EPA air study labeled worthless after rushed work
A five year EPA funded air pollution study costing 22 million dollars is deemed virtually useless by a House subcommittee. The report cites time pressures, quality control failures, and budget limits that degraded methods and data while acknowledging no deliberate distortion. Brown urges higher quality science to assess industrial and auto pollution’s health impact.
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Washington
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
House Environment Subcommittee
George E. Brown
D-Calif
Brown
Pistol in Duffel Bag Discharges Killing Airport Agent
A loaded Luger in a duffel bag discharged during transfer at Stapleton Airport, killing Stephen William Kilian, a Frontier Airlines employee. The owner Augustine Hart was detained for questioning as FBI and local authorities probe federal weapon offenses. Patchy fog and Thanksgiving travel notes follow.
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Denver
UPI
FBI
Stephen William Kilian
Frontier Airlines
Kilian
Stapleton International Airport
Omaha
Billings
Mont
Hart
Bishop
Education reporting form may have sparked school links in 1969
Vaughn Proctor recalls how The Record floated an education news form in 1969. Dr Bill Williams praised the idea which aimed to gather classroom and campus news, but uptake lagged as teachers prioritized work and feared publicity.
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Vaughn Proctor
Bill Williams
Vandenberg Junior High School
Williams
Chula Vista High School
Mel Wilde
Sacramento
San Francisco
Gary Hart
Omer Rains
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California reports penicillin resistant gonorrhea cases
Sixteen cases of penicillin resistant gonorrhea were found in California with six more under investigation. Officials say the strain, likely from the Philippines, shows resistance to spectinomycin and threatens broader drug resistance as genes change to counter treatments.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Department of Health
Philippines
Arab oil ministers split on price rise at two day meeting
Kuwait United Press International Arab oil ministers wrapped up a two day talks without a united stance on the size of a proposed price increase. Qatar’s finance and oil minister Sheikh Abdel Aziz Ben Hamad Al Thani said results were fruitful and would affect the region but gave no firm figure. OPEC meets December 20 in Qatar to decide, after experts recommended a rise of 15 to 20 percent according to Thani. Iraq Algeria back higher levels while Saudi Arabia backs 8 percent and UAE opposes above 10 percent.
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Kuwait
UPI
Abdel Aziz Ben Hamad al Thani
Qatar
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Thani
OPEC
Committee of Economic Experts
Vienna
Iraq
Algeria
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Rhodesia Launches Air Attacks in Mozambique Border Fight
Rhodesia said its air force attacked Mozambican government positions after unprovoked border fire. The communique claimed Frelimo casualties with no Rhodesian losses and cited heavy mortar and machine gun fire from Mozambican forces.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Rhodesia
Frelimo
Mozambique
Mozambican Radio
Mavue
Pafuri
Snow hampers quake rescuers in Turkey
Turkey's worst earthquake in 37 years flattened mud-brick villages in the eastern plains. Officials said at least 3,000 killed with snow hindering rescue efforts and temperatures dropping to 12 degrees. Muradiye and Delhay damaged. 95 percent of Muradiye’s buildings ruined and 500 dead there. Ercis, Diyadin also reporting fatalities.
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Diyabakir
Turkey
UPI
Ankara
Ferit Melen
Rodolfo Console
Monteporzio
Italy
Muradiye
Delhay
Temblor
Lake van
Biblical Mt. Ararat
Ercis
Diyadin
One rubbish pickup this week city wide
James E Brightwell sanitation chief said only one collection will occur this week due to Thanksgiving. Regular twice weekly pickups resume next week. The landfill is closed today for the holiday and opens Friday.
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James E. Brightwell
Brightwell
Solon says Legionnaire's Disease probe botched
Rep. John M. Murphy told a subcommittee hearing that federal authorities bungled the investigation into Legionnaire's disease. He cited poor communications and tunnel vision toward swine flu as a prime cause for an inconclusive search after the Philadelphia outbreak that killed 29 and sickened 151 at a state American Legion convention.
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Solon
Philadelphia
UPI
John M. Murphy
D-N.y
Subcommittee On
Consumer Protection
Murphy
Stat American Legion
Federa
Missouri swine flu case remains unconfirmed
Missouri health officials say no conclusive proof of swine flu exists for Larry Hardison in Concordia. Doctors hold a “suspicion” he had the illness as throat swabs and blood samples are sent to state labs for testing, with results due in two days. Local immunization uptake stays modest despite publicity.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri Health Laboratory
Concordia
Elmer Spurrier
Larry Hardison
Spurrier
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Lafayette County
Jerry Giffen
Sary
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Charles McElmurry
la Honda School
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