Red Cross reports quarter’s service to military families
Volunteer drivers made 25 trips to hospitals in Washington Baltimore Martinsburg and Hagerstown covering 2037 miles and 129 hours. 152 cases received service and 125 emergency leave communications were handled. 29 servicemen at Fort Detrick received services and 146 comfort items were given to Ward 22 patients. 40 First Aid certificates issued and 586 swim certificates earned. Largest bell note mentions the 1733 Russian bell never rung.
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Vietnam
Washington
Baltimore
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Red Cross
Dept. of Public Services
Health Department
Frederick County
Fort Detrick
Ft. Detrick
Canada
Donald Schley
First Aid
Stories Of Ghosts Witches Haunt Literature History
New York AP notes witches shifted from closet persecution to pop culture icons on talk shows while ghost lore flourishes in fiction. It traces witch hunts from 14th century Europe to Salem 1692, with Inquisition, Reformation, and colonial echoes, noting notable cases, trials, and posthumous apologies. It also touches on ghost lore across classics and modern interest, ending with Sybil Leek in New York.
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New York
Shakespeare
Satan
Church
Europe
British Isles
Scotland
England
Cromweill
Salem
Mass
Samuel Sewall
Massachusetts General Court
Alaska
Sybil Leek
Lady Bird says LBJ stays out of national politics
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson says her husband will not enter national campaigns or be pressured into a schedule. He remains focused on personal friends and Texas campaign efforts, with no plans to speak out or run, while she promotes her book and discusses his golfing hobby and public influence.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Lloyd Bentsen
Senate
Texas
George Bush
White
Marsland
Ier
Tom Boggs
Rep
Hale Boggs
D-La
Maryland
Lyndon
FDA Recalls Dangerous Mercury Contaminated Liver Pills
The FDA recalls 1,250,000 seal liver pills made by Randal Nutritional Products, sold in health food stores, after inspectors found mercury levels 60 times the safe limit. Pills manufactured from Pribilof Islands seal livers in 1964 were stored for six years in California, Washington, Oregon, Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma, Colorado, Michigan and New York. Authorities warn of possible moderate health hazard while scientists investigate contamination sources.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Randal Nutritional Products
Santa Rosa
Calif
California
Oregon
Florida
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Colorado
Michigan
New York
FBA
Pribilof Islands
Alaska
Randal
Downing B. Randal
George Y. Harry
Government
Marine Mammal Biology Laboratory
Seattle
Officials Discuss Liability After County Employee Shooting
County commissioners met to review possible financial responsibility for hospital and funeral costs in the shooting death of Percy Dawson. Clerk James Bryan was authorized to investigate county liability and check workers compensation coverage with the county attorney and insurer. Dawson, formerly of Ft Detrick, joined the county March 17, 1970 and was later a full time employee. his mother in Beaumont Texas requested shipping the body there.
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Percy Dawson
James Bryan
Dawson
Ft Detrick
Community Action Agency
Ithe
Bryan
Beaumont
Texas
Few Colleges Receptive To Nixon Aids
Washington AP reports the State Department sent letters to 1648 colleges seeking campus visits to discuss foreign policy. In five weeks 272 replies came, all from small schools, with generally enthusiastic but modest response and doubts about tangible outcomes. Collins, a former astronaut, said 30 to 40 officers could visit about 600 campuses in a year.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
Michael Collins
Collins
William P. Rogers
Justice Department
White House
William Boudreau
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Milton Brunk
Thomas Grunwell
Frederic County
Albert Dean
Seyvy
Alexandria
Russia
Helen of Troy
Goethe
Faust
Henry James
Harold
Denmark
Gregory Vil
American
Hugues de Baniol
Toulouse
Luther
Calvin
Wolfenbuttel
University of Leipzig
Kepler
Utah
Great Salt Lake
China
Joan of Arc
Netherlands
Sweden
Lady Bird
Sears
Kenmore
United States
Sears and
SAVE
W. Patrick ST
Anans, Noebuck and Co
Frederick, MD
Department Stores
New Decorator
F.H.A
Barwick Acrilie Pile
Woolco
Frederick Coe Center
Schley Ave
Pasino
IHD
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