Ignorance and Emotionalism Scare Mercury Concerns
A Detroit study presented in Minneapolis challenges the mercury scare, noting human tissue levels have declined and arguing overreaction caused social and economic harm. Researchers from Saratoga General Hospital analyzed autopsy tissues from 59 Michigan residents and found no accumulation, with peaks in early childhood and middle age.
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Minneapolis, Minn
American Public Health Association
Saratoga General Hospital
Detroit
Mich
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Jack Kevorkian
Food and Drug Administration
Sweden
Labor Leaders Weigh Nixon Phase 2 Economic Controls
AFL-CIO Executive Council meets amid calls from Republicans for swift labor action on Nixon’s Phase 2. Meany remains silent as pay board and price commission proposals face resistance and possible White House intervention. Ford praises the program while Nader calls it a constitutional overreach.
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Washington
Nixon
Afl-Ceo
Teamsters
United Auto Workers
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Hugh Scott
Senate
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ford
New Orleans
Ralph Nader
Nader
Budget Accord Reached in Ohio Legislature
A House Senate Conference Committee agreed on an 8.1 billion budget to fund state operations through the biennium. Lawmakers noted potential new revenue from a sales tax, while six members finalize financing and tax details. Representative Lloyd Kerns said the proposal would add 800 to 900 million dollars in new revenue beyond the 6.2 billion prior budget.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Oakley C. Collins
Ironton
Theodore M. Gray
Piqua
Gray
Lloyd Kerns
R-16
Richwood
Truth in Trash: Alan Weberman’s Garbage Hunt for Fame
New York AP reports Alan Weberman, 26, a self styled garbage analyst, hunts celebrities’ trash to glean sociological data and profits from stories. He targets figures from Bob Dylan to Abbie Hoffman and plans a book titled You Are What You Throw Away.
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New York
David Rockefeller’s
Alan J. Weberman
Weberman
Groucho Marx
Bob Dylan
Bowery
Paul Revere
Rockefeller
Himelf
Johnny Cash
Dylan
Muhammad Ali
Neil Simon
Abbie Hoffman
Spiro T. Agnew
John N. Mitchell
Eddie Arcaro
Kate Millett
Tricia Nixon Cox
Nixon Plans Moscow Summit After China Visit
President Nixon announced a summit in Moscow in the latter part of May following his China trip. He cited a favorable climate for progress on mutual problems between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
China
Korea
Guadalcanal
Weather outlook shows mild clear night and warming midweek
The forecast calls for a clear night with low temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. Wednesday brings variable cloudiness and little temperature change with highs in the 60s.
Courageous Belfast Women Restrain Mob Blocking Armored Car
In Londonderry Romar Catholic Bogside the armoured personnel carrier stalled as a rock throwing mob surrounded it. Two middle aged women fought through the crowd with fists and an umbrella shouting you are not Christians, aiding the soldiers until reinforcements freed the vehicle. In Belfast a soldier was injured by a sniper in the Lower Falls district.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Romar Catholic
Lower Falls
Drug Raids Net Over Forty Arrests in Cincinnati Area
Cincinnati police with federal and local agencies conducted narcotics raids Monday night and today arresting more than 40 people. Thirty four named in sealed Hampton County indictments. at least six seized in Fort Mitchell Kentucky area after six months of undercover work.
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Cincinnati
Wth
Kentucky
Hampton County
Grand Jury
Fort Mitchell
Chesty Puller Dies After Venerable Marine Career
Lt Gen Lewis B Puller the most decorated Marine in history died at 73 after a long illness. He earned five Navy Crosses across three wars and refused reactivation in Vietnam in 1965 citing fitness and experience. Survived by widow two daughters and a son who lost legs in Vietnam. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Hampton, Va
Lewis B
Chesty
Puller
Marine Corps
Korea
Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps
Marines
Kecoughian Veterans Administration Hospital
Lewis B. Puller Jr
William Howard Dabney
Fairfax
Michael Patrick Downs
Alexandria
Emily P. Fishburn
San Diego
Calif
Virginia Military Institute
West Point
Haiti
Australia
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Ohio 63
U.S. 25
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Cost of Living Council
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John B. Connally
White House
Addie
Dyan
Ann Landers
Heloise Television
Eeene Valley News
Lewis
Chesty” Puller
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