JFK backs amendments to drug control bill
President Kennedy supports amendments to a pending drug control bill to extend government power to remove unsafe or ineffective drugs from the market. The 25 page text was sent to Senator Eastland for action. Under current law the government must sue to remove licensed drugs such as thalidomide.
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JFK
Cornelius F. Hurley
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Bishop Howard Preaches At 1st EUB Church
Dr J Gordon Howard Bishop of the east central EUB preaches at First EUB on West Patriot Street reflecting on 75 years of world history Queen Victoria's reign ending era with no world war and a focus on faith and history. He cites Isaiah text urging reliance on God and warns history shapes future generations. He notes Thalidomide never licensed in US and praises Frances O Kelsey for blocking unsafe drugs with new safeguards proposed by the President.
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J. Gordon Howard
East Central
Evangelical United Brethren Church
First Eub Church
West Patriot Street
Bishop Howard
Queen Victoria
Grover Cleveland
United States
Bedloe Island
Dr. Howard
God
St. Paul
Europe
Frances O. Kelsey
Food and Drug Administration
Eastland
Judiciary Committee
Somerset Death Rate Slightly Below State Average
Somerset County shows a death rate of 1045.1 per 100 000 population last year, below Pennsylvania’s statewide 1051.1. Deaths fell from 853 in 1960 to 815. heart disease led with 361 deaths, cancer 130, vascular or stroke 102, and accidents 14 motor vehicle deaths plus 23 other.
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Harrisburg
Somerset County
State Department of Health
Keystone State
Somerset
P.R.R. Derailment Debated by Investigators in Steelton
In Scranton AP report the Public Utility Commission questions the railroad claim that track anchors caused the fatal Harrisburg to Philadelphia derailment near Steelton. Foreman says anchors not installed Friday, but tracks were aligned and anchored. two trains crossed the area earlier. Five cars derailed into the Susquehanna River with 19 dead and over 100 injured amid maintenance work the prior week.
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Public Utility Commission
Steelton
William F. O’hara
The
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O'Hara
Utility Commission
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Susquehanna River
P.R.R
Subcommittee Tour Visits Somerset Strip Mines Led by Edmonson
Representative Edmonson of Oklahoma led a House interior subcommittee on a tour of Somerset area strip mining sites after inspecting nearby anthracite operations near Pottsville. Members J Irving Whalley and John P Saylor plus officials and wardens observed backfilling and reclamation under old and new laws amid truck tire troubles.
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Ed Edmonson
D-Okla
Mines and Mining Committee
House Interior
Somerset
Pottsville
J. Irving Whalley
John P. Saylor
Lewis Evans
Ray L. Morrison
Somerset County Development Council
Minter Jones
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
C. H. Maize
Maize
Saylor
Svonavec Coal Company
Edmonson
Farm Issues Threaten Britain Bid
Brussels AP reports deadlock over farm issues delaying Britain's bid to join the European Common Market. Dutch minister Jan de Pous warned entry before 1964 is unlikely, with talks not resuming until October. Heath said progress was made and will report to government as safeguards for Commonwealth exports remain key.
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Brussels
Belgium
Britain
Jan de Pous
Privy Seal
Edward Heath
Heath
London
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Harold Macmillan
Germany
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Europe
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Emilio Colombo
Commonwealth
Dwyer seeks block on probe funds over Griffin case
Philadelphia councilman William A. Dwyer Jr plans to urge the appropriation committee to halt funds for a city hall grand jury probe until assistant prosecutor F Hastings Griffin resigns He faces Democratic support and questions of bias amid his past prank on a mayoral figure. Tate Clark back Griffin authorities say probe should proceed promptly.
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Philadelphia
William A. Dwyer Jr
City Hall
F. Hastings Griffin
Dwyer
Griffin
Richardson Dilworth
Dilworth
W. Wilson White
James H.J. Tate
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Tate
Marilyn Monroe Dies In Suspected Suicide At 36
Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood bungalow with an empty sleeping pill bottle nearby. Authorities labeled it a probable suicide as physicians confirmed death and the coroner began an investigation.
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Marilyn Monroe
Miss Monroe
Brentwood
Eunice Murray
Taylor Faces Senate Questioning Before JCS Hearing
Gen Maxwell D Taylor, nominated to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faces a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Senators will probe his views on strategy and defense organization, drawing on past criticisms of Defense Department patterns and his push for abolishing the JCS.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tay
Lor
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Defense Department
Army
JCS
White House
United States
Russia
Pentagon
Somerset Gun Show Draws Crowd From Several States
About 1,000 people attended the First Annual Gun Exhibit and Show by the Somerset Rifle and Pistol Club at Somerset Junior High School Gym. 595 weapons were on display including 118 rifles from 1817 to present. Proceeds fund the Junior Rifle program. event to become an annual affair.
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Swedish Estimate: 40 Megaton Nuclear Blast in Atmosphere
Swedish Seismological Institute at Uppsala estimated the explosion to be in the 40 megaton range, second only to the 50 megaton last fall. The test occurred at Novaya Zemlya and sparked Arctic maneuvers as Moscow resumes atmospheric testing amid warnings from Japan and the United States.
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U.S
Japanese Meteorological Agency
Khrushchev
U.S. Pacific
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Seismological Institute
Novaya Zemlya
Siberia
Washington
State Department
Japan
Arctic Circle
Romney to Make Debut At Ballot Box Tuesday
Former American Motors president George Romney makes his ballot box debut in Michigan Kansas and Missouri primaries. The Michigan race tests his bid for GOP governor, while national leaders watch his vote share against Gov Swainson. Kansas and Missouri feature closer Senate and House contests.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
George Romney
American Motors
Michigan
Kansas
Missouri
Romney
John John B. Swainson
Senate
House
115 Registered For Final Week At Roaring Run
The seventh and final week of summer Camp opened at Roaring Run Scout Reservation with 115 boys and 11 leaders registered. The largest enrollment of the season. merit badges earned included cooking archery and swimming. Leaders and troops listed include Troop 142 Meyersdale Robert Dahl and Troop 241 Eldon Richard Ritchey among others.
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Roaring Run Scout Reservation
Davidsville
Vernon Mack
Richmond
Wellersburg
Central City
Jenner Cross Roads
Cabinet bars Soblen flight to United States by Israel plane
Israel's cabinet insists Dr. Robert Soblen will be transported back to Israel only, not to the United States, after Britain demanded El Al fly him from London. The plan reinforces Soblen's expulsion from Israel while he seeks to stay in the country awaiting legal action.
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U.S
el al Airline
Eric Gottgetreu
Israel
el al
Britain
United States
Russia
Soblen
London
Brixton
Golda Meir
Patrick Hancock
US Labels Russian Nuclear Tests Somber Episode
The United States called Russia's atmospheric nuclear tests a somber episode while stressing commitment to a comprehensive test ban. A State Department statement rejected delays to talk of a ban, noting only a focus on detection methods at the Geneva disarmament conference and urging Russia to join in the ban effort.
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Russia
United States
Khrushchev
Murmansk
Washington
U.S
State Department
Geneva
Soviet Union
West
Laugherys Escape Serious Injury In Auto Accident
Mr and Mrs Ray Laughery and children Donald and Gloria of Rockwood RD 2 were in an Amarillo Texas crash Wednesday. Ver ner H Wisdom 76 of Amarillo died. The Laughery family wore seat belts and sustained only minor injuries. They were hospitalized.
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Donald
Gloria
Rockwood
RD 2
Amarillo
Texas
Verner H. Wisdom
Tex
Laughery
Highway Patrol
Somerset American
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