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...nearing 5 p.m., and, as Ford received yet another personal plea from the Governors and from members of Congress, he began to grow testy-which is not his nature. Yet he had now gone 34 hours with only four hours of sleep, and weariness was taking its toll...
Mercury over 100° F, death toll over...
Since elderly people are particularly prone to such comas, the heat wave's human toll has been highest in Missouri, where the proportion of over-65 citizens is above 22% in some areas, double the national average. As of last week, the state had tallied more than 230 temperature-related deaths. In sweltering St. Louis, calls for ambulances rose to 350 a day, almost double the normal level. Many of the city's elderly, explained Health Commissioner Helen Bruce, "live in areas they consider dangerous, so they have nailed their windows down and keep their doors locked." During...
...bishops have been known for their willingness to stand up to the regime in the name of Christian justice. As one priest says, "The government calls a bishop a Communist, but when we see people being exploited, we have to say this is contrary to the Gospel." The toll has been high -since 1968, by church count, 122 bishops, priests and seminarians and 273 lay pastoral workers imprisoned or detained, and 84 people physically or psychologically abused. Despite the harassment, the progressive National Conference of Brazilian Bishops has become the most severe critic of the government. The church...
...spots," which include Harvard Square, the Callahan tunnel entrance and the Allston toll booth on the turnpike, are areas of heavily congested traffic with already-high nitrogen dioxide levels...