Probe Handling Of Typhoid Outbreak
A Florida congressional subcommittee will investigate the typhoid outbreak among migrant labor camp residents in South Dade. Rep. Lehman and fellow Floridians will meet at the camp to review health department response amid claims of slow action. Dr. Frey faulted officials for delaying treatment and highlighted impact on migrant families with 148 hospitalized and 72 confirmed cases.
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Homestead
Fila
William Lehman
Paul Rogers
Dante Fascell
Florida
House Agricultural Labor Subcommittee
South Dade County
John Frey
Miami
Milton Saslaw
County Health Department
Frey
South Dade
Lth Center
Grant
Lehman
Dade County
Variety Children’s Hospital
Miami Beach Boils Its Water Crisis Worsens
Miami Beach officials warn all drinking water must be boiled after suspected contamination from malfunctioning chlorinating machines. Dade County Health Director Milton Saslaw says the supply is tainted and a fix is hoped by Saturday. Hotelmen fear business impact as guests switch to mineral water and drinks without ice. The White House dispatches two chlorination pumps to aid Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Dade County
Milton Saslaw
Jane Hotel
White House
Phones Back On After Flood Hits Southwestern Bell Network
Wade MacArthur, wire chief for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., said service to residents north of Mexico has been restored after 61 customers lacked service Wednesday and Thursday due to flooding that damaged an underground cable. Mobile service was also restored after a lightning strike on the Kingdom City mobile channel led to temporary outages until a new antenna was installed. A livestock judging clinic for 4-H and FFA members and breeders will be held March 17 in the University of Missouri Columbia Livestock Center.
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Wade MacArthur
Southwestern Bell ‘Telephone Co
Mexico
MacArthur
Kingdom City
SET _COLUMBIA
4-H
FFA
Livestock Center
University of Missouri‘Columbia
Bond Names Two To Health Board
Gov. Christopher nominates Dr. Earl H Laughlin Jr. of Kirksville and Donald C Bedell of Poplar Bluff for four year terms on Missouri Board of Health. Both Republicans must be Senate confirmed. Laughlin, 65, heads Laughlin Hospital and Clinic. Bedell, 31, runs Pro Am Inc nursing homes and teaches at Three Rivers College.
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Jefferson City
Earl H. Laughlin Jr
Kirksville
Donald C. Bedell
Poplar Bluff
Christopher
Bond
State Board of Health
Senate
Laughlin
Laughlin Hospital
Bedell
Pro-Am, Inc
Missouri
Three Rivers Community College
John R. Gibson
Kansas City
Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners
Gibson
Joseph J. Kelly
Missouri Bar Association
Republicans Pick Pike County Judge
Republicans in Pike County recommended Darwin Griffith of Clarksville for presiding judge of the county court after the death of Democrat Judge Willard Middleton on February 24. Griffith, a farmer who raises registered Angus cattle, also works as a guard at Dundee Cement Co. in Clarksville.
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Bowling Green
Pike County
Darwin Griffith
Clarksville
Willard B. Middleton
Griffith
Dundee Cement Co
Father and son reunite after long separation at airfield
In Aurora, Army CWO Roy E. Ziegler arrives from the Philippines where he was a POW since Feb 1968. His five year old son Roy E. Ziegler III, clutching a red rose, greets him at Buckley Air National Guard and the pair begin a family reunion after the boy’s mother died three years ago. Ziegler aims to build a life with his son as he undergoes medical exams and debriefings.
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Aurora
Colo
Roy E. ‘Ziegler III
Army Cwo
Roy E. Ziegler
Ziegler
Roy
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Buckley Air National ‘Guard
Fitz
Simons Army Medical Center
Dorothy DeCardy
Springfield
Clark
Army
Leaky Capitol Roof Raises Alarm Over Chandelier
Kansas City representative Gladys Marriott warns on the capitol dome leaks after heavy rain. Water pours from holes near the chandelier. officials note painting cracking and a full roof replacement is needed but unfunded. Temporary repairs could cost at least twenty thousand dollars.
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Jefferson City
Capitol
Gladys Marriott
Kansas City
Marriott
John Cooper
Cooper
Rep. Marriott
Jobless Checks Down 8.7 Percent in Missouri
AP reports Missouri unemployment payments for February totaled 8,361,791 dollars, down 1 percent from a year earlier. Claims dropped to 185,039 in February from 227,760 in January partly due to better weather. The average weekly unemployment check was 52.97 dollars. programs for ex servicemen and former federal workers also administered.
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Jefferson City
J. R. Kratochvil
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Kratochvil
Lions Send Three To Boys State From Mexico Club
The Mexico Lions Club voted at its Wednesday meeting at Air Park Lounge to send three boys to Boys State this year. The club also pledged $100 to the George Allen family fund. Elmer Morris, club president, presided.
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The
Mexico
500 Pound Gorilla Bites Finger During Teasing Episode
In Omaha a 500 pound male gorilla named Casey at Henry Doorly Zoo taunted two expectant females through a door ripped two bars. One female bit his finger, severing the tip and injuring another. Vets knocked him out and sewed the finger. Casey is on loan from Como Zoo in St Paul.
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Omaha
Neb
Casey
Benoit
Brigitte
Zoo
Como Zoo
St. Paul
Minn
Henry Doorly Zoo
Jefferson City Women Plan Meat Price Boycott
A group of about 150 Jefferson City housewives announced a Saturday start to a grocery store boycott through March 18 to protest high meat costs. Leader Pat Johnson said the action is a local effort not tied to state or national boycotts, citing nationwide price increases for hamburger and pork. Information will be distributed at all stores to urge shoppers to boycott meat.
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Jefferson City
Pat Johnson
Sensuous Woman pages sneak into Piccolo biography edition
In Washington AP report Western Publishing Co apologizes after 2% chapters from The Sensuous Woman were bound into fewer than 100 copies of The Short Season about Brian Piccolo. Two Fairfax County junior high students bought copies via the school system and discovered erotic chapters concealed inside.
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Washington
Chicago Bears
Brian Piccolo
A_ spookesman
Western Publishing Co
New York
Piccolo
Robbie S. Robinson
Western
Washington Post
Fairfax County
London Bombs Shake City as Heath Orders Crackdown
Londoners remain alert after car bombs killed one and wounded 243, damaging the Old Bailey and Whitehall. Heath orders security chiefs to plan a large roundup of Irish terrorists and supporters in Britain while Heathrow detainees are questioned. Provisional IRA confirms London blast claim and eight members returned to Ireland. Hospitals treat over 200 injured, with scores in shock. strikebreakers resume stoppage after aiding victims.
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London
Edward Heath
Britain
Ireland
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Old Bailey
Women Get Equal Pay in State Vision Test Unit
State Revenue Director James Spradling announced a first step toward pay equality for women vision test photographers. Beginning this month a $50 monthly raise will align women’s salaries with men in the same roles, affecting 47 employees. New hires will receive the same starting pay as men.
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Jefferson City
James Spradling
Spradling
Alice Telerney
Bureau of Photo and Vision Test
Bomb scare shuts Fleet Street theaters as raids spread
London police hunted TRA sympathizers after bombers slipped into England and were aided by shelter and supplies. Nighttime arson targeted a Roman Catholic church in South London with taunting threats. Bomb scares caused mass evacuations and overwhelmed police stations during a tense downtown sweep.
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London
TRA
England
Dragnet
Fleet Street
Britain
Drug Blamed In 8.5 Million Damage Suits
McNeil Laboratories of Fort Washington, Pa., is named in two multi million dollar damage suits alleging the drug Innovar used as an anesthesia premedication caused permanent incapacity. The FDA has begun an investigation, citing an overkill of adverse reports and seeking details on the two cases. One suit seeks 3.5 million for Sharon Dubinsky who after delivery at St John’s Mercy Medical Center lies bedridden in a Cleveland convalescent home. The other suit accuses Innovar of causing Janice Foster to lose intellect memory sight speech and motor function after surgery on Aug 31 1972 at the same hospital to remove a growth.
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ST. Louis
McNeil Laboratories
Fort — Washington
McNeil
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.S. District Court
Sharon Dubinsky
St. John's Mercy Medical Center
St. Louis County
Martin J. Taft
Lawsuits seek five million over Innovar drug injuries
The suit filed last month seeks 5 million in damages after patients suffered a drop in blood pressure and possible brain oxygen loss following Innovar injections. DePaul Hospital in St. Louis suspended its use of the pre surgery drug, which was approved by the FDA in 1988 and has been involved in four other pending cases. McNeil Laboratories faces co-defendant status alongside the hospital and several physicians amid claims of inadequate testing and warnings.
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DePaul Hospital
DePaul
O' Toft
Food and Drug Administration
McNeil Laboratories
FDA
Washington
McNeil
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