Genetic Damage Tests On Embassy Staff From Moscow Probe
State Department ran secret genetic damage tests on embassy workers returning from Moscow in the 1960s amid concerns over microwave radiation. Tests aimed to detect abnormal bacteria, with results described as inconclusive and reports of chromosome breaks by doctors involved in the study.
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State Department
Moscow
U.S
Cecil B. Jacobson
George Washington University
Jacobson
Thomas H. Gresinger
Reagan Urges Intervention In Strike
Reagan, former California governor, asks President Ford to impose a cooling-off period in the California cannery workers strike. Talks after 13 hours with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service resume amid concerns over harvest disruption and possible food price effects.
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Washington
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Mediation Service
Reagan
Social Security Outreach Across Towns This August
A Columbia branch Social Security representative will hold sessions in the Mexico courthouse community room every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon during August. He will also appear at Centralia city auditorium on August 11 from 9 to noon and at Vandalia union hall on August 4 and 18. The visits help residents file for retirement disability survivor or health insurance benefits and answer questions about Social Security Medical and Supplemental Security Income.
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Columbia Branch
The
Social Security Administration
Mexico
City Auditorium
Centralia
Union Hall
Vandalia
Hearnes Pledges Show Me Attitude in Senate Bid
Former Missouri Gov. Warren E. Hearnes promised a Washington shows me approach if elected to the U.S. Senate, criticizing tax policies as he spoke in Jefferson City. Dr. Ned D. Rodes of Mexico, longtime CRC scientist, chairs the search committee for a new executive director of the Cancer Research Center in Columbia, to replace Dr. John B. Spratt Jr., who resigns August 1 after a sabbatical. Spratt has led clinical research and is Ellis Fischer State Cancer Hospital chief surgeon since 1961.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Washington
U.S. Senate
Ned D. Rodes
Mexico
Cancer Research Center
Columbia
W.C. Whitlow
Fulton
Whitlow
CRC Board of Trustees
Rodes
John 8. Spratt Jr
Spratt
CRC
Ellis Fischer State Cancer Hospital
Unrest in Uganda as Amin Flees Kampala Firefight Reported
Nairobi reports Ugandan President Idi Amin fled his Kampala headquarters when troops approached and gunfire broke out. The Standard cites a Kampala cor respondent alleging Amin left amid darkness as mutinies rumors spread in Nairobi about his grip on power.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Kampala
the Standard
Amin
Ugandan Defense Council
Bolling Criticizes Litton Absence in Missouri
Kansas City AP reports Rep. Jerry Litton was campaigning in St. Louis when the House pressed to override a veto on delaying Richards-Gebaur Air Force base closure. Rep. Richard Bolling criticized Litton over the weekend for missing the veto override attempt.
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Kansas City
Jerry Litton
Dmo
St. Louis
House
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Richard Bolling
Litton
Dry Hot Weather Kills Fish at Sunshine Lake
Thousands of game fish perished in Sunshine Lake east of Camden due to prolonged heat and drought. Missouri Department of Conservation spokesman George Hiser cited dropping water levels and low dissolved oxygen as the cause, warning more fish could die if dry weather continues.
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Camden, Mo
Sunshine Lake
Missouri Department of Conservation
Hiser
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