Cigarette Ads Targeted by FTC for Health Warnings
The FTC blasted television cigarette commercials as portraying smoking as enjoyable and harmless. It urged stronger health warnings in all ads and a package label update to warn that smoking is dangerous and may cause death from cancer and other diseases, stressing teen exposure and urging legislative action.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Senate Commerce Committee
FTC
Congress
Battle near Saigon and jungle fighting in Vietnam War
U.S. and allied forces report heavy combat around Saigon with multiple clashes on the central coast and in War Zone D. At least 73 Viet Cong were killed in a major sweep on Bong Son plain while American casualties included eleven wounded and seven killed as Green Berets and Cavalry troops faced a persistent enemy and ambushes.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Army
Special Forces
Bong Son
U.S.” Army
1St’ Air Cavalry Vision
Warehouse Strike Strains Bay Area Economy
A 19 day warehouse strike cripples San Francisco Bay trade. Stockton port closed with 25,000 Northern California workers walking out since June 12, halting most cargo though some military loads pass. San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento ports feel impact as goods pile up on piers and shortages appear. Negotiations resume between six employer groups ILWU and Teamsters.
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San Francisco
UPS
Bay Area
Stockton
Northern California
George Hench
Oakland
Sacramento
United Grocers Limited
West
California and Hawaiian Sugar Co
Best Foods
ILWU
Teamsters
FTC Hits Major Oil Companies
Washington based report from the FTC says costly ad campaigns have deprived U.S. gasoline buyers of savings at the pump. It cites recurring industry wide anticompetitive practices by top oil firms that sell 75 percent of gasoline and spend 90 percent on advertising, with a plan to curb them.
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Jed Stout
Washington
UPI
U.S
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
ETC
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Socony Mobil Oil Co
Texaco
Gulf” On Corp
Indiana
California
Shell Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Sinclair Oil Corp
Cities Service Oil Co
Continental Oil Co
Sun Oil Co
Tidewater Oil Co
Atlantic Richfield Co
Union Oil Co
Ohio
Sunray DX Oil Co
Marthon Oil Co
Shelly Oil Co
Holiday events light up Lake County and Willits
Holiday activities fill Lakeport Willits and Redwood Valley with water ski races, parades, pageants, dances and a frontier days program. Highlights include Lakeport water ski contests the parade of lighted boats and fireworks, Willits frontier dances and rodeo, and a beauty pageant at the fairgrounds with Miss California 1966 Charlene Dallas.
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Redwood
Va Grange
Yusie
White and Sons Superette
Calpella
Redwood Valley
Redwood Riders
Lake County
Clear Lake
Lakeport
Library Park
Fairgrounds
Charlene Dallas
California
City Park
Mendocino
Willits
Brooktrails
Pynkertons
Nor-Cal Western
Redwood Valley Grange
Frontier Days
Sonics
Ukiah
Mendogino
Ukiah Dolphins
Municipal Park
Edwood Valley
East Road
Gymkhdha
Main St
Recreation Grove
Fort ‘Bragg
East Commercial ‘St
Train engineer fined for drunken charge in England
In St Albans, England, Ray Cakebread, 36, engineer for a stalled train en route to London, admitted to drinking nine pints of beer. A doctor testified to the court that he was intoxicated. Cakebread shouted his army number upon waking and declared he had no clue where he was. He was fined $56 for being drunk in charge of a train.
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ST. Albans
England
UPI
Donald Cakebread
Ray Cakebread
London
Cakebread
Brits lose faith in tea at breakfast study says
ORANGE PEKCE LONDON UPI Britons, long famed for tea, faced a breakfast surprise as research by an orange juice company reported only 19 percent start their day with tea. The finding appeared in morning newspapers.
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London
St George Dragon Legend Ties Traced to Early Century
United Press International notes the St George tale likely dates back to the 6th century with relics moved from Nicodemus to Lydda near Perseus mythic sites, linking the martyr to the dragon slaying legend and Andromeda rescue amid ancient lore.
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United’ Press International
St. George
Nicodemia
Lydda
Perseus
Andromeda
Destructive pest alfalfa aphid reaches California in 1954
The alfalfa aphid, a new pest, arrived in California in 1954 and caused a year of crop losses and control costs totaling 35 million dollars, Britannica reports.
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California
Encyclopaedia Britannica
O Neill honored with U S postage stamp issue
Eugene O Neill the first U S playwright to be so honored will be depicted on a five cent stamp issued Oct 16 in New London Connecticut his boyhood home The stamp printed in dark purple shows him in a brooding mood O Neill had four Pulitzers and the Nobel Prize for Literature
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O'Neill
U.S
Eugene O'Neill
New London
Conn
Wage rise debated before California Industrial Welfare Commission
The California Industrial Welfare Commission heard testimony on proposed minimum wage increases, split along partisan lines. Labor urged higher rates for private industry and farm workers, with 40 hour weeks and longer rest breaks, while management warned costs and potential job losses.
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San Francisco
UPI
California Industrial Welfare Commission
Los Angeles
Fresno
John F. Davis
Ben Davis
der ‘Monte Canneries
Campsites Closed by Record Snow for Fourth of July
United Press International reports that high elevation campsites will be closed or hard to reach due to a record snow pack. Forest Service warns many roads remain blocked, Yosemite access may be curtailed, and space at open campgrounds is scarce. Meanwhile San Francisco labor leaders push for higher minimum wages and shorter weeks to raise living standards.
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United Press International
The
Forest Service
Yosemite National Park
John M. Davis
John F. Crowley
San Francisco Labor Council
Timothy Twomey
Radio waves bounce off appliances in Fort Worth case
Jack Snow of Fort Worth listens to a Tulsa radio station on his electric clock and reports broadcasts on many appliances. Electrical engineers say when atmospheric conditions are right, high frequency radio waves can bounce off hard objects, explaining Snow's reception.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Jack
Snow
Tulsa
Okla
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