Rock Stars Can't Sell Sperm

Soviets Call For Controls of Weather Warfare

The Soviet government is warning that nations of the earth may soon be subjected to such environmental horrors as artificial tidal waves or ultra-violet bombardment through holes in the ozone unless "weather war" is outlawed.

A call for control over environmental weapons was issued at the United Nations last week by Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik.

Malik stated that scientists have the technology to set off nuclear explosions inside the Arctic or Antarctic ice cap, producing gigantic ice slides that would trigger tidal waves that could engulf cities.

He warned that ozone layers could be manipulated high above the earth so that deadly, cancer-causing radiation could be directed against selected targets on the earth.

Malik called for the United Nations to draw up a disarmament agreement that would outlaw all forms of weather or environmental weapons of war.

The U.S. Defense Department has admitted to using weather weapons in Vietnam, reportedly flying thousands of cloudseeding sorties to increase rainfall in efforts to hinder the movement of North Vietnamese troops. ZODIAC

Senate to Pass Gas

The U.S. Senate is expected to pass a bill sponsored by New York Senator James Buckley which would abolish the government's control over the price of natural gas.

The "deregulation" bill is supported by the Ford administration and by nearly half the members of the Senate.

According to one high-level federal power commission economist, the bill could lead to price increases on natural gas of at least $9.2 billion just in 1975.

The $9.2 billion figure is sizeable: it works out to be an increase of about $45 a year for each man, woman and child in the U.S.                 ZODIAC

Govt Stationary Cost Jumps 53%

Members of the House of Representatives left for their month-long recesses earlier this month after quietly giving themselves generous raises.

Each member of the House is entitled to $9,280 in increased expense allowances this year - despite the fact that no floor vote was taken on the increase.

Included among the expense boosts was an increase of $2,250 in the "stationary allowance," a jump of 53 percent over last year.

Under House rules, the "stationary allowance" does not have to be spent on paper or pencils: Congresspeople are entitled to spend it on anything they want, or even to let it mount up in cash so that they can spend it after they retire.

The boosts were approved during a secret, closed-door hearing of the House Administration Committee.

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Rock Stars Can't Sell Sperm

The British Academy of Sciences, after an 18-month study, has recommended to parliament that British rock starts be prohibited by law from selling their semen to commercial sperm banks.

The Academy states that restrictions are necessary because it fears lack of controls could lead to a "sperm bank pop star war."

What scientists are worried about is that rock idols such as Mick Jagger, David Bowie or Paul McCartney might sell their sperm to the frozen banks which would, in turn, advertise it - selling it to thousands of female groupies wishing to become pregnant.

The Academy says it does not oppose the idea of thousands of Mick Jagger offspring being fathered. What is worrisome, says the Academy, is that when these children grow up, they could marry one another without knowing they have the same father. 

This, the Academy warms, is incest - and could lead to genetic problems in the future.

The Academy's Report has been turned over to the House of commons for further probing. ZODIAC

Four & Twenty Black Birds

The army has announced plans to kill 14 million blackbirds this winter by spraying them with a chemical that will cause the birds to freeze to death.

The massive bird-killing project, the army reports, will be staged at two army

Kent State
On

More than four years after the killing of four students and the wounding of nine others at a demonstration at Kent State protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, eight National Guardsman are on trial for their role in the shootings. The eight were indicted last May by a federal grand jury on charges of violating the civil rights of the protesting students and willfully intimidating and assaulting them.

The trial, which began jury selection on Monday, October 21, will focus on the guilt or innocence of the eight former Guardsmen, but observers are hoping that it will also shed new light on many still unexplained questions surrounding the incident.

Specifically, were the shootings premeditated? Was there a conspiracy among the Guardsmen? Was there any order to open fire, and who fired the first shot or shots - was there any FBI involvement?

Furthermore, were the Guardsmen really endangered by the students, as they claimed? What responsibility must be borne by "higher-ups" such as then-Ohio governor James Rhodes who ordered the rally broken up, or National Guard commanders? And finally, why did it take more than three years for a federal grand jury to investigate the incident?

While the Kent State tragedy has been one of the most extensively investigated events in American history, all of the investigations have fallen short of answering these questions and explaining what happened.

On April 30, 1970, Richard Nixon announced that U.S. ground combat troops had begun a "limited incursion" into Cam-