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...pesticides involved are hepta-chlor and chlordane. Velsicol, a subsidiary of Northwest Industries Inc., sells them to other firms, which market them under myriad brand names. They have been widely used by both farmers and homeowners against termites, fire ants and the like. According to the indictment, Velsicol, at the behest of the EPA, began studies of both chemicals in 1971 to determine what, if any, dangers they posed...
Encyclical. The great New York Times published the full text of the encyclical letter of His Holiness, Pius XI, announcing to his "venerable brothers" the celebration of the hepta-centenary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, who talked with birds, who received upon his body the stigmata of the Wounds of Christ. The reigning pontiff: . . . Since our immediate predecessor has assigned this saint, who was sent by Divine Providence for the reformation not only of the turbulent age in which he lived, but ot Christian society of all times, to Catholic organizations engaged in social activities as their...
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