Nixon Invited by Australian Cattlemen to Speak in September
The Australian Cattlemen's Union invites former President Nixon to address its Sept 23 convention at Surfers Paradise to discuss boosting U.S. beef imports. The government opposes an official visit, police fear protection challenges, and Nixon aides say he may visit privately at citizens' request.
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Sydney
Australia
Nixon
U.S
Australian Cattlemen’s Union
Surfers Paradise
Queensland
Barry Cassell
San Clemente
United States
Cassell
Malcolm Fraser
Harvard study finds small risk near conception from birth control pills
Harvard researchers report that stopping the pill within a month of conception yields a 4.3 percent birth defect rate versus 3.3 percent for nonusers and 3.6 percent for those who stopped earlier. They say no large malformation risks exist and urge stopping the pill once pregnancy occurs. Undescended testis rose 1.9 times but may reflect sampling variation.
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Boston
Harvard
Kenneth Rothman
Carol Louik
New England Journal of Medicine
Rise of Conservative PACs Surges in Early 1980s Funding
A Federal Election Commission report shows four of the five top money-raising political action committees in the first half of the year linked to the far right, led by Ronald Reagan era groups. The AFL-CIO and UAW fall lower in the rankings, with unions largely outpaced by conservative forces and the American Medical PAC. Additional top donors include Realtor and auto dealer political committees.
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Washington
UPI
Labor
Business
Federal Election Commission
The
American Medical Society
Ronald Reagan
Citizens For the Republic
National Conservative Political Action Committee
Committee For the Survival of A Free Congress
American Medical Political Action Committee
Gun Owners of America
Labor and political action groups fund-raising totals cited
The study shows labor groups as strong fundraisers with 13.5 million this year while corporate groups raised 10.5 million and trade and health groups 18.4 million. The top four groups added 6.8 million. The GOP raised 63.9 million with 27 million to the RNC, Democrats 14.4 million. PACs totaled 54 million, near the GOP.
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Republican Party
GOP
Republican National Committee
Democrats
National Committee
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ITC
First Ave
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
National Association of Realtors
National Automobile Dealers Association
Tial
Sutherland
Challenger
Lovan
America
Sutherland Lumber and Building Materials Center
Blairs Ferry Road
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Dia
Fruitwood Center
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