Nobel laureates urge focus on environmental cancer causes
Two American Nobel Prize winners say environmental pollution and cancer deserve more study than the viral link. MIT's David Baltimore and Wisconsin's Howard Temin cite asbestos vinyl chloride pesticides as concerns and note the prize money is secondary to the satisfaction of cancer research.
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Baltimore
Temin
Renato Dulbecco
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory
London
MIT Cancer Center
Dulbecco
Brezhnev Cancels Meeting With Giscard Over Cold
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev canceled his Wednesday talks with French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing due to a chill at home. He told reporters he had not left the office for two days and blamed a car window for his condition as Giscard arrived for a resumed discussion aimed at improving relations.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
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Brezhnev
Giscard
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Giscard d’Estaing
Paris
Railway Clerks Strike Hits Southern Pacific System
Nearly 8,000 railway clerks walked out across six Western states in a dispute over work rules. Four Amtrak trains carrying 720 passengers were halted as engineer crews refused to cross picket lines. The union says the strike is sanctioned while the company calls it illegal and cites a July three year contract. About 30,000 SP employees in six states were affected.
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Southern Pacific System
Amtrak
Andy Anderson
Railway
Ron Stewart
International Brotherhood of Railway
Anderson
Southern Pacific
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Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
City Court Driver who fled jailed
A motorist was sentenced to three days in jail by Municipal Court Judge T. Lamb after pleading guilty to fleeing the scene of an accident. Douglas Banks, 32, of 1201 Glenn Ave, was the driver of the car that hit another at Germantown Road and Verity Parkway on Oct 10. He was fined 200 and had his license suspended for one year. Marion Jones, 24, Dayton, was fined 250 and jailed on careless driving and driving while suspended after a one car crash at 507 Aberdeen Drive.
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Douglas Banks
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Germantown Road
Verity Parkway
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Dayton
Aberdeen Drive
Bresel Boulevard
Johnny Brown
Ottawa St
William Moore
Dotham
Ala
Thomas Braun
Keays Ave
Raymond Hall
Monroe St
Russell Asbury
Myers Road
Donna Woodell
Donna Osborne
Journal
New York City Nears Default Over Pension Fund Decision
New York City faced a 3 p.m. deadline for 453 million in debt as the United Federation of Teachers refused to commit city teachers' retirement funds to MAC refinancing. Officials warned of mass furloughs, unpaid welfare benefits, school closings, and possible disruption to police and fire protection.
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Ford Administration
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Hugh Carey
Abraham Beame
UFT
Albert Shanker
Carey
Pension Fund
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