Senator Proxmire calls for cuts to chauffeured official cars
Senator William Proxmire proposes trimming funds for chauffeured limousines used by Washington officials amid potential budget cuts to housing and farming programs. NASA head James Fletcher defends the practice, arguing it saves time and money by increasing productivity, while agencies like the SEC and NSF confirm one chauffeured car fork officials without taking cars home.
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Washington (Ap
William Proxmire
Washington
Wisconsin Democrat
Selective Service
Byron V. Pepitone
Proxmire
Sev
Eral
James C. Fletcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fletcher
NASA
Securities and Exchange Commission
National Science Foundation
Red crabs eyed as new lobster ally in New England
New England researchers see red crabs as a potential new industry off the continental shelf. Lobstermen in New Hampshire and nearby states are finding red crabs in traps and scientists warn careful study is needed to avoid overfishing while expanding such harvests.
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New England
Robert J. Learson
National Marine Fisheries Service
Gloucester
Mass
Learson
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Atlantic
Midwest
B. FE. Barrett
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Barrett
Robert Stetson
Rye
Dollar Falls in European Marts Amid Forecasted Crisis
The dollar sank to record lows in Paris and Frankfurt as gold rose near two dollars an ounce. The Bank for International Settlements warned the dollar crisis would persist. Sterling rose to 2 58 35 per dollar in London while Zurich saw a slight dip. Federal official Dean Burch noted emergency rules require him to be reachable at all times.
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London
France
Germany
Bank of International Settlements
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Federal Communications Commission
Dean Burch
Proxmire
Burch
Tracking Cancer Food Additives Studied for Carcinogenic Risk
The article reviews how environmental chemicals may cause cancer and notes historical links from coal tar to tobacco and aflatoxin. It describes the Delaney Clause, GRAS substances, and the FDA NCI push to develop rapid mutagenicity tests and animal tissue assays to assess carcinogenic potential.
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Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
National Cancer Institute
Stoner
Bird Promoted to Plant Foreman at Bell Telephone
Henry James Bird of Jonesville has been promoted to plant foreman for South Central Bell Telephone Co. in Ferriday. Bird previously served as a Jonesville central office switchman and his new duties cover operations in Jonesville Harrisonburg and Sicily Island exchanges.
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News - Star News
Jonesville
Henry James Bird
South Central Bell Telephone Co
Ferriday
J. C. Schooler
Bird
Harrisonburg
Sicily Island
GRAS Substances Used by Contract Labs for FDA
The report lists substances hosted by contract laboratories for the FDA including ammonium saccharin saccharin calcium saccharin sodium saccharin sodium and potassium nitrate gum arabic annatto oils of mustard garlic oil nutmeg oil clove oil stannous chloride sodium benzoate calcium silicate caffeine lactose and zinc sulfate. Several others are under study in Dr Stoners laboratory under contract with the National Cancer Institute. Substances removed from the GRAS list in the last four years include nordihydroguaiaretic acid calamus cyclamate bromated vegetable oils glycine carrageenin safrole diethylstilbestrol Violet No 1 and diethyl dicarbonate.
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GRAS
FDA
Dr. Stoner
National Cancer Institute
Mississippi Judge Among Weekend Accident Victims
Eight people died in weekend accidents across Mississippi including Melvin B. Bishop a 41 year old newly named Hinds County Chancery Court judge killed in a Madison County one car crash. A second two car crash on Mississippi 19 killed Curtis Dyer Sr. and Pleman Merrell. Others died in crashes near Mendenhall Meridian Perkinston Gulfport and Pass Christian.
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Associated Press
Hinds County
Chancery Court
Mississippi
Melvin B. Bishop
Jackson
Madison County
Bishop
Bill Waller
W. T. Horton
Collinsville
Curtis M. Dyer Sr
Meridian
H. M. Horn
Gulfport
U.S. 49
Smallest nature reserve protects rare yellow flower
In Gloucester England a tiny nature reserve was created to safeguard Ranunculus ophioglossifolius, the yellow petaled adder's tongue spearwort. Secretary Tom Elliott of the Gloucester Trust for Nature Conservation said only one other site in the country hosts the flower. Protection focuses on preventing water pollution near the Badgeworth reserve, a 346 square yard plot.
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Glouchester
England
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