Five Mobil Chemical workers missing after Cleveland blast
At Mobil Chemical Co. East Sire plant in Cleveland an explosion and fire at 1 a.m. left five employees missing and presumed dead. About 100 firefighters fought the blaze for three hours and kept it from reaching volatile solvents. The plant employs 310 workers and makes chemical coatings and paints. A fireman was injured as crews cleared debris awaiting expert analysis.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Mobil Chemical Co
East Sire
Cleveland
Pastore Opposes Safeguard Expansion AmidABM Sites Plan
Senator John O Pastore D R I signals reluctance to expand the Safeguard antimissile system until proof its current sites Montana and North Dakota are workable He addresses Lairds plan to pursue ABM bases at Whiteman Missouri and Warren Wyoming while Senator Henry M Jackson weighs two new sites and defense bill leadership debates the issue.
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Washington
Missouri
Wyoming
Melvin R. Laird
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Jackson
Senate
Chuckle About Diet Rules and Food Likes
A witty line notes that regardless of diet type, people tend to eat freely only what they do not like. The quip highlights self control as a common diet challenge and turns on the irony of liking and disliking foods.
Avalanche Hits Swiss Village Leaves Dozens Missing
Four bodies were recovered and 28 persons missing after an avalanche in Reckingen Switzerland. Twelve injured were pulled from the snow as the slide buried an army officers barracks and five houses in the Rhone valley valley village. Helicopters braved heavy snow to land rescuers and evacuate the injured.
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Reckingen
Switzerland
Rhone Valley
Cairo presses defiant after Arab terrorism condemnations
Arab governments condemn terrorism after the bus attack on American Christians near Hebron in occupied Jordan. Israel denounces Arab states for supporting guerrillas. Swiss and West German protests arise from the Swissair crash. Cairo papers accuse Israel of exploiting events.
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Associated Press
Israel
Cairo
State Department
Man
U.S
Golda Meir
Tel Aviv
Hebron
Jordan
Barbara Ertle
Grandville
Mich
Jordan River
West Bank
Beersheba
Robert W. Becker
Washington
Tass
United States
al Gumhurriya
Abu Zaabal
Muong Soui Falls in Laos Conflict Shifts Unclear
Reports from Vientiane say Muong Soui fell to North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao, yet Air America and Laotian air force claims wavered. airstrip near town remained contested and government forces pulled back from the Plain of Jars amid a broad offensive.
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Muong Soui
Pathet Lao
Plain of Jars
Laos
CIA
Air America Charter Line
Thogphanh
Muong Soul
Vientiane
United States
Xieng Khouang
B52s Raid Laos as Heaviest Strike Yet In Vietnam War
U S air forces conduct the war’s most concentrated B52 campaign in eastern Laos aiming to curb North Vietnamese supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh trail near the A Shau Valley. More than 500 sorties and about 900 tons of explosives were dropped in eight days, with attacks on storage and depots. South Vietnam saw lighter action with two B52 missions reported.
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Saigon
United States
Laos
Minh
South Vietnam
South
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
A Shau
U.S
Central Highlands
Kentucky Teachers Strike Shuts Down Most Kentucky Schools
About 60 percent of Kentucky public districts closed on the first day of a teachers strike. KEA says 24,000 of 32,000 teachers did not report, affecting 118 of 193 districts. Pay demands include an extra 600 annually for two years and a professional negotiations law. Senator Mazzoli suggested education funding ideas.
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Louisville
Kentucky Education Association
Kentucky
Marvin J. Dodson
KEA
mid-Kentucky
South-Central
Association
EEA
General Assembly
Romano Mazzoli
Senate Education Committee
Gene research seen as more dangerous than atomic bombs
Dr. Max Tishler warned at an American Chemical Society dinner that tampering with genes could bring vast benefits or grave dangers. He noted genetic engineering might cure diseases and conquer cancer, but warned imperfect humans could misuse knowledge and cause uncontrolled consequences. His remarks followed receiving the Priestley medal and referenced Merck & Co. as his firm.
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Houston
Max Tishler
Tishler
American Chemical Society
Middletown Area Weather Turns Colder This Week
Forecast notes increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Wednesday brings variable cloudiness and a drop in temperatures to the 35 to 40 degree range. Yesterday reached a high of 52 and this morning fell to 25.
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Middletown
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