Child abuse called national disgrace worse than Watergate
Dr Vincent J Fontana of New York calls child abuse a national disgrace exceeding Watergate and warns of 1.5 million suspected cases, 50 000 deaths, and 300 000 injured children this year while urging big funding and social reform to end the cycle. He notes abuse spans all socioeconomic groups and is often hidden by families and doctors.
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New York
Watergate
Vincent J. Fontana
New York City
St. Vincent’s Hospital
New York Foundling Hospital
Fontana
Tornadoes strike Brainerd area injuring three
Storms sweep the central states with two tornadoes causing injuries and Cabin damage near Brainerd Minnesota. Golf ball size hail hits Danbury Wisconsin while showers dampen Texas Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Temperatures range from 52 in Bradford Pennsylvania to 95 in Needles California with scattered reports across major cities.
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Mississippi River Valley
Plains
Brainerd
Minn
Danbury
Wis
Duluth
Texas
Gulf
Atlantic
Calif
Anchorage
Atlanta
Boston
Rain Tonight and Tomorrow Across Ohio and Kentucky
Weather outlook shows rain tonight and tomorrow across Ohio with cloudy skies and a chance of thundershowers. Lows mid 60s to low 70s, highs in the 80s across Kentucky and Ohio, with Wednesday showers and thundershowers. In West Central Central Southwest regions expect partly cloudy skies tonight then showers and thundershowers Wednesday, highs in the 80s.
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Ohio
West Central Central
Southwest
Prisoners seek federal relief over Lucasville isolation
The Ohio Prisoners Labor Union filed a suit in federal court contending inmates at Lucasville were punished unjustly with isolation. The suit demands release from isolation, attorney access, erasure of strike records, and $20 daily damages for time served.
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Columbus, Ohio
Lucasville
Ohio Prisoners Labor Union
Pesticide rules watered down by Labor Department
The Labor Department revised emergency pesticide safety rules after pressure from Congress and farmers. Assistant secretary John H. Stender said the original rules were broader than necessary and covered pesticides not highly toxic. The changes, signed last Friday, delay publication to June 29 in the Federal Register and aim to limit field entry times for workers exposed to organophosphorous chemicals.
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Congress
Labor Department
Asst
Labor
John H. Stender
Stender
Federal Register
Associated Press
Ee Long
Ates
Addresses mix up in local court and divorce listings
Mrs. Sadie Bowles reports two errors listing 721 Elwood St as the address for Matt Perdue and for Daisy Carpenter in Saturday and Sunday Court notices. Meantime the Florida Peach Growers Association and others challenge new federal pesticide rules urging hearings and congressional action.
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Sadie Bowles
Elwood St
Matt Perdue
Elwood
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Daisy Carpenter
Florida Peach Growers Association
Congress
William Mizell
R.N.C
Eclipse watchers clash with witchcraft in Kenyan eclipse study
In northern Kenya thousands of eclipse fans trek into the frontier desert as tribesmen warn scientists about blotting out the sun. Emergency provisions are prepped at Loyengalani as 80 American astronomers set up near Cape Kennedy amid fears and legends surrounding the solar event. The total eclipse will last over seven minutes along a 9100 mile path from Brazil to the Indian Ocean.
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Kenya
Africa
Brazil
Indian Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
United States
Loyengalani
Lake Rudolf
Cape Kennedy
Samburu
Turkana
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OPLU
Larry Vellani
OPSU
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R-Mich
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Peter J. Brennan
Eclipse
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