Texas doctors note progress toward artificial heart
Texas Heart Institute doctors report a 44 year old woman received a left ventricular assist device after a June 30 triple bypass. The device kept her alive six days before removal and she remained in stable condition at St Luke's. The case marks one of several abdominal LVAD implants at St Luke's as researchers pursue a fully mechanical heart.
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Houston
API
Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Luke’s
Denton Codey
Institute
National Heart and Lung Institute
Bethesda
Maine Audubon solar building hailed at dedication
Russell E Train EPA chief hailed the Maine Audubon Society headquarters at Gilsland Farm as a significant energy future effort. About 500 attended the solar heated, 5000 square foot building costing 250000 dollars with no government grants, funded by anonymous and public donations.
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Falmouth
Russell E. Train
Environmental Protection Agency
Maine Audubon Society
United States
Gilsland Farm
Presumpscot River
Train
Richard Anderson
Audubon Society
Thoreau
Strategists Alarmed by Soviet Nuclear Build Up
Boston based by UPI reports that American strategists fear the Soviet Union has spent over 20 billion dollars in five years on a nationwide hardening program. The piece cites increased ICBM warheads, multiple warheads per missile, new submarines and missiles, and an expanded civil defense effort as signs of a more aggressive Soviet posture that could undermine U.S. deterrence and SALT negotiations.
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Boston
UPI
Globe
Soviet Union
William Beecher
Globe Washington Bureau
United States
Beecher
It Ap
Cubans in Cabinda Province Fight for Control
The Christian Science Monitor reports about 3,000 Cubans stationed in Cabinda Province Angola. Cuban forces, including troops, hospital workers, and armoured units, occupy bases near Cabinda Town and the airport. FLEC resistance grows with ambushes and guerrilla attacks.
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Boston
API
Christian Science Monitor
Cabinda
Monitor
June Goodwin
Portugese
FAPLA
Army of the Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Angola
Front For the Liberation of
FLEC
Mbonje
Congo
Brazzaville
Buco Zau
FBI chief testifies in Pine Ridge AIM trial in Iowa
FBI director Carence Kelley testifies as defense witness in the trial of Robert Robideau and Darelle Butler linked to the 1975 Pine Ridge shootout that killed agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. Kelley says AIM is not inherently unlawful and may appear in the FBI Domestic Terrorist Digest.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
South Dakota
FBI
Kunstler
Kelley
AIM
Othe
Ford vetoes fire bill in tussle over authority
President Ford issued his 53rd veto rejecting a bill funding the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. He returned the measure unsigned to Congress and cited a provision that could curb presidential control of executive branch operations, vowing to oppose bills that erode executive authority.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
National Academy For Fire Prevention
Postal rates rise for special mail and registered services
The Postal Service raises rates across special delivery, money orders, and registered mail effective July 18. Special delivery stamps climb to 1.25 dollars, money orders to 50 cents, registered mail minimum to 2.10 dollars, and certified mail to 60 cents. Third class rates shift for newsmagazines and advertising letters, with bulk third class mail seeing slight price cuts for high-volume pieces.
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Washington
UPI
Ternational
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
Viking I Mars touchdown delayed again by terrain concerns
NASA officials at JPL postponed Viking I landing for the second time due to rough terrain. The target moved from July 4 to July 17 and now to July 20 after photographs showed canyons and channels at the primary site. A radar scan suggested further ground hazards despite an alternative, potentially dune-rich site.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
FDA seeks ban on chemical once used in decaffeinated coffee
The FDA plans to ban trichloroethylene or TCE used to decaffeinate coffee and possibly in beer and spices, citing a NCI study linking TCE to liver cancer in mice. General Foods halted use in Brim and Sanka last year. many brewers may still use TCE in extracts, with manufacturers asked to report usage.
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FDA
Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
General Foods
National Cancer Institute
Anheuser-Busch
Budweiser
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