crash Probe
Federal officials say a new 64 input flight data recorder will help investigators determine why an Eastern Air Lines TriStar jetliner with 176 aboard plunged into the Everglades. The device, recovered at the wreck site, will be analyzed with cockpit voice tapes and ARTS radar data to build a full picture of the crash. As of now 99 of 176 are reported dead or missing, with additional survivors in various conditions.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades
Ed Slattery
National Transportation Safety Board
New York
Slattery
Lockheed
Ontario
Calif
ARTS
Dade County
Stephanie R. Stanich
John Kaminer
Barulio Corretjer
Jersey City
N.J
Hialeah Hospital
Nixon Backer Tries To Get TV License
Republican fund raiser and Nixon ally George Champion Jr. heads Florida Television Broadcasting Co. applying with FCC to take over WJXT's license. Other applicants include Trans Florida Television and St. John's Broadcasting Co. The bid aims to replace the CBS affiliate owned by Newsweek and The Washington Post Co., amid claims channel serves the public interest.
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Nixon Backer
Jacksonville, Fla
Nixon
Jacksonville
U.S. Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
WJXT
Senate
Carswell
Irwinton
George Champion Jr
Florida
Florida Television Broadcasting Co
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Florida Television, Inc
George Wallace
Fitzhugh Powell
St. John’s Broadcasting Co
Winthrop Bancroft
Columbia Broadcasting System
Newsweek Magazine
The
Washington Post Co
Washington Post
FCC
Champion
Channel 4
Gems From National Cup Recovered In St. Paul
Two men are in custody after the theft of the National Cup at the Minnesota Museum of Art. Police recovered the cup’s gems and two silver figures from a suspect’s home. the 14 inch cup remains missing and damaged. The cup was donated in 1970 by Louis Weyand and valued at 250000 before gem removal.
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ST. Paul, Minn
John Flaxman
George IV
St. Paul
Minnesota Museum of Art
Malcolm E. Levi
Levi
Louis Weyand
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
San Francisco
Calif
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