New Xray System Cuts Dose and Costs
A USC and County USC Medical Center study of Xonics electron radiography XERG shows two to three times sharper images, 25 to 33 percent lower radiation, and reduced exam costs. The prototype, from Van Nuys, uses a polyester sheet with electrons, producing instant images without a dark room. Clinicians anticipate safer mammography and broader industrial screening applications.
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Los Angeles
UPI
County-Usc Medical Center
Xonics Inc
van Nuys
Calif
USC
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Los Angeles County
George Jacobson
Dardize
Russell Morgan
John Hopkins School of Medicine
Xonics
Xenics
Agfa-Gavaert
XERG
Lee Morsell
Washington window Corporate slush fund purge extends post Watergate
Three years after Watergate a purge reaches corporate life with the slush fund as the target. SEC and Defense Department probes reveal illegal campaign contributions by seventeen firms and cover up devices. Debate centers on disclosure to stockholders and potential foreign competition.
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Washington
UPI
Watergate
America
Security and Exchange Commission
Defense Department
SEC
Alaska pipeline digs yield ancient tools in frozen ground
Archaeologists along Alyeska's 800 mile Alaska pipeline route thawed permafrost to uncover 30 plus sites near Galbraith Lake. Projected artifacts include projectile points bones and tools 6000 years old. Heaters and snow shelters aided winter digs amid 40 below conditions.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Alyeska
University of Alaska
Alaska Methodist University
Mike Kunz
Galbraith Lake
Kunz
Brooks Mountains
Yukon River
Arctic Ocean
Nome
World Food Council plans $1 billion annual hunger fund
Rome based World Food Council aims to create a $1 billion a year fund to support hungry nations. Director John Hannah said agreement could enable operation by early 1976 with strong US and oil exporter backing. He urged 1975 76 grain aid rise to 10 million tons and noted aid shortfalls remain despite production gains.
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Rome
UPI
World Food Council
John Hannah
United States
Hannah
US Agency For International Development
Council
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