Benton dies at 85 in Kansas City studio after mural work
Renowned American artist Thomas Hart Benton, famed for rugged Americana, dies at 85 in Kansas City. He collapsed in his carriage house studio after completing a Country Music Foundation mural in Nashville, his last projected work, following a career spanning riverboats farmers and outlaws.
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Thomas Hart Benton
America
Rita
Country Music Foundation
Nashville
Tenn
Benton
Ohio researchers claim potent walking pneumonia vaccine
Drs Norman L Somerson and Vincent V Hamparian of Ohio State University report a strong vaccine against mycoplasma pneumonia. Developed at Columbus Children's Hospital with a $440 000 NIH grant, it was grown and injected for immunization and tested on 15000 Marines at Camp Lejeune with expected efficacy above 80 percent.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
Hamparian
Columbus Children’s Hospital
The
National Institute of Health
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Somerson
Syrians release AP man after three day detention
Associated Press correspondent Nicholas Ludington, detained in Damascus for three days, was released and departed for Beirut. Louis Fares, an AP Syrian contact, was freed earlier amid a hostage incident at Damascus airport involving gunfire and eight wounded. The shooting and subsequent negotiations involved diversely named actors and confusion over the attackers’ identity.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Associated Press
Nicholas Ludington
United States
Damascus
Ludington
Louis Fares
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Fares
France
Naguib Kadry
Mohammed__ Boudia
Paris
Orly
el al
Mohammed Boudia
Weather in Miami Valley to Turn Cold Tonight
The Miami Valley will see clear skies and a drop into the teens this evening. Clouds move in Friday with milder highs in the mid 30s and a chance of afternoon showers. Middle town’s low this morning was 13 after yesterday’s high of 35, and about 0.75 inches of snow was measured.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Panel urges general revenues to fund growing Social Security costs
An official advisory panel urged replacing higher Social Security taxes with a substantial infusion of general revenues to pay rising retirement benefits. The Social Security Advisory Council headed by W. Allen Wallis recommended phasing general tax funds into Medicare to free payroll taxes for more than 30 million beneficiaries, while keeping tax rates on schedule.
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Washington
Social Security Advisory Council
W. Allen Wallis
University of Rochester
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Council
Ohio school funding bill faces Senate and House scrutiny
Hearings begin in the Senate Finance Committee tonight on a proposed emergency bill to pump 40 per pupil into Ohio districts for the upcoming biennium starting July 1. In the House, hearings start Tuesday before the Finance Appropriations Committee as Republicans weigh delaying action and Governor Rhodes pledges to direct funds to schools or cut taxes.
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House
Finance Appropriations Committee
Ohio
State Auditor
Krufess
Kurfess
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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OSU Research
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