Pill expert advocates new federal research agency on birth control
Carl Djerassi calls for a federal research agency to boost population control efforts and speed up contraception adoption. He supports FDA as consumer protection but urges faster methods, notes China software techniques and antifertility stamps, and predicts a birth control vaccine by 1999 with pills remaining key for two decades. He cites low long-term risks and suggests condoms as safest option.
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Air crash claims publisher's kin in Los Angeles area
A cousin of Otis Chandler publisher of the Los Angeles Times and a flight instructor died in a Friday air crash near Van Nuys. The bodies were discovered in the wreckage.
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Bank Robbery in Long Beach Nets $2071 Take
A masked gunman robbed Lloyds Bank at 2200 Pacific Ave in Long Beach at 1:30 PM, escaping with $2071 after ordering tellers not to press alarms. Suspect described as 35 to 40, 6 feet, 135 to 140 pounds, bushy mustache, pale complexion, black hair, brown eyes. Police followed witnesses toward Lucky's Market, ending in a bank heist readout.
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Refugee relocation for South Vietnamese slows to months
Senior official Leon Marion says resettlement of about 113,000 refugees is advancing slowly. Interviews and background checks delay pairing refugees with sponsors, and many arrivals lack established U.S. contacts. He warns the volunteer network may not meet future needs.
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Vietnamese couple leads drive over child welfare concerns
Thomas R. Miller and Tran Tuong Nhu, heads of the International Children's Fund, say the committee formed to address alarming stories from Vietnamese-speaking workers at the press office. They seek enforcement of existing laws and a pause to verify conditions as Judge Spencer Williams moved the injunction hearing to May 19 for depositions.
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Refugees split by ship evictions as Saigon falls
North Vietnam reports women children and old men among evacuees drugged with chloroform and loaded onto ships bound for Guam. The Provisional Revolutionary Government urges U.S. transport for all wishing to return to South Vietnam. A ship with 540 freed prisoners from Con Son island arrives at Vung Tau amid claims 6,000 jailed without trial.
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Pentagon memo cites bribes to sell arms abroad
A Pentagon document prepared for U S arms makers notes bribes to foreign officials in the Middle East can total millions. Northrop Corp is accused in a government lawsuit of paying 30 million over three years to agents, with some funds linked to an Iranian attorney and a Saudi agent.
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King Strike Prompts Hospital Health Care Funding Row
The motion shifted from King Hospital to include Harbor General and County USC Medical Center after interns cited patient care concerns at all three facilities. Strikes at County USC and Harbor were averted as interns accepted a five percent boost in patient care funds and pay, while King Hospital residents rejected the offer and split from the Joint Council to threaten a strike amid concerns for care of the poor black patients.
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Sharp Guilty Verdict Tied to Single Key Witness
Sharp was found guilty after testimony from a sole witness. He suffered a broken wrist and concussion when his car hit a power pole in the 23000 block of Alameda Street, Carson. The city car caught fire. Sharp claimed another vehicle forced him off the road, while prosecutors said no other vehicle was involved.
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Diana Paul
Cambodia declares social rebuild after purge claims
Cambodia's new communist government says it will build a sound social system based on agriculture and repair the war torn nation. French TV aired an interview with Dr Bernard Piquart claiming 300 corpses with slit throats and executions of Sirik Matak and Long Boret, but Piquart denied making the remarks.
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