FCC Prefers Voluntary Radio TV Censorship
FCC Chairman Dean Burch urged voluntary industry policing to keep obscenity off air, noting broadcast rules differ from newspapers. He doubted strict criteria could be drafted, favoring improved rating systems and self-regulation as the best path for broadcast content. He discussed license renewals tied to public interest and warned against monopoly risks in combined newspaper and TV ownership.
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New, York
UPI
Federal, Communications Commission
Dean Burch
FCC
NBC
Meet the Press
Burch
Fake Milk Watch Urged by Senate Agriculture Ranking Member
The ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee urged health and welfare officials to monitor so called fake milk products. He called for action amid concerns over labeling and consumer deception impacting children and markets.
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Washington
UPI
Geo
Senate “Agriculture
Seid
Robert
NASA Eyes Ion Engine Space Test for Orbiting Missions
Washington NASA plans an orbital test of an ion engine to position earth orbiting spacecraft or propel them to distant planets. SERT 2 would follow SERT 1, a July 1964 suborbital test, marking the first orbital use of electric propulsion. Meanwhile a dairy debate cites fake milk as potentially harmful and urges FDA standards against substitutes.
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Washington
National Aeronautics “and Space Administration
Aiken
Watermain Break Leaves Portola Town Waterless
A break in a water main cut water service to Portola Town leaving residents without water. Police issued warnings as authorities worked to repair the line and restore supply, with water heaters torn from some homes.
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Portola
Vietnamese musician sentenced for antiwar songs in Saigon
Phan Van Thang also known as Mien Duc Thang was sentenced to five years hard labor by a military court in Saigon after conviction for actions detrimental to the anti Communist spirit of South Vietnam. The verdict followed defendant’s alleged antiwar activities. In New York three divers retrieved a solid gold cross from the East River during Epiphany rites. Terry Xanthos, 22, completed the dive in about three minutes despite frigid waters and described the experience as challenging yet repeatable.
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Vietnam
Phan van Thang
Mien Duc Thang
New York
UPI
East River
Terry Xanthos
Sales Lag Slows GM Production
Detroit reports show 1969 Camaro and Firebird production delayed by 3% as GM battles parts surpluses and a slow market. Camaro annual sales hit 171,598, down 20 percent from 1968, while Firebird at 55,402 is 40 percent below the prior year. Prices for new models were raised last autumn across GM lines.
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Ward
Automotive Reports
Industry Statistical Service
Firebirds
Adventure into the self promises spacelike discovery
Jessica Pickett of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship will give a free public talk titled Adventure into 1. The event invites exploration of God given individuality and purpose, framed as a inner voyage rather than cosmic travel. Jan 26 at 8 PM at Fanne of Christ Long Beach. Admission free.
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Jessica Pickett
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Christian Science Board of Lectureship
Miss Pickett
Fanne of Christ
Neplas Taxa
Long Beach
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