Four Letter Code of Life Shaping DNA Debate
United Press International reports scientists edging toward deciphering DNA, the four letter code of life. The piece outlines DNA as the boss molecule, its replication, and potential to fix genetic defects, treat diseases, and perhaps alter future evolution, with cautions about risks and unfinished understanding.
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Joseph L. Myler
United Press International
Gairdner B. Moment
Goucher College
Baltimore
Moment
Johnson defends shift to development loans abroad
UPI reports Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson said his Middle East Europe tour showed the United States moving from direct defense grants to development loans and currency sales. He noted Greece opposed the change, opposition calling it hard and cold. Johnson spoke after visits to Lebanon, Cyprus, Iran, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, stressing continued aid in a long term, realistic framework. He praised local resolve against Soviet threats and said the public supports US efforts where interests align.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Middle East
Europe
Kennedy
Greece
United States
Lebanon
Cyprus
Iran
Turkey
Italy
U.S
Johnson
Missing rocket expert Krug linked to Saenger group
West German rocket expert Dr. Heinz Krug, 49, who helped Saenger at the Stuttgart Institute, vanished after leaving with a man described as Oriental and English only. Krug, founder of Intra-Trade Organization in electrical equipment, was married with two children. Police note he left his office September 11 for a business meeting in Munich Solln and has not been seen since.
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Munich
Germany
UPI
Heinz Krug
Eugen Saenger
Stuttgart
Solln
Krug
Saleh
Stuttgart Institute
Saenger
UAR
Heluan
Cairo
Coeds Charged After Climbing Rock Island Water Tower
Two University of Illinois students Molly Craesy and Sue Larson, aged 19 and 20, were charged with disorderly conduct after authorities say they attempted to climb the Rock Island water tower in a bid to advance socially.
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Earth Rock Island, Ill
UPI
University of Illinois
Miracle Reattachment of Eddy Knowles Arm Splits Hometown Headlines
Dr. Ronald Malt of Massachusetts General Hospital leads the reattachment effort after Eddy Knowles lost his arm near a rock abutment on May 23. The surgeon explains the delicate nerve reunions, the eight hour operation ahead, and the slow recovery timeline that could take up to 16 months for sensation to return.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Boston
Matt
Ronald Alan Malt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eddy Knowles
Eddy
Malt
Nike Zeus may be obsolete before full deployment
Washington reports Defense Secretary McNamara and top aides weigh electronic countermeasures that could render Nike Zeus defense obsolete by 1967. Tests in the Pacific continue for another year with about three dozen shots, pitting Zeus against simulated ICBMs with ECM, decoys, and disguises while researchers chase wider defense capabilities.
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Washington
Nea
Pacific
Defense
McNamara
Department of Defense
Congress
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
Nike Zeus
Gob Salvage Plan Unfolded
Inter state Engineers and Constructors Inc of Clarksburg wins a contract worth about 1 million dollars to build five coal reclamation plants in the Connellsville Pennsylvania coal field to reclaim gob piles. The project will start immediately with 50 workers and rise to 90 to 100.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Interstate Engineers and Constructors Inc
Connellsville, Pa
David Stern
Sinter Fuel Co
Pittsburgh
Union- Town
Connellsville
H. F. Sargeant
Interstate
Sergeant
Taylor
Republic Steel
Brownsville
Sinter Company
Greene
Fayette
Stern
Pittsburgh and Sewell
West Virginia
Marion
Harrison
Monongalia
Almond Nomination Stalled by Virginia Byrd Fight
UPI reports former Virginia Governor Almond may not receive the promised Court of Customs and Patent Appeals seat as Senator Byrd blocks stage for the nomination. The Senate Judiciary Committee has not sent blue slips to Byrd or Robertson, hearings unlisted, amid Almond Byrd split over school integration and Almond's 1960 Kennedy support.
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Washington
UPI
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Kennedy
Almond
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Byrd
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
Robertson
Committee
Eastland
Byrd Organization
Thief Named William Shakespeare Sentenced For Pub Break-In
In Kenilworth England William Shakespeare aged 44 received a six month jail term after breaking into a pub and stealing 19 bottles of beer. He described himself as a wayfarer en route to Stratford upon Avon, birthplace of another Shakespeare, when the thirst overwhelmed him.
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Kenilworth
England
APT
William Shakespears
Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
William ‘Shakespeare
Philco Plans gradual sale of Sandusky radios plant
Philco Corp will shift radio production from Sandusky Ohio to Philadelphia and plans to sell the Sandusky plant. Employment at Sandusky has fallen from 2000 to about 300 as the move is completed by early next year. No decisions were announced for workers.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Philco Corp
Sandusky
Ohio
Philco
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Six Dyna-Soar pilots named for space glider team
LAS VEGAS NEV YP I reports six Air Force experimental fliers and one civilian test pilot chosen for the X20 Dyna-Soar astronaut team. The crew, now testing re entry devices at Edwards AFB, brings US spacemen to 22. the vehicle would be boosted by Titan II and orbit at 18000 mph before landing as an airplane.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Air Force
Air Force Association
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
James Wood
Pueblo
Colo
Henry C. Gordon
Gary
Ind
William J. Knight
Mansfield
Ohio
Russell L Rogers
Phoenix
Ariz
Albert H. Crews Jr
Alexandria
Milton O. Thompson
Crookston
Minn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
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