Primitive Form of Life Created By Scientists
Scientists describe creating a synthetic DNA virus based on PHIX 174 that can replicate in vitro and invade bacteria. The work by Kornberg and Sinsheimer shows enzymes DNA polymerase and ligase drive replication, suggesting future ability to copy and modify viruses and potentially influence cancer research.
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Stanford
Robert L. Sinsheimer
Cal Tech
Kornberg
Goulian
Proceedings
National Academy of Sciences
Sinsheimer
Pasadena
Dr. Kornberg
Congress Edges Toward Final Aid Bill Agreement
Congress clears major school and antipoverty funding steps with a 9.3 billion aid bill for 1969 and 1970 and a 1.773 billion antipoverty appropriation. Key debates centered on distribution formulas, church-related fund challenges, and welfare restrictions amid a tight adjournment timetable. Senate approval, House action pending, and lingering objections from critics frame the push toward final passage.
Trooper's Slayers Hunted After Car Theft
A car stolen Wednesday in Rome, 40 miles southeast of here, sparked a statewide manhunt for two young men seen fleeing. The vehicle held a Belgian .270 rifle and seven rounds. Airman J C Arthur R Over of South Haven Michigan reported the theft from Griffiss Air Force Base. FBI joined the hunt, roadblocks set, planes and forest rangers deployed. The case follows the slaying of a trooper, despite New York State having abolished the death penalty in most respects.
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Rome
Here
J.C. Arthur R. Overhuel
South Haven
Mich
Griffiss Air Force Base
FBI
New York State
Governor Rockefeller expresses sympathy for trooper's widow
Gov. Rockefeller sent a telegram of condolence to the widow of State Trooper William G. Doyle, who was killed while pursuing a stolen cart. The message offered deepest sympathy and prayers from all New Yorkers in this tragic hour.
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Albany
Sly
Rockefeller
William G. Doyle
Police officer Doyle shot and killed in line of duty
Doyle, a New York state policeman and former National Guard member, was shot while performing duty and may be executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair. He joined the force in January 1962, was married to Joan Bosak of General Electric in Syracuse, and had no children. His father John M. Sr. of Oswego called it part of the job.
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Sing Sing
Doyle
National Guard
State Police
Joan Bosak
General Electric Co
Syracuse
Dosle
John M. Sr
Oswego
Viet Cong document assails U.S. at U.N.
A Viet Cong political manifesto circulated to U.N. members at Romania's request, stating Hanoi and the NLF position on Vietnam. The U.S. says the document alters nothing and does not shift U.N. competence. Thant distributed the paper to 123 members, while diplomats seek clarity on its impact.
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U.S
U.N
Romania
United States
United Nations
National Liberation Front
NLI
South Vietnam
Thant
Ro Tamla
NLP
SLE
USN
Arthur J. Goldbers
NUP
Last Amght
Hanoi
Vietnam
Qaldbere
Knowles Firm Faces Back-To-Back Fire Scares
Firefighters extinguished a garage door blaze at the Knowles firm on Rensselaer Street then a second fire gutted a stolen 1967 auto on Bond and President Streets owned by Robert Canty of Sixth Avenue. Police linked the two incidents, with detectives noting a suspect left the rear lot as the garage door fire started.
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Pam
Squad Co. 2
Bond
President Streets
Robert Canty
Sixth Ave
Nen
William E.phoenix Jr
Surveyor 7s Next Target Near Pasadena Highlands
AP dispatch from Pasadena notes Surveyor 7 planned to approach rough terrain in the sunlit highlands near the city. Report mentions navigation challenges and expected operating window around midday as teams adjust to terrain and weather conditions.
Prize Novelist Found in London Awarded English Literature Prize
AP reports Jean Rhys, living in near-reclusion in Devon, receives a 2400 prize from W H Smith & Son for Wide Sargasso Sea. Earlier broadcasts misidentified her as the late Miss Rhys. Also notes Surveyor 7 mission prospects and a dramatic lunar crater panorama from Lamar Orbiters.
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London
Jean Rhys
Devon
Wide Sargasso Sea
W. H. Smith & Son
Hier
Assassination of South Vietnam lawmaker shocks Saigon
Bui Quang San, a member of South Vietnam's new House of Representatives, was slain in his home near Saigon. The killing marks the first political assassination since the government took office, stirring questions about internal opposition within the VNQDD and Viet Cong retaliation in Quang Nam Province. His family losses earlier in a Viet Cong mortar attack are noted.
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Saigon
Lriday
Bui Quang San
South Vietnam
House of Representatives
Aan
House of
San
Quang Nam
Vietnam
V.N.Q.D.D
Can
Ane Nabnee
Rhe
Ing
Hoi An
Military Crackdown in Greece Ends Royal Uprising
An Athens radio report announced that eight million Greeks are under military control after conspirators were ousted. Papadopoulos spoke with reporters showing sorrow, saying the king fled to Rome and that the action was inconceivable, while noting the king voluntarily surrendered his functions.
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Greece
Cal
George Papadopoulos
Athens
Constantine
Rome
Papadopoulos
Brittonkill School Unit Plans Report and Insurance Increase
Brittonkill Board of Education approved higher insurance on fixed assets and a plan to add an in service elementary math program. A preliminary planning report from Sargent Webster Crenshaw Folley noted district plans remain indefinite though two elementary schools and Tamarac High near capacity. Dr Bursik and planners will pursue state aid options while McFarland reports on curricula and student achievement.
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House
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
Brittonkill
Bursik
Tamarac
Alex Murphy
iThe
James McFarland
Eastardy
McFarland
Teresa Livingston
Modern Language Association
Chicago
Dorothy Bailey
Edith Smith
Bernard Fleishman
Tamarac High School
Government offers amnesty to officers misled by superiors
In a move aimed at uniting a shaken army, the government proposed amnesty for officers who had been misled by their superiors, seeking to heal divisions and restore cohesion within the ranks.
GM UA Bargainers In Session Without Word on Pact
In Detroit AP report negotiators for General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers Union remained in talks Friday with no announcement of a national contract for about 380,000 GM workers. A Thursday midnight deadline passed without comment as bargaining continued after a lengthy session that started Thursday morning and included a 17 hour dinner break.
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General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
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