New York City Among Seven Wonders Picks Stir Poll
The Sunday Times poll lists diverse picks for seven wonders from 20th century figures across arts and politics. Choices include New York City, hamburgers, the Concorde, Venice, and the Great Wall among others, with some readers naming places in multiple countries.
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London
New York City
Sunday Times
Joed Kenneth Clark
Donald McCullin
Anthony Burgess
Venice
Harvard University
John Kenneth Galbraith
China
Peking
Forbidden City
Fatehpur Sikri
India
Taj Mahal
Baalbek
Lebanon
Castle
Krak Des Chevaliers
Syria
Peru
Frederick Raphael
California
Disneyland
Michael Levey
National Gallery
St. James's Park
Buckingham Palace
Lord Hume Se
Inglewood Man Killed in Pole Collision on 18th Street
Ralph Frias, 38, of 1106 S Spinning Ave, died after his car crossed 18th Street at Denka Avenue in an unincorporated Inglewood area and struck two utility poles. Police said the vehicle sideswiped one pole before a headon impact. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Gardena Memorial Hospital after a 5:30 a.m. crash.
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Inglewood
18Th
Denka Avenue
Highway Patrol
Ralph Frias
S. Spinning Ave
Gardena Memorial Hospital
Frias
Metropolitan Mental Health Bed Crisis Strains County Care
County officials scramble to man admission capacity as Metropolitan faces under staffing after the resignations of five psychiatrists. Hospitals coordinate with Veterans Affairs facilities and private hospitals to accept overflow patients while a standby pool and emergency bed arrangements are prepared.
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Harold Magritte
Mavritte
Metropolitan
Veterans Administration
Camarillo State Hospital
County Bi Bistat
Nick Burgeson
Burgeson
Los Angeles ‘County Public Guardian
State Hospital
Public Guardian
Brisson
Carl Hansen
Ed Edelman
Gov
Brown
Norwalk
Health Services Department
Harbor General
Torrance
County
USC Medical Center
Los Angeles
Olive View
van Nuys
Nuclear concerns loom over South Africa relations
Brzezinski and Young warn sanctions risk counterproductive moves as South Africa links to Israel acidifies regional tensions. They cite fears of nuclear proliferation if isolation grows, noting Pelindaba reactor safeguards and SA's 1978 pilot enrichment plant. South Africa holds about 20 percent of global uranium reserves.
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Brzezinski
South Africa
Rhodesia
Young
ABC
Israel
South Africans
Young Saib
International Atomic Energy Agency
United States
Pelindaba
Pretoria
A-Medic Goodwill Tips on Nuclear Arms Control
Knowledgeable readers summarize ideas for the assistant defense secretary on reducing nuclear risk. Suggestions urge public awareness of proliferation dangers and warning actions. Proposals include pressuring World Bank lending to deny credit to nuclear states and swapping live warheads for duds to cut arsenal size. Other ideas call to halt production and shipment of materials, shut reactors, and strengthen international inspection.
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David McGifford
World Bank
Chemical in cured meats linked to amnesia study
University of California Irvine researchers led by Dr. Joe Martinez Jr report that low doses of sodium nitrite used to preserve cured meats cause memory impairment in rats and mice. The team notes potential human implications and urges further study, including tests on primates and humans.
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University of California, Irvine
Joe Martinez Jr
Martinez
Society For Neuroscience
Anaheim Convention Center
UCI
Hijackers surrender plane returns to Saigon
Vietnamese airliner brought back to Saigon with 84 survivors and two crewmen dead after hijackers, seeking asylum, surrendered in Singapore following a flight from Phu Quoc. Four hijackers, a wounded steward, and a passenger who refused to return remained in custody. The incident followed a regional pilot strike threat and a UN draft on air piracy.
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Singapore
Saigon
Vietnam
Phu Quoc Island
Utapao
Thailand
Seletar
South Vietnam
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
U.N. General’ Assembly
Human rights remain top goal Vance asserts
Washington AP Cyrus Vance says Carter administration still seeks human rights in the Soviet Union while pursuing quiet actions when possible. He cites emigration growth as proof and defends arms talks stance. He adds neither superpower should deploy troops in Middle East or South Africa peacekeeping.
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Washington
Cyrus Vance Lenier
Carter
Uni
Vance
U.S. News & World Report
Russia
Soviet Union
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Alexandria
CBS
By Bob Geiver
Staff Weller
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