Science Court for risk analysis in consumer safety proposed
John Hanley of Monsanto advocates a Science Court to evaluate chemical risks in foods. The piece argues for public involvement, critiques consumer groups, cites Barbara Keating’s Consumer Alert Council, and urges credentialed science scrutiny of safety claims while noting natural chemicals and past food scares.
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Monsanto Co
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Sir Ralph
Jimmy Durante
New Consumer Alert Council
Stamford
Conn
Barbara Keating
U.S. Senate
New York State
Senate
James Buckley
Consumer Alert Council
Hanley
Monsanto
Able Consumer Protection Group
Jim Mills Named Managing Editor
Jim Mills was named managing editor in a Tuesday announcement on November 8 1977. The appointment confirms Mills as head of editorial operations and oversight at the newspaper.
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Jim Mills
Rand study says all volunteer military works despite critics
The Rand Corp analysis argues the all volunteer force is more equitable and cheaper than conscription. It notes growing black enlistment, wage competitiveness with civilian jobs, and retirement costs as factors shaping overall manpower expenses while contrasting SST decisions and air fare contrasts to highlight policy implications.
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Richard Cooper
Rand Corp
Cooper
Rand
The Humpback of Notre Dame in a North Africa Legion Tale
A discarded 1928 postcard from Canada to a St. Louis tenant triggers a tale of John a bespectacled accountant turned Legionnaire who earns the nickname The Humpback of Notre Dame. He serves in Sidi bel Abbes and Camel Corps before a North Africa tavern stabbing ends his story in 1933. Mary, who died in 1945 as Mother Superior, leaves a final fate. The postal mix up frames a lament on a life affected by lost letters.
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St. Louis
Canada
John
France
Marseille
Matey
Legion
Sidibel-Abbes
French North Africa
Camel Corps
North America
Mary
Canad
U.S. Postal Service
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal details daily newsstand prices 20c for weekdays and 3c Sunday, home delivery 25c Sunday, motor route 30c per Sunday, calendar month totals. Mail subscriptions cost 38 dollars per year in USA and 46 outside.
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The
News Journal, Inc., Sr
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
USA
U.S.A
Dow balks at subsidizing Jane Fonda in Michigan dispute
George F. Will critiques Dow Chemical and Central Michigan University funding amid Jane Fonda activism. He notes Fonda's public stances on taxes and corporate power, Dow's grants to education, and the tension between business funding and academic independence. The piece argues for prudence in subsidies while urging financial accountability.
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Washington
Jane Fonda
North Vietnam
Lillian Hellman
Soviet Union
Ms. Fonda
Dow Chemical Co
Beverly Hills
Tom Hayden
U.S
Central Michigan University
Michigan
Dow Chemical U.S.A
Dow
Central Michigan
Don
What makes a slum in Middletown neighborhoods
A reader argues that slum labels reflect residents more than blocks, condemning landlords who rent to arbitrary tenants and vowing to fight sale of properties. A second letter questions mail delivery reliability, noting delayed letters to Arizona and New York and concerns over bills.
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Middletown
Tucson
New York City
Trenton
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Ralph Nader
Plains
Herbert Hoover
Penn
W. A. Siebenthaler Sr
Elwood Richardson Business Manager
Paul J. Day
CIA
Los Angeles Times
Anclem
Ben R. Rich
Lockheed Aircraft
Matthew
By Jim Fiebig
French Foreign Legion
Notre Dame
the Journal
George F. Will
Jane
Crass
Dennis the Menace
Armco
Mrs
William Cundiff
Grimes St
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