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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1972
Page
5
Elbie Lynn Groves, 27, Visalia, a Vietnam veteran, was sentenced to five years probation for a string of robberies aimed at harming establishments. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Denver Peck ordered the probation on Monday.
At the University of Pennsylvania Museum lab a 3,000 year old mummy was opened with an electric saw to study causes of death and possible diseases such as cancer and measles. Pathologists from Penn, Detroit and the Smithsonian join in the postmortem as bones, organs, and resins are analyzed. the remains will be rewrapped and returned to the coffin. A dated calendar fragment was found among the relics.
Historical notes describe early vaccine hopes after viruses were linked to colds. Davis speaks at hearings about challenges and the limited number of known cold viruses, reflecting the era's scientific uncertainties and regulatory context.
Sacramento Assembly approves a bill to permit hospitals to donate parts of unclaimed human corpses for transplant use. The measure, 61 to 1, targets cases where next of kin cannot be located within a reasonable time, though no exact time frame is defined.
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