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Nine women, six of them wearing gas masks, protest before Legislature in Colorado against the shipment—Associated Press Wlrephotoof nerve gas from an arsenal in the Denver area to a more remote location, presumably at Utah site.Denver Women Protest Gas ShipmentsDENVER (AP) — Nine women, six of them wearing gas masks, showed up at the Colorado Legislature Monday to protest shipments of lethal nerve gas through Denver.The women, who identified themselves as members of the Women's In ternational League for Peace and Freedom, urged the lawmakers to take action against the shipments and against U.S. military chemical and biological warfare devel opment programs.Their specific objection was to shipments of nerve gas by railroad from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, near Denver, to more remote areas, presumable to the Tooele Army Depot in Utah.Wearing Gas Masks They walked onto the floor of both House and Senate, then sat in the galleries of both chambers, still wearing their masks.They distributed circulars asking: “Are people in Colorado and particularly in the metro Denver area as vulnerable as were the thousands of sheep in Utah killed by poison gas released 45 miles away?” The statement continued: “As concerned citizens, we call upon the leaders of our government to take immediate steps to inform themselves of the dangers of manufacturing, testing and transporting of chemical and biological weapons.Demanding Action'We demand that our legislators act immediately to insure our safety,” they said.They indicated they want the legislature to pass a memorial to Congress containing their views.The Army, while not openlyadmitting it is transferring nerve gas, has conceded it is entirely safe.Storage Near DenverThe movements were begun after protests were raised over storage of the lethal gas so near heavily populated Denver.Mrs. Betty Silver, a spokesman for the group, conceded that Colorado Legislaturemight not be able to legislate against interstate rail shipments or military testing programs, but she suggested they could “at the minimum memorialize Congress about this whole business of chemical and biological research.” She said they decided to demonstrate because it’s only when the public is aware of these problems that we get support.”U.S. Seizes Heroin, Smashes Drug RingNEW YORK (AP) - The government said Monday it had smashed an international narcotics ring with the discovery of 62 pounds of heroin In food tins aboard a freighter from Spain. Federal agents immediately began searching a cargo of olive oil and paella in another ship’s hold in hopes of further drug finds.Four men, two French nationals, were arrested1.The heroin find, one of the biggest ever, broke up what Customs men described as a smuggling operation involving a secret canning factory in Spain, numbered Swiss bank accounts and a warehouse in Queens.Agents said they expect to uncover at least two more drug shipments, bringing thetotal haul to around $5 million. The heroin already seized was valued at $2.5 million by Asst. U.S. Atty. William Tendy. The drugs were found Sunday night among 700 cases marked as canned fish, on the freighter S.S. Ragunda.The cargo aboard the Gra-sunda, also recently arrived from Spain, underwent the later search.Tendy said the smuggling ring diverted shipments of canned focd from legitimate firms in Europe to a secret factory in Spain, where the tins were repaced with drugs and weights.The weights, lead sinkers, helped agents sort out the food from the heorin by use of X-ray devices.Tendy said the drugs wereto have been trucked to a warehouse in Queens where the heroin would have been prepared for sale to addicts. Payment was made through New York money exchange firms to designated Swissbank accounts, Tendy said.• • •Cardinal HospitalizedBOSTON (AP) — Richard Cardinal Cushing, 73, archbishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Boston, was hospitalized Monday for rest and treatment for bronchial congestion. Cardinal Cushing’s office said that the prelate's physician, Dr. Richard Wright, “has prescribed several days of hospital rest and treatment for bronchial congestion.” ...
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