Computers not to blame for data surveillance rise
Columbia privacy expert Professor Alan F. Westin told reporters that the public, not computers, must bear responsibility for increasing personal data gathered by public and private agencies. He cited a NAS study debunking three assumptions about computer driven data growth and predicted Congress or an executive order will set new privacy rules.
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Nixon deemed too ill to testify in Watergate case
Nixon health improving but still in convalescence says Dr. Eldon B. Hickman after checkup at Camp Pendleton. The doctor warns no testimony or travel until at least February 16 with deposition possible only after January. Nixon remains fragile with weight loss and fatigue noted.
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San Clemente
Calif
Hickman
Washington
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Long Beach
Memorial Hospital
Hypnosis Trick Turns Lobster Into Center of Attention
UPI reports Frank Hashorva of Downington Pennsylvania hypnotized a live lobster in New York to prove it can stand on its nose and claws indefinitely. He claims the same effect occurs only with hypnotized lobsters. He says he talks to them and asks if they will perform or enter the hot pot.
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New York
UPI
Frank Hasherva
Downington
Hashorva
Maine
Chief refuses to pick up $103000 Klamath land payout
Klamath Falls Indians receive a $49 million payoff for 134 960 acres of timber lands with tribal chief Edison Chiloquin declining his $103000 share saying accepting the check would resemble selling his people. The distribution occurs as reporters and cameras observe a calm ceremony at the bank while some tribal members request further land rights and a return of ancestral property once under Forest Service control.
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Klamath Falls, Ore
UPI
Klamath
Edison Chiloquin
Klamath Falls
Forest Service
Thelin
Klamaths
Unknown Amazon Tribe Contacted Near Peru Border
Brazil's National Indian Foundation said an uncontacted tribe was found in Amazonas near the Peru border. Indian expert Valnir Torres Barros made first friendly contact after the tribe had never seen a white person.
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Brasilia
UPI
Brazil
National Indian Foundation
Peru
Amazonas
Valnir Torres Barros
Dutch DC8 crashes near Colombo killing 191 pilgrims
A Martin Air DC8 plummeted into a 1,000 foot rock wall near Laxapana Hill 80 miles east of Colombo, killing 191 aboard including 182 passengers and nine crew. Dutch aviation officials investigate as witnesses describe a giant fireball. the flight was carrying Moslem pilgrims to Mecca on its 19th trip.
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Sri Lanka
UPI
Mecca
Avaition
Ceylon
de Zoysa
Laxabana
Seven Virgins
Laksapana
Martin Air
Martin Schroeder
Hague
Schroeder
Paris
Surabaya
Java
Heartbreak Corner: Dead Gifts In Post Office Story
The United States Postal Service notes a special place for undeliverable gifts called Heartbreak Corner a term used since 1967. Improper wrapping causes many packages to end up there and officials urge using a clear packaging checklist and including sender recipient and contents.
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Washington
UPI
Detroit
Postal Service
Slide Buries 14 Filipinos Near Manila
In two villages about 80 miles east of Manila a landslide killed fourteen people after Typhoon Irma struck the Philippines with winds over 100 mph. The government released the delayed report on Wednesday.
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Manila
UPI
Philippines
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