Mystery Ingredient in Coffee May Raise Stomach Acid
Boston doctors report that an unknown ingredient in coffee triggers stomach acid secretion as strongly as caffeine, and decaffeinated coffee may not be safer for ulcers. In a six month trial with eight participants, regular and decaf coffee produced similar acid responses, challenging prior caffeine centered guidance and urging study of coffee’s other components.
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Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Tarrytown
Cohen
Doomsday Flares Over Beirut Reveals City in Chaos
Beirut endures day after day of street fighting as Christian and Muslim factions split the city into perilous sectors. Looting, rockets, and gunfire scar once bustling districts while foreigners flee. The 18,000 strong army remains sidelined as private militias wage a relentless civil war.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Hamra
Pickwick
Jerry
Holiday Inn
Paris
Plane Crash Near Prague Kills or Injures Dozens
A DC9 charter jetliner carrying Czechoslovak and Yugoslav vacationers crashed near Prague airport. Officials reported 52 survivors among 20 aboard, with over 60 feared dead. Survivors were in critical condition as a commission from the Interior Ministry investigates the crash.
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Prague
APA
Interior Ministry
Half-Price Protest at Dallas Tavern by 75 Feminists
Ed Murph of The Beggar in Northwest Dallas hosted 75 feminists for a drink-in as part of NOW's Alice Doesn't Day. The women, mostly aged 20s, drank free or at half price to highlight women’s labor role and challenge exploitation in clubs. Murph says discounts aim to equalize, not exploit, and plans to keep offering them.
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Dallas
Ed Murph
Murph
National Organization For Women
Murphy
Hargover
Americans Freed From Vietnam Arrive in Bangkok
Nine Americans captured in South Vietnam last spring arrived in Bangkok with two Canadians two Filipinos and an Australian. They were described as fit and well. Among them was Paul Struharik of Barberton Ohio an aid official who had been captured after waving a white flag. The group included missionaries and government officials with one American reporting psychological hardship from solitary confinement. About 40 other Americans remain in South Vietnam.
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Bangkok
Thailand
South Vietnam
Paul Struharik
Barberton
Ohio
Ban Me Thuot
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
United Nations
Sheriff defies ABC raids in Maverick County bars
Maverick County Sheriff J A Bean Salinas condemned a Wednesday ABC raid across Maverick County bars. Seventeen people were arrested or cited for drunkenness as three ABC agents a deputy constable and a border patrolman conducted the operation. Salinas warned state agents must identify themselves to him and threatened charges under Texas law if further raids occurred. Deputies later tore up complaints, which were dismissed, though ABC refiled them earlier in a statewide liquor enforcement push reporting 122 bars raided and 114 arrests across Texas.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Maverick County
J.A. “Bean
Salinas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
ABC
Border
Leonardo Santoya
James E. Shofner
Shofner
Weather Outlook With Mild, Cloudy Sky Through Friday
Mostly cloudy and mild through Friday with fog early. Northeasterly wind around 16 mph shifting to southeast Friday. Highs in the upper 70s, lows mid 60s, Friday high near 80. Boating winds 8-18 knots, seas 2-4 feet, widely scattered showers in the south Friday. Sunset 7:45 p.m., sunrise 6:40 a.m. Friday tides high 1:04 a.m. and 2:01 p.m.
Social Security Tax Base to Rise in 1976
The Social Security wage base will increase to 15 300 next January up from 14 000 with the tax payable on earnings above that amount. About 18 million workers face higher taxes and a maximum contribution of 895.05 for workers and 1 208 70 for self employed. The change funds the 8 percent cost of living increase for 31.3 million recipients and raises outside income limits for retirees to 2 760.
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Washington
James B Cardwell
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Joe Shelton
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US Agency For International Development
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