Inmates Volunteer for Experimental Influenza Vaccine
About 200 Texas state inmates volunteered to test a vaccine aimed at preventing a potential nationwide swing flu outbreak next fall. Dr. Robert Couch of Baylor College of Medicine said vaccines were expected to arrive Wednesday from the Federal Drug Administration. A Missouri Pacific derailment occurred early Sunday, with 15 cars wrecked and explosions prompting the evacuation of 400 to 500 residents of League City.
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New York Airlines Face Concorde Landing Question
The Sunday Telegraph quoted a British Airways official saying American reluctance to allow the Concorde to land at Kennedy could fade if New York accepts the needle nosed jet. The debate centers on whether New York can welcome the aircraft despite bumpy runways. An instrument error at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio led to an overdose incident affecting 255 patients being treated for cancer, with officials tracing the patients and reporting no adverse side effects.
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World Brutality Condemned by Carlson Stefan Wyse
Carolina Stefan Wyse denounced government brutality in Warsaw during Sunday services at 81 John’s Cathedral urging prayers for police who beat Roman Catholic diocese members eight days earlier and for those blindly following orders. Guerrilla killed in Pamplona Basque clash with police while attempting to reach a forbidden regional celebration.
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Motel Says No to Gays in San Antonio Conference Showing
Promoters Bettie Naylor and Kathy Deitsch report cancellations by a local motel and a downtown hotel for the Gay on San Antonio event. They cite civil liberties concerns and have asked the ACLU to investigate possible discrimination. The Forward Foundation funds part of the conference and vows to proceed with alternate locations as negotiations continue.
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Kathy Deitsch
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ACLU
Mike White
Prison Inmate Totals Boom Across U S Prisons
Washington notes a postwar baby boom and harsher crime climate have boosted prison populations to 249,716 as of Jan 1, 1969, up 10 percent from a year earlier. More than half are under 30, with policies favoring longer confinement through 1985, Harvard criminologist Lloyd Ohilin says the nation files a punitive shift.
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Commission On Correctional Facilities and Services
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Nations Want Skilled Peace Corps Still Helps
John Dellenback, head of the Peace Corps, says the program remains effective with 6,500 volunteers in 69 countries. He notes funding slipped from peak levels but the corps is refocusing on experienced Americans and new graduates, with open slots in Latin America and fields like animal husbandry and education. Volunteers receive transportation, training, cost of living, and a readjustment allowance for two years of service.
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John F. Kennedy
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Lexington
Rich Garbell
Dallas
Sign of Times alters Hollywood sun sign again
Report from HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA noting pranksters altered the Hollywood sign for a second time in the foothills above the movie town. The first change New Year's altered it to Hollywee. Early risers found the latest change reading Holywood, seemingly as a greeting to sunrise services at nearby Hollywood Hills.
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