Senate Panel Hears Experts On Pill's Emotional Effects
A Senate subcommittee heard doctors report mixed sexual effects from birth control pills. Dr. Francis Kane Jr. said 10 to 15 percent may suffer reduced desire with long use, while some patients show increased desire, especially psychiatric patients. He warned of mild to moderate psychiatric morbidity linked to combined pills. Dr. Philip Ball urged a five year moratorium, while Columbia University’s Elizabeth Connell cautioned against panic and highlighted global limits and maternal risks tied to access to the pill.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Francis Kane Jr
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Kane
Egypt resumes air strikes along Suez Canal
United Press International reports Egypt renewed air strikes on Israeli troops along the Suez Canal after a five day lull. Four Egyptian Sukhoi 7 bombers hit two Israeli outposts near the canal early dawn with no casualties. Nasser calls Israeli strikes a tribute to Egyptian achievements.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Canal
Aswan
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Nasser
Tito
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Israel
William P. Rogers
U.N
Odd Bull
Salah Gohar
Amman
Jordan
Conflicting Laws Shake Georgia Desegregation Efforts
Georgia officials face a clash between state and federal desegregation orders as Gov. Maddox signs a Freedom of Choice Act patterned on New York law. The measure, extending transfer limits to teachers, tests a Houston County plan where schools were to shift 130 teachers and 3,500 students, but districts delayed reopenings citing unreadiness.
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Georgia
Lester Maddox
New York State
Freedom of Choice
New York
Atlanta
Houston County
Houston
David Perdue
Perry, Ga
South Carolina
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
North
Albert Brewer
Garvin Johnston
Legislative
Caddo
North Vietnamese advance in Muong Saoi and Laos fight
In Muong Saoi militants overran the town expanding control from the Plain of Jars as U.S. B52s and Laotian warplanes targeted supply lines and fighters. Civilians fled along Highway 7 while government troops withdrew to airfield positions near the base used by Laotian T28s.
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Vientiane
UPI
Muong Saoi
Plain of Jars
U.S
Laos
Muong Suoi
Highway 7
BOAC Workers Halt Arab Airline Flights in London
BOAC employees launched a London work stoppage against eight Arab carriers amid in-flight bombings tied to Arab guerrillas. The action could halt services to Britain as maintenance and ground staff boycott Royal Jordanian, Syrian Arab, Sudan Airways, Saudi Arabian, Kuwait, Iraqi, Middle East, and United Arab Airways. The turmoil follows two deadly European bombings bound for Tel Aviv and heightened security measures across Europe and at Nairobi.
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London
UPI
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Great Britain
Swissair
Germany
Royal Jordanian
Syrian Arab
Sudan Airways
Saudi Arabian Airways
Kuwait Airways
Iraqi Airways
Middle East Airways
United Arab Airways
Israel
Tel Aviv
Iran Airlines
Alan Leeds
Iran
Europe
Heathrow
Nairobi
Twilight War in Laos Emerges Into Full Daylight
UPI analyst Phil Newsom notes the twilight war in Laos is surfacing with more debate over the US role costs leaders and fighters. He cites four of five recent days with B52s diverted to support Laotian forces retreating from the Plain of Jars and mentions advisers at a secret CIA headquarters and unnamed spook airlines air dropping supplies. The narrative suggests the operation aims to prevent Laos from falling, a plan not pleasing to the Nixon administration.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Laos
U.S
Plain of Jars
Central Intelligence Agency
Nude sign order to come down in San Francisco
City ruled the 40 foot sign for a bottomless club violates the planning code. A transcript of a Senate secret session notes U S aid to Laos totaling about 190 million dollars with 90 million for regular army 50 million economic aid and 50 million for unknown operations. The plan supports the Armee Clandestine led by Maj Gen Vang Pao, about 40 000 Meo fighters. The strategic plain sits at a crossroads near Vientiane and Luang Prabang and shapes Paris peace talks.
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San Francisco
VPS
U.S. Senate
U.S
Laos
Armee
Vang Pao
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Paris
High Hospital Costs Blamed On Unnecessary Admissions
Senate hearings on hospital costs feature Dr. Amos N. Johnson saying about 30 percent of admissions are necessary, with one third could be treated outside hospitals. He cites insurance bias toward in hospital care and medical education shaping doctors to hospitalize. Hallmarked as uncontrolled, the system may have beds if used properly and costs rise 12 percent annually. Jose Blanco Jr. urges reforms without condemning the system.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Amos N. Johnson
Garland, N.C
American Academy of General Practice
Johnson
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Hart
Jose Blanco Jr
D.C
Arab Terrorists Kill American Woman in Israel
In a Hebron area attack, gunfire killed Barbara Ertle, 31, of Grandville Michigan, and wounded three other American tourists aboard a Bibleland Tours bus. The victims included Mrs Ertle beside her husband, Rev Theodore Ertle, as drivers and guides described calm despite the sudden ambush. Funeral services for Mrs Ertle were planned for Wednesday at a German colony American cemetery in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
API
Hebron
David
Judea
Barbara Ertle
Grandville
Mich
Tabea Damico
Ventnor
N.J
Damico
Lucille Draper
Buffalo
N.Y
Zvi Greenberg
Alden, N.Y
Bibleland Tours
Robert Lindsay
Ertle
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Muncie, Ind
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
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Nichols
Trevira Polyester
Hanoi
Pathet Lao
Phu Khun
Lantong
Britain
British Pilots Association
Gordon Hurley
Akron Remez
Bennington
Banner Public Corporation
United Is International
Vermont
B.B.P
Depot Street
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