DDT may not cause cancer, new two-year test finds
The National Cancer Institute reports that DDT fed to rats and mice for 78 weeks produced no evidence of tumors, challenging earlier cancer links. It notes negative results do not prove noncarcinogenicity and cites testing limits. DDT was banned in 1973 but persists in the environment and remains used abroad against malaria.
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McDonald’s denies rumor of cult donations by founder
McDonald’s officials in Oak Brook deny a rumor that founder Ray Kroc donated company profits to the Church of Satan. Spokesman Timberlake told the Baptist Ministers Association in Birmingham that the company has repeatedly dispelled the claim and questioned its origins. The rumor, linked to a May 1977 Donahue appearance, has spurred boycotts in parts of the South and Midwest.
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Baton Rouge Witch House Firefight Ends In Death
In a northern Baton Rouge neighborhood police shot and killed Mickie Michelli Priester, 41, after she and others fired at officers during a beer theft investigation. The house featured macabre decorations including dolls, a skull sculpture, and a mock gravesite, while residents described Priester as unusual yet quiet until confrontation.
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Raiders fans wed on way to game in Chico bus
Peggy Cook Woodard and Bill Woodard married en route to the Oakland Raiders game in a Chico area bus. The couple and fellow fans detoured for a brief ceremony before continuing to the Oakland Coliseum where the Raiders won 21 17 in a last minute comeback. Newark is New Jersey’s largest city and Trenton its capital.
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