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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1976
Page
9
A letter asks if using tampons affects virginity and whether tampons cause cervical cancer. The advice says tampons may stretch the hymen but do not affect virginity, and cancer risk from tampons is extremely remote, with risk linked to factors like early intercourse and lack of screening.
Raymond E. Martin, 21, was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Charles Thompson after pleading guilty to a knifepoint robbery of a clerk at Asian Food Mart located at 1729 E Charleston Blvd in Las Vegas. The Aug. 29 crime prompted the sentencing in Clark County District Court.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yigal Allon denounced Spain for canceling the Madrid World Jewish Congress meeting as dishonorable surrender to extortion. He criticized Jewish organizers for the timing and place, saying Spain’s new regime must advance to be considered an enlightened democracy.
President Ford has received a wide range of offers including a visiting professorship at the University of Michigan but will not decide before leaving office. Officials expect him and Betty Ford to relocate to the Palm Springs area after inauguration, with no final career plans announced yet.
UPI reports that inmates in Oriente El Norte and Santa Marta prisons in Mexico City persist with a hunger strike demanding parole for those who have served one third of their sentences. Guards allegedly beat strikers at El Norte. one prisoner hospitalized. Spokesman Calhoun from Dewey Oklahoma says the protest continues as media briefings rotate daily. The strikers urge Congress to amend federal penal laws, as promised months ago, to allow parole for eligible inmates.
Washington reports Federal Power Commission staff favor Arctic Gas Pipeline Co. plan to link Prudhoe Bay to Mackenzie Delta then south to lower 48. It is deemed cheapest and most fuel efficient though all three proposals have environmental impact.
President Elias Sarkis met leaders to form a 10 to 12 member technocrat government to rebuild Lebanon after civil war. Salim Al Hoss eyed as premier with Rashid Karami backing a united cabinet and banks pledging to honor contracts amid looming exile government talk by Palestinian factions.
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