Family seeks answers over man’s death from germ test near San Francisco
Edward Nevin died in 1950 after surgery for a prostate problem and a Serratia marcescens infection linked to early Army airborne microbe tests in San Francisco. The Nevin family, with five surviving children and three grandchildren, requests disclosure and consideration of potential legal action amid reports of similar tests in seven other locales between 1950 and 1966. Grandson Edward Nevin condemns the conduct as scientific method run amok while the Army classifies findings.
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Edward Nevin
Army
San Francisco Chronicle
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Ireland
James Nevin
Strangelove
Edward L. Nevin
Department of the Army
Gas Tax Increase and Legal Measures in California
United Press International reports a 1.3 billion rise in the state gasoline tax. SB60 Mills proposes secrecy for rape victim addresses, SB56 Presley seeks to sunset agencies unless renewed, SB62 Campbell would phase out agencies, AB104 Boatwright ends a sales tax exemption for precious metals. BRICKNER CONSTRUCTION 736-7870.
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San Diego
Presley
Riverside
Sunset
Campbell
Hacienda Heights
Carter plans seven White House inaugural parties
Washington UPI Carter will host seven White House parties in the first two days of his presidency. He invites ordinary people encountered during the campaign while avoiding a public open house like Jackson. The schedule includes receptions for campaign supporters, the Inaugural Host Committee, governors, the Democratic National Committee, labor and business leaders, and a Saturday for members of Congress, the diplomatic corps, and the armed forces.
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UPI
Jimmy Carter
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Carter
Jackson
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Carters
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Chavez and Teamsters hold secret talks on dispute
Cesar Chavez announced ongoing secret negotiations with the Teamsters to resolve the decade long jurisdictional fight with United Farm Workers. Gov. Brown’s office noted informal progress and optimistic potential for a peaceful settlement benefiting agriculture and the unions.
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Teamsters
Los Angeles
UPI
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers of America
United Farm Workers
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Brown
Sugar cane disease jumps ocean to Caribbean
Jamaica reports a sugar cane smut disease crossing the Atlantic from Africa into the Caribbean. Jamaicans warn it could reach Cuba within weeks and then the United States, threatening millions in Jamaica’s sugar industry as scientists cite windborne spread and possible multi million dollar losses.
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Jamaica
UPI
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Africa
Caribbean
Cuba
United States
Jamaican Sugar Research Institute
West Africa
Institute
Michael Shaw
Two Cent Gasoline Tax Hike Proposed in Senate
A bill SB60 to raise gasoline tax from seven to nine cents per gallon for six years starting 1979 aims to raise 1.3 billion for highway gaps and rapid transit. The plan would commit 900 million for highway projects, 250 million for Los Angeles guideways, and up to 150 million for Bay Area rail improvements. Governor Brown opposes general tax increases. proponent Mills argues it is a user fee, not a general tax.
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UPI
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Brown
James Mills
San Diego
Department of Transportation
State Highway Commission
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Burns
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