California Prop 5: Tobacco Fights Indoor Smoking Ban
California voters face Proposition 5 a ballot measure pushed by Californians for Clean Indoor Air to ban smoking in most indoor public places. The tobacco industry has spent heavily on ads and contributions, with Reynolds and others warning of national sales loss if the measure passes. Opponents run negative campaigns while supporters seek up to 500000 in fundraising as polls show mixed support and strong anti-smoking sentiment.
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Susan Ager
SAN Francisco
California
Jack McDowell
Woodward & McDowell
Johnny Carson
R.J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Californians For Common Sense
American Cancer Society
State Lung Association
Paul Loveday
McDowell
Utah
Minnesota
Experts defend Oswald photos as genuine evidence
Two photographic experts testified before the House Assassinations Committee that the images show Lee Harvey Oswald hoisting a rifle and were not doctored. Sgt. Cecil Kirk and Calvin McCamy argued lighting, angles, and weapon comparisons support authenticity, noting one photo with a Russian inscription was not presented to the Warren Commission.
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Washington
UPI
House
Lee Harvey Oswald
Cecil Kirk
Washington, D.C
Calvin McCamy
Iain F. R Kennedy
McCamy
Oswald
Warren Commission
Cobalt Waste Containers Found Along I-80 NE Pa
Four cobalt waste containers were found on Interstate 80 near Route 115 in Carbon County after a vehicle reportedly dropped them. At least three people were exposed. one treated on scene, two hospitalized. Officials warn the material could be a dud or a serious hazard as two nuclear experts investigate cobalt forms and toxicity.
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Swiftwater
Interstate 80
Pennsylvania
Route 115
Carbon County
Hostages Freed Amid Tennessee Prison Escape Pursuit
Elderly couple near Arkansas are believed freed after being taken by four escapees from a Tennessee prison. The King couple contacted their son claiming safety, but authorities doubt voluntary call. Police hunt focused six square miles near Ozark National Forest for Larry Chism and others. Two escapees, George Bonds and Floyd Brewer, were captured. two more remain at large.
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Judy Bocklage
Mountain Home
Ark
Tennessee
John Kenney
IBI
Little Hock
John B. King
Arkansas
Kenney
FBI
Ozark National Forest
Larry Chism
Calico Rock
Calico
Alvin Raby
Raby
Izard County
George Washington
Steve Marberry
Arkansas 177
Chism
Lyons
George Bonds
Floyd Ray Brewer
Bonds
PSC staff backs partial NY Telephone rate hike
Albany AP The Public Service Commission staff advised New York Telephone to accept about 44.7 million of the proposed 80 million rate rise for business customers. They propose revenue changes that trim the requested increase and maintain profits near 9.24 percent. Hearings resume Tuesday.
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Albany
State Public Service Commission
New York Telephone
PSC
Heredity no excuse for fat study shows
MILWAUKEE AP A medical research team reports environment has a larger role than heredity in obesity. The three year study of 254 families with 546 non-related children and 10,337 related children involved TOPS participants and finds parental guidance in food choices accounts for about 32 percent of variation, while heredity accounts for 12 percent.
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Rimm
Hartz
Tops Club Inc
Bank tougher than bandits in Avon raid
Avon police report burglars breached the Marine Midland Bank after entering through the roof but failed to access the night deposit box. Using an acetylene torch, they attempted to crack the box but settled for stealing $2,146 in coins from six tellers’ safes, McAfee said.
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AVON
Marine Midland Bank
Livingston County
Ronald McAfee
McAfee
Man kills four, self in Pennsylvania slaughterhouse rampage
A 24-year-old slaughterhouse worker Mark Miles fatally shot his estranged wife, her mother, and two young siblings before killing himself in West Auburn Pennsylvania. Miles broke through a sliding glass door at his father-in-law Earl Carter’s home, using a .22 rifle. His 9-day-old daughter Carey Lynn survived uninjured in a bassinet on a kitchen table. The mother Dorothy Miles blamed religious disputes over Jehovah’s Witness beliefs for triggering the killings.
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West Auburn
Pennsylvania
Mark Miles
Earl Carter
Carter
Miles
Carey Lynn
Dorothy
Wilmot
Bradford County
Mark
Somoza Troops Tighten Grip Around Leon City
Nicaraguan commandos backed by armored cars and helicopter gunships press the attack in Leon as rebels in other northwestern cities hold. Evacuations surge as refugees flee toward the south while Venezuela ships warplanes to Costa Rica amid mediation calls.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Leon
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Costa Rica
Carlos Andres Perez
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