France Sees Rise in Illegal Abortions and Births Debate
In Paris AP report notes lawmakers back a 1920 ban repeal to publicize contraception as advocates claim illegal abortions rival annual births. Dr Marie Andree Weill Halle and Lucien Neuwirth press for change, citing 350000 to 1 million illegal cases annually and 850 women dying yearly.
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Daniel Gregory
France
Paris
Weill
leg-Halle
Islation
New
National Assembly
Lucien Neuwirth
St. Etienne
MFPF
Anne-Marie Dourlen-Rollier
Weill‘Halle
Tthe
National Institute of Demographic Studies
Dourlen-Rollier
England
United States
France Faces Push to Curb Abortions Through Family Planning
The campaign and the Neuwirth bill aim to encourage planning by individual families to fit economic means and reduce illegitimate abortions. France remains a predominantly Catholic country.
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France
Dourlen-Rollier
May 4 History Highlights Across Centuries
On May 4 in history notable events include the United States taking possession of the Panama Canal Zone in 1904 and Peter Minuit’s arrival at Manhattan in 1626 to trade for trinkets. Others mark Napoleon’s exile to Elba in 1814 and the Haymarket riot of 1886 in Chicago.
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United States
Panama Canal Zone
Peter Minuit
New Amsterdam
Manhattan Island
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elba
Chicago
McCormick Reaper Company
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Chungking
Denmark
NATO Council
Germany
Gus Hall
Communist Party
Cairo Zoo Lion Antar Guards Mosque Amplifier After Theft
The Cairo zoo lion Antar is placed in charge of the mosque amplifier used for the Muezzin prayers after a thief stole it during Ramadan. Moslems contributed funds for a new one and the keeper relocated the device to Antar’s cage to deter further thefts.
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Cairo
Antar
Kennebunkport Bride Weds in Church Ceremony
Kennebunkport April wedding at South Congregational Church united Mrs. Rosaleen Campbell Thompson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed L. Campbell Goose Rocks with Warren M. Roberts son of Mr. and Mrs. Glendon Roberts Cape Porpoise. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs. Roger Salvagin and best man Roger Salvagin of Middleton New York. The couple plans a Bermuda honeymoon and will reside on Langsford Road Cape Porpoise.
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Kennebunkport
South Congregational Church
Rosaleen Campbell Thompson
Ed. L. Campbell
Goose Rocks
Warren M. Roberts
Glendon Roberts
Fishers Lane
Cape Porpoise
Robert M. Howes
Maurice Hutchins
Roger Salvagin
Middleton
N.Y
Philip R. Campbell
Frank Beard
Paul A. Grant
Thomas Ober
Mrs. Campbell
Bermuda
Langsford Road
Roberts
Cities face higher borrowing costs after rating downgrades
New York City joins a chorus of officials questioning private rating houses Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. A downgrade from A to BBB could raise borrowing costs by about 0.5 percent annually, or roughly 50,000 dollars per 10 million in bonds, complicating sales and legal feasibility. Roy M. Goodman plans to press the Federal Reserve to consider a competing rating agency, though legal and political obstacles loom.
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New York
Standard &Oor's
Moody’s
New York City
Standard & Poor's
Fed
Moody's
Lewis Schellbach
Standard & Poor
D. Moody
Dutremble Elected York County Chapter Chairman
Sheriff Richard D. Dutremble of Biddeford has been elected chairman of the York County Chapter of the National Foundation. He succeeds Carroll P. Beals and will lead chapter activities including the March of Dime drive. The foundation funds polio fight and now focuses on birth defect research and patient care.
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Alfred
Richard D. Dutremble
Biddeford
York County
National Foundation
Sheriff Dutremble
Foundation
Carroll P. Beals
Wells
Bruce C. Carlson
Springvale
Janet Nicholas
Saco
Carlson
Nicholas
Ernest Hilton
Ogunquit
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Marie-Andree Lagrove Weill Halle
Mouvement Francais Pour le Planning Familial
Margaret Sanger
Weill-Halle
Hall
Maine
Hopsack Jeans
Nui
A. H Benoit Co
Masonic Bldg
THE
Associated Press
Mrs. Warren M. Roberts
Valliere
Business Mirror
John Cunniff
AP Business Analyst
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and
Wells Water District
Donmoor
Bermudas
A H. Benoit Co
Cochrane
Graham Street
Biddeford Savings Bank
Lauri Morrison Locke School
Kevin Crosby
Stephen Keen Locke School
James Hondel Locke
William Zafirson
Patrica Lagueux Locke School
Lynn Hallczuk
Kennedy School
Debra Robitaille
Old Orchard Beach
Julia Levesque Sweetser
Martha Turgeon
Cindy McKee
Barbara Dineen
St. Mary’s School
Ist Prize
Kerry Anton Kennedy School
Donna Cote
St. Mary's School
Lorraine Perreault
Notre Dame School
Philip Guerin St. Joseph School
Carl Lemieux
St. Joseph's School
Mark Delerto
Mike Robinson Burns
Peter Hanson Burns
Srd Prize
Paula Boucouvalas Burns
Jeanette Cote
Kathleen McAuley
David Wojcik Barns
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