New Contraceptive Set for U S Rollout This Month
Eaton Merz Laboratories announce Encore Oval vaginal inserts to be available nationwide by month’s end. Each wax like capsule blocks sperm for two hours and costs 3.75 per box of 12, with two hours of use per capsule. FDA has approved nonoxynol 9, and European usage shows uptake among 7 to 9 percent of women.
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Greenspun hosts Taiwan reporters on tour at Sun Office
Sun Editor Hank Greenspun leads a tour for three visiting Taiwan correspondents Tina Chou Tom Lee and Lee to preview operations and discuss coverage priorities at the paper.
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Tina Chou
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Students Learn Less in Nevada Tests Debate
Public school students show higher GPAs but lower proficiency on tests, a Nevada Senate subcommittee told by Sen Dick Bryan. Officials cite grade inflation, district data resistance, and broad factors behind declines as hearings set in Reno and Las Vegas.
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University of Nevada
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Las Vegas
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Desert Inn to Close for Major Redesign and Expansion
Summa plans a 14 story guest building a casino showroom and convention rooms after closing next month. The 829 suites will focus on wealthy casino customers with few single rooms left as Lewis aims to make the Desert Inn the finest hotel in the world and remodel other Las Vegas properties over five years.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun masthead and staff listings
The Las Vegas Sun announces its editorial staff and management including editor and publisher H M Greenspun and various department heads with roles such as managing editor, news editor, city editor, night editor, sports editor, women's editor, advertising director and other key personnel. Subscriptions and rates section appears with delivery and postal details.
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California
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Taiwan ties to U S aid underlines stability warn correspondents
Three Taiwanese correspondents touring the United States urge the Carter administration to maintain support for Nationalist China warning against normalization with the mainland. They call Beijing a communist trap and say U S pressure should not force concessions that undermine Taipei. They deem Beijing’s moves fragile and predict a pro-Taiwan psychological win among 800 million mainland Chinese.
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