VA Defends Position In Agent Orange Controversy
Los Angeles AP reports the VA defends its stance on Agent Orange research while acknowledging need for further study into health effects for Vietnam veterans. Paralyzed Veterans of America criticizes VA handling and calls for better research, treatment and compensation.
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Los Angeles
The
Veterans Administration
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Barclay Sheppard
U.S
Senate
House
Gordon Mansfield
Wadsworth VA
Vietnam
Hunger strike adviser warns of dangerous misinformation
Tim Boyajian, a UCLA public health doctoral student and former medical adviser to hunger strikers, says much information is mislaid or suppressed and, in his view, this is very dangerous stuff based on substantial research. He calls for compensation.
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Steve Androff
Wadsworth Hospital
Tim Boyajian
Ucla Department of Public Health
TWA Layoffs In Wake Of Strike
TWA plans imminent layoffs across nearly all employee groups due to service cuts from the air controllers strike. About 1,030 machinists face systemwide layoff around Sept. 8, with pilots and flight attendants also facing furloughs. Negotiations have stalled and federal mediation is sought. The company employs about 42,700, including 8,100 in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
Jerry W. Cosley
TWA
Quentin Kerr
C.E. Meyer
California fruit fly woes fuel fear and politics
Japan demands no more California citrus until medfly fumigation talks conclude. Florida and Georgia seek tighter quarantines. South Korea and Taiwan only accept treated California fruit. impeachment talks against Gov Brown rise as quarantine expands in Alameda San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cruz Stanislaus counties and San Joaquin Valley.
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Associated Press
Japan
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Florida
Tampa
Georgia Agriculture
Tommy Irvin
Washington
South Korea
Taiwan
Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Tokyo
U.S
Alameda
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz County
Stanislaus County
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin
FAA Denies Strike Tied to California and New Jersey Crashes
FAA and airline officials say a fatal California collision and two near misses in New Jersey and Florida were not related to the air traffic controllers strike. PATCO critics cite possible inexperience in tower operations as a factor in New Jersey and California incidents.
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Associated Press
California
New Jersey
Florida
People Express
FAA
Irving Moss
Richard Hough
Buffalo
N.Y
Moss
NBC adds animated cartoons to Nightly News feature
Cartoonist Mike Peters and Barns-Jones animate nightly clips for NBC Nightly News expanding beyond still images. Peters creates whimsical scenes like Prince Charles as a frog and Santa aiding travelers while the team works three days per piece to produce about 20 second cartoons with 480 frames.
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Fred Rothenberg
NEW York
NBC Nightly News
Thomas Nast
Fred Flinstone
NBC
Walt Disney
Mike Peters
Dayton Daily News
Barns-Jones
Minneapolis
All-News
Peters
Prince Charles
Santa Claus
Paters
Tom Brokaw
John Chancellor
NBC News
Bill Small
Reagan
Robin Hood
Nast
Boss Tweed
Barns- Jones
Jim Rafferty
Mike
Boss Tweeds
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