Cleaner Cigarettes Spur Expected Lung Cancer Death Decline
Boston AP report describes a Veterans Administration study showing smokers in the 1970s inhaled cigarettes with far less tar and nicotine, yielding far fewer pre cancerous lung cell abnormalities than 1950s smokers. Researchers caution that smoking remains dangerous and deaths will persist.
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Boston
Oscar Auerbach
Veterans Administration Medical Center
East Orange
N.J
New England Journal of
Soviet advisers linked to Dubs death in Kabul raid
A confidential State Department cable cited by the Washington Post says Soviet advisers directed and signaled Afghan forces during the February raid that killed U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in a Kabul hotel. The cable claims advisers aided arming a police unit and positioned snipers, while the State Department said it cannot confirm who fired the fatal shots.
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Washington
State Department
Adolph Dubs
Afghanistan
Kabul
Dubs
Washington Post
Sergei Bakhtarin
Sue Pittman
Kansan Beverage Deposit Bill Aims To Cut Litter
Senator Paul Hess backs a bill imposing a five cent deposit on all beverage bottles and cans sold in Kansas. The measure, not acted on by the Senate committee, argues energy and waste savings outweigh industry costs and public inconvenience.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Paul Hess
Wichita
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Hess
Garbage Men Honor Strike In New Orleans
New Orleans trash collectors joined police on strike by honoring picket lines and staying off routes. The Civil Service Commission rejected a 15 percent raise bid after a nearly 15 hour bargaining session, leaving Mardi Gras disrupted as unions hold firm.
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New Orleans
Bill Cole
Teamsters Local 260
City Civil Service Commission
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Isabel Hernandez
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Joe Valenti
Teamsters
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