FTC probes enzyme detergents for consumer health risk
The Federal Trade Commission will investigate whether prolonged use of enzyme detergents poses health hazards for homemakers. Citing studies, the FTC notes plant workers exposed to enzymes suffer dermatitis and asthma while Procter and Gamble defends enzyme cleaners as safe after extensive home use. A U S Public Health Service report finds these products growing in popularity.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Proctor & Gamble Co
Commission
U.S. Public Health Service
Schools Close Newton Falls Amid Funding Gap
Warren Ohio AP reports Newton Falls city schools shut down today due to funding shortfall. About 2 000 pupils and 133 teachers and non-certified staff affected, with reopening set for January 5.
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Warren
Ohio
Newton Falls
Reactor test blast yields safe relocation
The atomic energy commission said the blast near the crater center was safe. The device was moved on tracks after charges released it from its prior position. The crater measured roughly 175 feet in radius and about 50 feet deep.
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Los Alamos Lab
New Mexico
Viet Cong To Observe Christmas And New Year Truces
The Viet Cong announced three day Christmas and New Year truces starting December 24 and December 30, while Saigon and U S forces plan shorter ceasfires. U S Command reports North Vietnamese deserters executed units observers. Three defectors described desertion among North Vietnamese troops and guards during the march south.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
South
Ha Tay
Medina: Medina Denies Ordering My Lai Massacre
Army panel hears testimony from 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr. as Capt. Ernest Medina testifies he did not order a massacre and did not see one in My Lai. Medina claims intelligence warned no women or children would be present after 0700 hours before the helicopter assault.
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Washington
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Special Army
Medina
Peers Board
Meding
Pentagon
My Lai 4
Talks With Red China May Resume
The Nixon administration proposed resuming U S Sino diplomatic talks after a 22 month lapse. Ambassador Walter J StoeSel met briefly with a Chinese diplomat in Warsaw after a Yugoslav fashion show and said the U S is ready to resume discussions when the Chinese agree. Secretary Rogers had forecast such a step last month.
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Washington
Nixon
Walter J. Stoessel
Warsaw
Poland
Palace of Culture
State Department
John King
Stoesse
United States
William P. Rogers
Dowed
U.S
Robb pushes Pentagon probe to clear massacre claim
Maj. Charles Robb asks Defense Department to investigate allegations of indiscriminate killings by Marines in his command. The claim links to Anthony Martin-Trigona who wrote to Senator Percy. Robb urges a full, official review to dispel the charge and protect procedures in Vietnam.
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Bailey
Medina
Cailey
Vietnam
Robb
Pentagon
Las Vegas
Nev
Charles Robb
Marine
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
U.S
Ter
Percy
Anthony Martin-Trigona
Champaign, Il
Jack Anderson
New York Post
Robb’s Marine Company
Marin-Trigona
Lynda Bird Johnson
Defense Department
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Martin Trigona
DOD
Pewsmen
Sniper Captured After Gun Battle in Hill District
Police captured a gunman in a freezing night siege at a rooming house in Pittsburgh's Hill District after a prolonged exchange of gunfire and tear gas. The dead man was identified as Nathaniel Brown. the suspect Dersarkissian faced murder and firearm charges.
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Rooming House
Channel 1
Dersarkissian
Nathaniel Brown
Democrats Move Rider to Boost Social Security Benefits
Senate Democrats prepared a rider to the tax reform bill to raise Social Security benefits by 15 percent effective January 1. The move aims to outpace Republicans as a vote on the rider was set after debate on an amendment to end tax exemptions for private foundations, with Mondale and Long leading the amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Walter F. Mondae
D-Minn
Russell B. Long
D-La
Middletown Forecast Calls for Warmer, Cloudy Tonight
The Middletown forecast shows increasing cloudiness and a bit warmer tonight with lows in the 20s to 30s. Saturday remains mostly cloudy and warmer, with highs in the 40s. The outlook for Sunday calls for rain and further warmth.
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Middletown
Chuckle on Government Owing a Living Joke
A lighthearted quip notes the government expects individuals to fund its activities. The remark frames taxation and public spending as an obligation born by citizens rather than shared responsibility.
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H. L. Hunt
Renner
Tex
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Hunt
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