West German leader Schmidt meets Ford on hijackings talks
West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt arrives in Washington to meet President Ford and Secretary Kissinger on hijacking countermeasures. He will greet the U.S. with Bicentennial honors, host Ford aboard the Gorch Fock, and address a National Press Club luncheon before events turn to European security and Rhodesia.
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Washington
Helmut Schmidt
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Schmidt
United States
Baltimore
White House
Kissinger
Williamsburg
National Press Club
West Germany
National Air and Space Museum
Jimmy Carter
European Common Market
U.N. Security Council
South Africa
Rhodesia
U.S
Brown Shifts To Carter as Carter Gains Nomination
California Governor Edmund Brown finally backs Jimmy Carter after a late roll call vote. Carter praises Brown with a call and Brown plans to introduce Carter to California delegates, pledging to campaign enthusiastically for the nominee.
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New York
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Brown
Florida
Madison Square Garden
West
Ohio
World Citizenship Federation
Plains party hums as Carter clinches Nomination in Plains Georgia
Plains celebrates Jimmy Carters nomination with street festivities. Residents recall Carter since youth selling peanuts, while visitors buy Carter merchandise and watch the roll call at the town depot. Police keep order as signs of change appear in the town.
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Plains
Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
Main Street
Americas
Carter
Alton Carter
Gloria Spann
Jerry Walker
Secret Service
Woodland Drive
Asbestos ban sought on home patching compounds
Washington AP Consumers and environmental groups urge the U S government to ban asbestos containing wall patching compounds. The petition to the CPSC argues 1 million Americans exposed yearly and that one third to one half of drywall repair products contain asbestos. They call for a ban under the Hazardous Substances Act and mandatory repurchase of existing supplies.
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Washington
Consumer and Environmental Organizations
U.S
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Natural Resources Defense Council
Consumers Union
FDA recalls 34 500 shampoo bottles and 15 000 pounds candy
The FDA announces recalls for contaminated products including Pathmark and Fay’s baby shampoos, and Max Factor bubble bath with Red No 2 color. Also 500 Edwards pacemakers and 2 595 GE defibrillators flagged for potential failure, with no injuries reported.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Barcelone Co
Holbrook
Mass
Pathmark
Skyline Tearless
Fay’s
Finast
Rix
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Max Factor and Co
Hollywood
Calif
Cosway Co. Inc
Gardenia
Edwards Pacemaker Systems, Division
Panel urges NCI to halt routine mammography for women under 50
An outside panel urges stopping routine X ray breast cancer screening for healthy women under 50 due to radiation risk concerns. About 250000 women have undergone the program since 1972 under NCI and American Cancer Society oversight. Health officials diverge on risks and benefits.
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Washington
National Cancer Institute
NCI
American Cancer Society
Frank Rauscher
The
American
Cancer Society
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