Scientist proposes new federal agency to spur population control
Carl Djerassi argues for a research stimulating federal agency to boost birth control use and argues the FDA should keep its consumer protection role. He cites China programs and mentions birth control pills, antifertility stamps, and future vaccines while noting potential long term effects are unclear. He says condoms are the safest contraceptive with fewer side effects.
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Air crash kills publisher's kin in California wreck
In VAN NUYS a cousin of Otis Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, and a flight instructor were killed when their plane crashed Friday. Police reported the crash site and identified the victims, prompting inquiries into cause and safety factors.
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Otis Chandler
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Civil Air Patrol
Mount Alamo
Los Angeles
William May Garland
Helen
Norman Chandler
Otis
Reseda
Bank Robbery in Los Angeles Nets $2071
A gunman robbed Lloyds Bank at 2200 Pacific Ave in the afternoon, escaping with 2071 dollars after telling teller Margaret Robinson to hurry. Police describe the suspect as a 35 to 40 year old Chicano, 6 feet tall, with a bushy mustache and pale complexion. He fled toward Lucky's Market. no cameras were reported in the bank.
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Refugee Relocation Slower Than Expected With Six Month Outlook
South Vietnamese refugees face delays in securing jobs and housing as U.S. resettlement moves through camps at Camp Pendleton Camp Chaffee and Eglin. Only those with prior sponsors are moving out while others await interviews and background checks. Officials warn the four day sponsor matching goal may not be met due to missing sponsor data and screening complexities.
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Orphans case moves to May hearing
Thomas R. Miller an attorney and Tran Tuong Nhu head the International Children's Fund are spokesmen for a committee alarmed by reports from Vietnamese speaking workers at the Presidio. They seek enforcement of laws and a slowdown to verify conditions as Judge Spencer Williams postponed the injunction and set a May 19 deposition.
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Tran Tuong Nhu
International Children’s Fund
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Evacuations of Vietnamese Refugees Raise Alarms After Saigon Fall
Dispatches report women children and old men used as evacuees drugged with chloroform and shipped to Guam. Provisional Revolutionary Government calls for U S transportation for return to South Vietnam. Unwilling evacuees and prisoners from Con Son island face harsh conditions and starvations as the former Saigon regime surrenders guards and releases prisoners.
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South Vietnam
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Saigon
Bribes to Sell Arms Revealed by Pentagon
A Pentagon document for U S arms makers describes bribery of foreign officials in the Middle East as a means to win business. It notes bribes can total millions and involve influential agents, though no countries or companies are named. Northrop Corp is cited in a separate case alleging $30 million in unaccounted payments.
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Washington
Middle East
U.S
Northrop Corp
SEC
Northrop
Saudi Arabia
Joseph K. Hoenig
Cial
Defense Security Assistance Agency
Joseph Laitin
Hoenig
King Strike Threat Lingers Over City Hospitals
The revised motion expands focus from King Hospital to Harbor General and County USC Medical Center after interns complain about care at those facilities. A county offer of five percent increases in patient care funds and pay was accepted by interns at County USC and Harbor, ending strikes there, while King Hospital residents rejected the offer and voted to strike amid concerns over care for predominantly poor black patients.
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King Hospital
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County Usc Medical Center
Hahn
County Usc
Harbor
King
Sharp Guilty in Car Crash Case Tied to Downfall
Sharp was convicted after testimony from one key witness. He suffered a broken wrist and concussion when his city car crashed into a power pole on Alameda Street Carson. Prosecution says no other vehicle. witness says a tumbleweed caused a brief swerve. Sharp had prior legal and political troubles, including a 1974 arrest and a federal indictment related to Long Beach city government.
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Alameda Street
Carson
Diana Paul
State Assembly
Assembly
Long Beach
Cambodia declares push to build sound social system
Cambodia's new Communist government says it is starting to build a sound clean social system based on agriculture and to repair the war torn country. French TV aired an interview with a doctor claiming 300 corpses with throats slit in Phnom Penh markets but the doctor denied making the remarks. Radio Phnom Penh says the new government will break with Lon Nol policies seen as imports from abroad.
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Phnom Penh
Bernard Piquart
Sirik Matak
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