Morris the Cat dies at 17 after star career in 9 Lives ads
Morris the cat, famed for his finicky aloof persona in 9 Lives commercials, died at age 17 of age related cardiac issues. A tabby understudy who resembled him helped keep the character alive, selected after the company used about 3,000 cats. The Chicago rescue cat became a national symbol, discovered by handler Bob Martwick in 1966, and dubbed the Clark Gable of cat food television.
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U.S. Urges Young Over Political Prisoner Comment
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance rebuked U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young for saying there are hundreds perhaps thousands of political prisoners in the United States. The House killed a resolution seeking Young's impeachment as Vance, in Geneva for arms talks, met with Young and stated he had expressed displeasure.
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le Matin
Soviet Union
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Aspirin Could Cut Stroke Risk For Men Says Study
Boston AP reports doctors find four daily aspirins reduce expected stroke and death by 48 percent in men with warning symptoms. Canadian researchers note aspirin does not protect women from this major killer. NEJM publication adds to aspirin’s expanding list of health benefits.
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Tarragona gas blast toll may exceed three hundred
Officials warned the death toll from a truckload gas explosion at a Mediterranean campsite could surpass 300. Early counts listed 131 official dead while unofficial totals exceeded 170 as doctors treated 250 to 275 burn victims across hospitals from Barcelona to Valencia after a truck carrying 1,518 cubic feet of propylene lost control, breached the seaside park wall, and detonated, engulfing the area in a massive fire.
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Carter takes oil concern to summit Washington
President Carter heads to West Germany for a seven nation economic summit to press a message on trade surpluses and energy. He says the summit should produce renewed commitment to a better future as tensions with the Soviet Union loom over the weekend talks in Bonn and Berlin. He notes Japan and Germany run large trade surpluses and that the U.S. deficit mainly reflects imported manufactured goods, not oil. He will meet leaders from Germany France Britain Italy Canada and Japan to discuss trade energy and other economic issues.
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Times Fight Over Dr X File Reaches NJ Supreme Court
A second U S Supreme Court justice declined to block a New Jersey judge's order requiring the New York Times to submit a reporter's files in the Dr X curare murder case. The paper faces a late today NJ Supreme Court deadline to turn over all case materials. Marshall White and Brennan weighed similar actions while Brennan disqualified himself. The Dr X matter centers on confidential reporter files amid the Jascalevich Riverdell Hospital deaths case.
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Carter protests Soviet dissident trials amid SALT talks
President Carter accused the Soviet Union of violating Helsinki rights by improper trials of dissidents Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Ginzburg. Secretary Vance delivered the protest privately to Andrei Gromyko as Geneva SALT talks closed, with no plan to suspend negotiations but possible broader relationship reviews and potential oil equipment sanctions.
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