Laetrile bootleg trade and North Korean smuggling exposed
A confidential House memo ties Laetrile to a bootleg market and a vigilante Posse Commitatus in Manitowoc Wisconsin, with arrests and 12 tons of kernels seized. Promoters like Andrew McNaughton and Ernest Krebs Jr. face legal questions as warnings rise about purity and safety. Separately North Korean smuggling and White House press struggles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Manitowoc
Wis
Posse
Ernest Krebs Jr
Krebs Jr
Krebs
Waxman
California
Elizabeth Hankin
Attica
N.Y
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Pyongyang
Pyongyan
West Germany
France
England
Japan
North Korea
East Germany
White House
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Federal proposal to replace mph signs with kmh dropped
Federal highway officials abandon plans to switch miles per hour signs to kilometers per hour citing heavy opposition. About 5000 comments favored keeping mph, suggesting cost and timing as factors, with a recommendation to run both signs briefly before removal.
Trusts under Carter era raise ethics questions
The Senate committee drafts a landmark rule requiring trustees to be truly arm's length from beneficiaries. It could disqualify trusted advisers like Charles Kirbo, Lyndon Johnson’s A. Moursand, and Thomas Mitchell, sparking debate over conflicts of interest and integrity in Carter's White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Jimmy Carter
White House
Carter
Senate
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Charles H. Kirbo
Atlanta
Torney
Robert J. Lipshutz
Kirbo
Lipshutz
Crrl
Lyndon B. Johnson
A. Moursand
Johnson
Moursand
Mitchell
Russia's Brezhnev charter vs. American rights in 1787
The article argues the Soviet Union's forthcoming constitution under Leonid Brezhnev reverses individual rights, expands party control, and lacks checks and balances, contrasting it with the 1787 American Constitution which protected natural rights and limited government power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Cutler
Soviet Union
Philadelphia
Russia
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Ife
Africa
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
America
US and World News Digest of Historical Highlights
On this date in 1914 Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo sparking World War I. Kansas Governor Bennett outlines 1 234 mile highway plan and 1 3 billion five year program under DOT to upgrade the nonfreeway system and rebuild roads amid rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austria-Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Monmouth
N.J
Molly Pitcher
Britain
Victoria
France
Yugoslavia
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Bennett
DOT
Newton Community Chorus organized with Dr. Robert Myers president
Thirty years ago the Newton Community Chorus was organized with Dr. Robert Myers serving as president. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Nance of 616 SE 2nd were blessed with a son. Test drilling finished for two new water wells the city planned to acquire at Mission Field. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Waltner and their son moved to Colorado Springs to establish a new home. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Warhut and their family returned from a vacation to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Robert Myers
Robert S. Nance
Mission Field
Wilfred Waltner
Colorado Springs
Glenn Warhut
California
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Search For Cancer Cure
Henry Waxman
D.calif
Andrew McNaughton
McNaughton
Canada
Feds
Angle and Walters
Office of Management and Budget
Thomas B
Bert) Lance
Dalton
Thomas Mitchell
Georgia
Alan K. Campbell
Campbell
Hussein
Jordan
Lyndon Johnson
Israel
Richard Nixon
Seychelles
Richard Rodgers
Georges Clemenceau
United States
Conference Board
Kansas
Department of Transportation
Old Highway Commission
Siberian
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