Big blow out at Baneberry underground nuclear test
The AEC announced Baneberry, its 230th underground test since 1963, went off normally creating a 900 foot cavern. A dust cloud rose to 8,000 feet then spread over 1,000 square miles. 600 workers evacuated nearby while fallout outside the site remained limited. Radiation levels were monitored with no expected danger to nearby populations.
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Mercury New
Baneberry
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Federal Radiation Council
Nevada Test Site
Warm Springs
Las Vegas
Maddox Walks Out Of Cavett Show In Race Row
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox declared himself a segregationist and walked off Dick Cavett's show after being labeled a bigot. Jim Brown questioned his stance, Cavett apologized for wording, but Maddox refused to return.
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New York
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Dick Cavett
Jim Brown
Maddox
Cavett
Mr. Brown
Welfare Reform Is Dead in This Congress
Senate sources say Nixon administration knows welfare reform is dead for this session yet pushes a vote to gauge sentiment. The plan, part of a Social Security benefits bill, has displaced a textile and shoe import measure but no vote is expected before adjournment. Senator John J. Williams calls the push hypocritical.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Viet Cong Attacks U S Units Mark War Anniversary
Viet Cong marked the Indochina war’s 24th anniversary with two attacks on U S troops and the first rocket assault in Saigon in six weeks.
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Saigon
U.S
Rioting in Polish shipyards met with gunfire crackdown
Police and troops quelled rioters in Poland's largest shipyards and imposed a curfew on northern cities. Rioting spread to a fifth city with reports of gunfire in Gdynia, while tear gas was used in Slupsk. No American casualties in Vietnam actions noted, with overall Allied losses described as light. National Resistance Day marked in Hanoi.
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Warsaw
Poland
Radio Gdansk
Gdynia
Gdansk
Sopot
Bay of
Danzig
Szczecin
Slupsk
25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
U.S
Hai van Pass
da Nang
Indochina
Vo Nguyen Giap
Hanoi
McNamara blamed for TFX waste and delay in defense
A Senate subcommittee closes an eight year probe charging former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara wasted billions and ignored expert warnings by rushing the TFX contract to General Dynamics. The report singles out aide Roswell Gilpatric for conflict of interest and calls for Korth disqualification over ties to GD.
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Washington
Senate
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
McNamara
Dynam
Vietnam
Navy
Roswell Gilpatric
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
Gilpatric
New York
Korth
General Dynamics
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Korean Premier Replaced in Cabinet Shakeup for Elections
President Chung Hee Park ousted South Korea's prime minister and three other cabinet members in a bid to smooth the path for a general election slated for May. Park Doo-chin was named to succeed Premier Chung Ilkwon, with ministers of justice, communications, and agriculture forestry also replaced. The shakeup followed Park's recent move to appoint presidential aides as party leaders resigned, with the remaining cabinet expected to resign early next week.
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Seoul
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Park Doo-chin
Syngman Rhee
Chung Il- Kwon
Justice
Park
Democratic Republican Party
Chung
National Assembly
Ohio Weather Turns Colder With Nightly Freeze Ahead
Colder weather is moving into most of Ohio as temperatures drop through the day and fall to about 20 tonight. The high tomorrow is not expected to rise above 30 with partly cloudy skies. Monday’s outlook calls for fair skies but continued cold conditions across the state.
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Ohio
NTA Detergent Component Halted Amid Health Probe
Monsanto says there is no market for 100 million pounds of NTA as officials push industry to drop the phosphate substitute. Government findings show NTA with mercury and cadmium raises stillbirth risk, though no proven harm yet. Procter and Gamble and other firms pledge phaseout citing prudence.
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Public Health Service
NTA
Jesse L. Steinfeld
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Procter and Gamble Co
Howard Morgens
Cincinnati
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