Panel Urges New Agency to Lead Cancer Fight
A 26 member panel asks Congress to create an independent government agency to coordinate national cancer efforts. It would fund research, clinics, grants, and an information bank with up to 1 billion dollars yearly within five years. The plan targets faster victory over cancer and calls current institutes under DHHE inadequate.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
National Cancer Institute
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
American Cancer Society
American Public Health Association
Viet Cong stronghold under fresh siege in U Vinh Forest drive
South Vietnamese infantrymen push deeper into the U Vinh Forest, reporting 59 Viet Cong killed in the first three days of a 7,000 man operation. U S B52 bombers pounded the area before the campaign, with helicopter gunships aiding the advance.
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Saigon
U Vinh
Vietnam
U. S
Mekong Delta
U Minh Forest
Gulf of Siam
Rachia
SST program faces bitter battle over funding and future
Critics led by Senator Proxmire denounce a Boeing GE contract as a sweetheart deal draining tax dollars for an SST program that could raise jet noise and cause widespread costs. Backers insist SSTs will protect U S dominance, create jobs, and outpace Soviet and European rivals. Proxmire warned spending could top a billion dollars with no environmental harm evidence.
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Proxmire
Boeing
General Electric Corp
SST
Jackson
Senate
Gordon Allott
Rcolp
House
Henry Reuss
Dwis
British Envoy Hopes for Reunion After Montreal Release
The wife of diplomat Cross said she hopes to meet him Saturday in London after his release by Cuban officials. Cross described his captors as well trained but not vehemently bitter, having been guarded by two men with submachine guns during his captivity. The Oct 5 kidnapping by FLQ militants led to the murder of Labor Minister Pierre Laporte after ransom talks failed.
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Switzerland
London
Cross
Cuba
Expo Site
Montreal
FLQ
Quebec Liberation Front
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Marc Carbonneau
Jacques Lanctot
Six Weather Underground radicals seized near Manhattan bank
New York police say six Weather Underground members in their twenties were detained outside the First National City Bank on Madison Avenue at East 91st Street as they prepared to ignite crude bombs in a plan linked to commemorating the 1969 Chicago police raid. Robin Palmer identified among the group.
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New York
East Side Bank
Chicago
Fred Hampton
First National City Bank
Madison Avenue
East 91St Street
Teathermen
Tod
New York City
Nixon
National Association of Manufacturers
Robin Palmer
Hampton
Mark Clar
Peoria
Ill
U. S. District Court
POWS Describe Mental Suffering and Isolation in Hanoi Prison
Former prisoner Overly recounts extreme mental anguish from enforced inactivity and isolation in Hanoi. He recalls rowdy but therapeutic cellmate interactions, prayers, and propaganda broadcasts, plus censorship of mail and primitive medical care. He notes escape thoughts met with bleak reality in Hanoi.
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Hanoi
Overly
Frishman
Robert Brown
Bethesda
MD. Naval Hospital
Overy
Oil Wells Fire Fails Storm Chokes Compliance Cited
A spokesman said mud will be pumped to plug the wells after an explosion and fire. Surface safety valves failed on several, while subsurface valves remained open. Four oil firms faced penalties after a Chevron incident, and Shell pleads innocent on 170 counts for lacking storm chokes on 40 wells. The burning wells were not included.
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Chevron
Shell
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