Final victory near in global smallpox eradication effort
In Geneva, WHO officials report unparalleled success in wiping out smallpox, with new cases falling from 20 million annually to under 200,000 since 1967. The effort aims for near zero cases before the campaign’s 10th anniversary as vaccination reaches remote regions.
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Saigon Veto Void Passes In Uncertain Peace Talks
Sen Charles Percy says Saigon was told its veto over troops remaining after a cease fire is worthless for blocking a Hanoi Washington peace pact. North Vietnam may drop its demand for a single country recognition. Talks resume January 8 in Paris. Percy notes a breathing space before any end the war measure.
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Paris
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Sunshine Bill Aims to Open Public Meetings in Missouri
Sen William J Cason pushes Senate Bill 1 to require public bodies to hold open meetings and maintain records. The measure, first in the Senate agenda, would require notice to the public and press within 90 days, with court injunctions against noncompliant groups and exemptions for certain hearings and judicial functions.
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Los Angeles Times
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National Guard
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D-Lawson
Youth Center Man Now Heads Training School
Jack Bell aged 32 former superintendent of the State Youth Center at Poplar Bluff yesterday became superintendent of the Missouri Training School for Boys in Boonville. He replaces Walter DeClune who is on indefinite leave. The change follows a shift to a positive peer system developed with Harry Vorrath. Merimonti cited a riot over fears the program would be dropped and said the cottage disturbance drew many officers, inflating the incident.
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Jack Bell
State Youth Center
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Missouri Training School
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Walter DeClune
Board of Training Schools
Harry Vorrath
Center For Group Studies
Lansing
Mich
John Merimonti
Vorrath
Merimonti
Kansas Cattlemen Struck by Winter Weather Woes
The southwest Kansas cattle industry facing a price squeeze is hit hard by early winter. Heavy losses from mud increase disease tolls while beef prices stay low and grain costs rise. Fieldman W. Bill Watson notes severe losses from central Kansas to the Colorado line and south to Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Kansas
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Kansas State Animal Health Department
Colorado Line
Oklahoma
Italians Lousy Lovers Wives Say In Survey
In Rome and Milan housewives critique marriage sex as routine and uninspiring. A Sicilian writer’s survey of 1,056 married women finds one quarter betrayed husbands, many staying faithful from lack of chance. The study notes shifting attitudes and a rise in emphasis on orgasm and passion.
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Rome
Lieta Harrison
Payment to Retired Miners Under Settlement
Washington report says up to 20,000 retired miners or widows will get annual pensions of at least $1,000 this year under a settlement in a year-old suit against the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund. Estimates suggest 9,000 to 20,000 may receive benefits.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Settlement expands miner benefits under UMW pensions
The settlement revises eligibility for retired miners previously ineligible and sets minimum annual pensions of 1800 dollars for ex miners and 1000 dollars for widows. Retroactive benefits will cover one year for past applicants. The decision, announced in U S District Court, arose from two class action suits against the UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund.
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U.S. District Court
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
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