Stop the alcohol impaired driver deadly toll urged
An editorial recalls the 1968 Albemarle death of Mark Sugg by a drunk driver and cites national tolls. It urges nine steps including a .08% blood alcohol limit, stricter licenses, tougher sentences, breath tests, and strong industry support to end the preventable deaths.
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Albemarle
N.C
Mark Sugg
Mark
James C. Cleveland
R-N.h
House Public Works Committee
The
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Space clutter grows as satellites and debris swarm orbit
ADC reports 1 877 manmade objects around Earth and Venus 7 Soviet probe adds to clutter. Of these 393 launched by Russia 1 436 by the United States and others by various nations. Space Defense Center in Colorado tracks debris and probes while noting the 13 year race since 1957 has averaged 12 new objects monthly.
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United States Aerospace Defense Command
ADC
Venus
Russia
United States
European Space Research Organization
Space Defense Center
Colorado
Heaven
Delta Queen Seeks Stay of Execution in Congress
Rep. William Stanton cites citizen letters as he lobbies to amend the Merchant Marine Act to exempt the Delta Queen from Safety at Sea rules. A November 1 deadline looms. failure would halt overnight service and many operations, prompting renewed push for quick standalone legislation.
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America
Washington
Congress
William Stanton
Ohio
Stanton
Snuff Trends Mirror Fashion as Use Rebounds
Randolph Schmid recalls childhood snuff images while noting a revival in snuff use in America. Conwood Corp. tests sniffing snuff and new Snuffettes tablets, as six million Americans reportedly use snuff. Historically, snuff rose in the 17th and 18th centuries, declined, then increased after World War II and again in recent years.
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Randolph Schmid
Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
America
Tom Vaughan
Conwood Corp
Memphis
The
American Snuff Co
Conwood
Vaughan
Europe
Judge calls for drug testing in impaired driving cases
Louisville traffic court Judge Kyle T. Hubbard says narcotic impairment will be a problem like drunken driving. He predicts blood tests will soon be required to determine drug use, criticizing breath tests as ineffective for detecting narcotics.
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Louisville
Kyle T. Hubbard
Nixon's Listening Posts Across Campuses
Eight White House staffers visited 27 colleges to gauge student mood post Cambodia invasion. The informal talks aimed to relay student concerns to President Nixon and counterapatriate isolation while noting that protests reflected broader issues such as Vietnam, environment, and education funding.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
U. S
Cambodia
University of Washington At
Seattle
White House
Chester E. Finn
Nixon
Washington
Finn’s
Finn
Kent State
Jackson State
Rand Corp
Vietnam
Bascom Hill
University of Wisconsin
Bomb-Throwers Peril Democrats
Democratic leaders fear campus violence this fall may shape votes in 1970 campaigns. Muskie says disruptions harm the party while others push a nonvoter coalition. The rise of radical rhetoric from fringe groups threatens campuses from Wisconsin to Berkeley and hints at broader political risk for Democrats.
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Democratic Party
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Nixon
Muskie
Lawrence O’brien
Brian Flanagan
Chicago
University of Wisconsin
Kent State
University of California At Berkeley
Santa Barbara
U.S
Joseph Duffey
U.S. Senate
Connecticut
Wisconsin
A New Type of Antiballistic Missile in View
Experts privately project a radical nonnuclear ABM within three to five years, with deployment perhaps eight years later. The design uses swarms of tiny heat seeking pellets to destroy inbound intercontinental missiles, requiring high accuracy and advanced discrimination between warheads and decoys. Laser ABM remains unlikely in the near term due to power and size limits, while pellet research shows promising results.
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United States
Formosa
Taiwan Straits
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