Morning-After Pill Gains Experimental Success
American Fertility Society reports a postcoital contraceptive pill effective up to six days after intercourse. Yale trials with ORF-3858 in animals and limited human tests used diethylstilbestrol due to lack of FDA approval. Researchers emphasize safety and lack of fetal risk if used before implantation.
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John M. Morris
Yale University School of Medicine
American Fertility Society
Chicago
van Wagenen
University School of Medicine
Yale University
Morris
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yale
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Orris
Voluntary Economic Curbs Debate At Chamber Meeting
Washington AP reports the U S Chamber of Commerce urged restraint on mandatory restrictions on private goods and capital. A Saturday resolution argues remedial measures should aim to expand trade and investment rather than restrict movement. The proposal parallels a Johnson State of the Union idea to extend most favored nation tariff treatment to several countries at the president's discretion.
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U.S
Johnson
State of the Union
Europe
Inside Reading Jaycees Install New Officers
Page 2-A reports the Jaycees install new officers amid a tight money squeeze noted on Page OUR NEIGHBOR. The Moon feature appears on Page 1-D.
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Jaycees
Army Reserve training backlog prompts defense of manpower policy
About 130000 young men enrolled in the Army Reserve last year to gain draft exemption have not received training. Lt Gen John L Throckmorton blamed the backlog on rapid active duty expansion, while Sen John Stennis criticized plans to merge Reserve and National Guard forces.
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Washington
Army Reserve
John L. Throckmorton
Senate
Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
Army
Reserve
National Guard
John Stennis
D-Miss
Defense Department
Throckmorton
Johnson
Guard
Pat McNamara Dies Of Stroke
Washington AP reports Michigan Senator Pat McNamara dies after a stroke in his tenth year in the Senate leaving a vacancy and prompting tributes.
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Pat McNamara
Washington
Michigan
Graduated income tax withholding begins in 1966
The new withholding system, the first in U.S. history, will reduce refunds for many and raise take home pay for some low income families while not changing overall tax due for 1966. It aims to widen eligibility to pay taxes gradually and finance the Viet Nam war with reduced inflation risk.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Johnson
Robbery Couples Forced to Safe by Gunmen at Store
Gunmen abduct a couple and force them to the assistant manager’s home where he is coerced into opening the store safe. Police investigate as details of the heist emerge and no arrests are reported yet.
Bold Bandits Steal 18000 From Charlotte Supermarket
In a two hour abduction at Park n Shop No 2 on Charlotte's north side, two armed men tied up seven workers and escaped with 18000 dollars, comprising 10000 cash and 8900 checks. They telephoned police HQ during the robbery and used a key provided by an assistant manager, Thomas Dutton, to enter.
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Charlotte
Park 'N Shop
Tom Ginn
Thomas C. Dutton
Dutton
Tommy Frank Cashion
Dickens Avenue
Duttons
Chevrolet Added To Defect List In GM Recall
Detroit AP reports Chevrolet joined Oldsmobile and another GM division in a market recall after a defect causing wheels to loosen and fall off was found in Toronado units. A GM spokesman said 91 percent of affected cars had already been called in for a minor modification to secure wheels.
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Chevrolet
General Motors
Seeee
Oldsmobile
Eleven Red Planes Destroyed in Viet Nam Air War
US Air Force Phantom pilots shot down their eleventh North Vietnamese MIG in a dogfight 100 miles northwest of Hanoi as American losses totaled three planes. Ground action near Saigon saw anti aircraft fire claim two planes, while Marines and the 25th Infantry Division reported Viet Cong casualties in separate clashes. In Saigon ten thousand police and paratroops prepared for May Day tensions amid unionist threats. Ambassador Lodge flew toward Rome for a Viet Nam policy review.
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South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Tass
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Rach Beng Go
25Th Infantry Division
U.S. Armed Forces
van van Cua
Henry Calbot Lodge
Rome
Washington
Paul VI
Nixon Warns Appeasement Risks World War III
President Nixon urged firm action in Vietnam at a news conference warning appeasement could trigger global nuclear war within five years. He said any future war with China would be atomic if the Chinese possess nuclear weapons and stressed stopping Communists in Vietnam to avoid World War III. He spoke during funeral ceremonies and noted Republican views.
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China
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