Enzymes Hazardous To Health Across Detergent Plants
U S health authorities weigh enzyme exposure amid rising skin and respiratory cases in detergent plants. British reports warn of irreversible lung damage from inhaled enzymes, while U S investigations track about 300 worker illnesses and industry groups push strict dust controls.
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New York
United States
Britain
Lancet
M. L. H. Flindt
University of Manchester
Department of Occupational Health
Flindt
U.S. Environmental Control Administration
Public Health Service
Marcus M. Key
Soap and Detergent Association
Viet Cong Attacks Try to Break Saigon North Provinces
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched heavy dawn attacks in northern South Vietnam amid the winter spring campaign. Casualties included 16 American dead and 68 wounded, 17 South Vietnamese killed, plus 26 enemy dead. A Marine base at Landing Zone Ross near Da Nang faced a sapper assault causing 14 Marines dead and 59 wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
My Lai
Ross
Afghanistan Hosts Agnew on 26-day Asia tour
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew arrived in Kabul as part of a 26-day Asian voyage. He and wife Judy will spend about 20 hours in Afghanistan, a nation closely tied to both the Soviet Union and United States through military and economic aid. The visit follows stops in Nepal and precedes further regional engagements. The Afghan frontier stretches 1200 miles with Moscow. aid totals include $800 million from the Soviet Union and $400 million from the United States.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Spiro T. Agnew
Arne Eroft
Agnew
Judy
Nepal
China
India
United States
Soviet Union
Richard M. Nixon
Ministry of Planning
Yablonski Murders Probe Finds No Clues Yet
Police said they had no clues in the triple slaying of Joseph A. Yablonski his wife and daughter in their Clarksville home. Pathologist Dr Ernst Abernathy noted nine bullets from a six chamber pistol implying multiple shooters. Yablonski supporters urged a nationwide coal mine work stoppage to honor him.
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Clarksville
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
United Mine Workers Union
Yablonski
UMW
Egyptian Jets Raid Suez Canal Area
Tel Aviv reports Egyptian airstrikes on the east bank of the Suez Canal near Qantara and Port Suez with no Israeli casualties. Egypt claims nine commandos killed in a Monday night clash north of Port Taufia and notes possible higher casualties from the encounter.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
East Bank
FE Qantara
Port Suez
Port Taufia
Banana diet recommendation for weight watchers
A women’s magazine promotes bananas as the main dish for weight watchers. The item notes the idea might seem odd yet questions if a fat monkey would appear overweight, reflecting lighthearted humor about dieting trends.
Snow Streak Continues As Travelers Warned Tonight
Weather outlook shows two to four inches of snow this evening and tomorrow with temperatures from five to fifteen above zero tonight and teens Wednesday. Yesterday reached a high of 39 with a 17 degree low, and only a half inch of snow fell last night marking the seventeenth consecutive snowy day in the area.
U.S. Plans Fresh Talks With Mainland China in Warsaw
Washington says it is ready to resume full scale talks with China in Warsaw this month once a date is agreed. An announcement will come in both capitals. Some sessions may be held at the Chinese embassy to ease tensions after the January 1968 ambassadorial talks and the canceled February 1969 meeting over a Dutch defector.
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Washington
United States
China
Warsaw
Peking
Holland
Soviet Union
New US Drive to Curb Heroin Smuggling Expands
The Treasury announces an $8.75 million increase to hire 378 inspectors and 307 agents. Headquarters will be New York with regional posts as needed, and the program will be Treasury only unlike Operation Intercept.
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Kennedy
New York
Customs
Treasury
Intercept
Justice Department
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Sub Zero Cold Grips Midcontinent Across Nation
Sub zero temperatures spread from the Rockies to the Midwest and central Plains while a winter storm deluged Oklahoma into the Deep South. The Weather Bureau warned of continued cold wave conditions into Alabama and Georgia with snow and sleet spreading from Texas to Arkansas and Missouri and into the Ohio Valley.
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Oklahoma
Deep South
Rockies
Midwest
Central Plains
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Geor
Louisiana
Arkansas
Carolinas
Virginia
Mississippi
Georgia
Texas
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Hijack Attempt Aboard Delta DC9 Foiled In Jacksonville
A man tried to hijack a Delta Airlines DC9 before landing in Jacksonville. The pilot reversed engines during approach, throwing the suspect off balance and enabling crew to overpower him. A stewardess was lightly injured. the suspect Antonio Funjek was removed and held on assault to murder charges.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Delta Airlines
Airlines
Duval County
Sharon Barnsford
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