corona virus named as latest common cold cause
AP Science writer reports the corona virus as a newly recognized cause of the common cold, with researchers wary of a breakthrough in vaccines. The piece notes vast costs and losses from colds, demographic patterns, and early drug trials including interferon and other experimental compounds. Dr. Robert Couch of Baylor Medicine comments on a potential two to three year horizon for promising results.
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Robert Couch
Baylor University College of Medicine
Houston
Tex
Calcutta Police on verge of collapse amid Naxalite violence
In Calcutta a police force of about 18 500 faces morale collapse amid political meddling and daylight attacks by Naxalites. Off duty officers are targeted with stabbings and bombings, killing several and injuring many, triggering fears of internal betrayal and loss of intelligence.
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Calcutta
India
West Bengal
Ranjit Kumar Roy
Roy
Jyoti Basu
Communist Marxist Party
Ajoy Mukherjee
Ranjit Gupta
Police
Basu
Lengthy record tied to bus driver in fatal Allentown crash
Charles Mellon of the New Jersey Bureau of Motor Vehicles cites a long history of reckless driving by Hubert Daye of Montclair New Jersey. Daye faced suspensions and license denials before a fatal crash near Allentown on Wednesday. Daye, injured and in a coma, had his charter bus license revoked indefinitely.
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Allentown
New Jersey
U.S. 22
Charles Mellon
New Jersey Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Essex County
N.J
Pennsylvania
Hubert Daye
Montclair
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Daye
Ronald M. Heymann
Seafarers Fight Federal Indictments Over Donations
The AFL-CIO Seafarers Union and officers face federal indictments for illegal political donations. The case centers on $20,000 given to Humphrey supporters in 1968 and another $20,000 to GOP committees, plus a $750,000 alleged conspiracy for campaigns 1964 to 1968. Kerr, the secretary treasurer, vows an all out fight.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Seafarers’ International Union
Congress
Kerr
Fedeal Grand Jury
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hubert H. Humphrey
Union
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Berkeley
Calif
Atlantic
Pacific
Subodh Dutta
West Bengal Police Association
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Brazil
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Central Ave
U.S
S.M.L
Eus
West
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