Japan Population Policy Draws Global Ire for Birth Control
Tokyo reports Japan, with a 5 million dollar annual birth control budget, has curbed population growth to near zero. Officials cite wide use of condoms and abortions, while the pill remains illegal though available in forms for other conditions. Experts note high abortion rates and ongoing debates over licensing the intrauterine device and oral contraceptives.
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Tokyo
Canada
India
Japan
West
Nobuo Shinozaki
The
Institute of Population Problems
Health and Welfare Department
Prime Minister’s Office
Medical Association
Family Planners
Women’s Liberationist
Gyo Wagatsuma
Tokyo University
Wagatsuma
Keio University
Health and Welfare Ministry
Kosaku Oka
DES Cancer Link Found In Daughters Of Pregnant Women
Boston researchers led by Herbst Ulfelder and Poskanzer report about 80 vaginal tumor cases in women under 25 linked to in utero DES exposure. The team notes the risk appears small but ongoing study aims to clarify dosage and duration factors while noting FDA actions and continued monitoring.
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Boston
Arthur Herbst
Howard Ulfelder
David Poskanzer
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Herbst
Food and Drug Administration
Haight-Ashbury Revives as Businesses Open and Crime Falls
In San Francisco Haight-Ashbury shows renewed activity with new furniture antique and book stores opening. Police report a 68 percent drop in local crime versus last year while vacancy rates shrink and community groups push housing child care and employment initiatives.
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San Francisco
Mendel Herscowitz
U-Save
Haight-Ashbury
Haight
Sid Paton
U S Forces Carry Out 200 Strikes Across North Vietnam
A U S Command communique reports Air Force Navy and Marine pilots conducted more than 200 strikes in North Vietnam on Tuesday despite a typhoon limiting raids to the south. Targets included bridges warehouses supply trucks and fuel depots. Three American advisers were wounded as North Vietnamese artillery hit Quang Tri.
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Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Vietnam
U.S
Quang Tri
Que Son
Saigon
Highway 1
Nixon
Vietnam
South
South Vietnam
Nixon Focuses on Economic Issues Amid China and USSR Talks
President Nixon signals potential steps toward opening relations with the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. He stresses economics, noting Japan's trade surplus with the United States and warning that inaction could spur quota calls and calls for restrictive trade. He urges freer trade over protectionism to serve US and Japan better.
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People’s Republic of China
Soviet Union
Japan
United States
Turner probes spur wave of subpoenas and seizures
About 60 area residents were subpoenaed as investigators pursue Turner Enterprises and the Dare To Be Great group. Three Dare To Be Great officers received 60 day jail terms for contempt but were released on appeal bonds. Turner’s security chief condemned Orange County deputies, while Florida, Ohio, and Oklahoma actions target Turner firms under multiple statutes. Federal agencies pursue related complaints as Turner faces conspiracy charges in Michigan and Florida.
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Pasco Counties
B.J. Driver
Turner
Clark Stone
Orange County
Orlando
L.D. McEachern
McClung
McEacheran
Pinellas
Orange Counties
Dare To Be Great, Inc
Pinellas County
Turner Enterprises
Richard Eagan
Dare To Be Great
Ohio
Oklahoma
Common Pleas Court
Cleveland
Oklahoma City
Atty
Larry Derryberry
Wiliam Fisher
Koscot Interplanetary, Inc
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Michigan
Florida
McGovern criticized on welfare reform questions
Richardson argued McGovern dodged core welfare reform issues and questioned how to enforce work requirements for mothers with school-age children. He estimated the cost of a $4,000 per family benefit at five billion dollars and kept hope for the administration plan, saying McGovern’s floundering boosts H.R. 1's prospects.
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Richardson
McGovern
Sen. McGovern
House
County and precinct boards praised for smooth 1972 primaries
Workers chairman from Chattanooga and G A Kluck of Lawton cited inspectors judges counters and clerks in each precinct. Despite reapportionment forcing 60 of 77 counties to redraw lines many counties reported the 1972 primaries as the smoothest ever. County precinct officials were credited with the success, notably Comanche County workers Kay Daley Marcella Coady Helen Reddell Sue Hensley and Saundra Powell.
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Chattanooga
G. A. Kluck
Lawton
Slater
Mrs. Logan
Comanche County Election Board
Kay Daley
Marcella Coady
Helen Reddell
Sue Hensley
Saundra Powell
McGovern backs asylum for Thieu amid postwar talk
Senator McGovern said South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu should be offered political asylum if endangered by a postwar settlement. He added Thieu has been “our man in Saigon” and could exit with allies if he loses power, signaling potential exile scenarios and shifts in U.S. policy.
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Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Nguyen van Thieu
McGovern
Thieu
Saigon
South Dakota
Milwaukee
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
Russia
Israel
United States
Washington
Stein
Sargent Shriver
Detroit
Jaycee Charter May Be Revoked Over Stag Party Arrests
Oklahoma Jaycees president Robert Sanders warned that if Purcell chapter sponsorship of a stag party led to six arrests, the chapter charter could be revoked. He plans to notify all local chapters that violations will not be tolerated and cites the state’s health campaigns and a $250,000 inoculation effort as positive programs. Five people face morals charges after a raid in Norman at Slaughterville near Norman.
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Haight-Ashbury
Wesley Slade
Joseph Alioto
Haight
Oklahoma City
Jaycees
Purcell
Jaycee
Robert Sanders
Oklahoma
Sanders
Norman
Slaughterville
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Lawton Constitution
Chojiro Kunii
Family Planning Federation of Japan
Sweden
Kunii
Japan Medical Association
Germany
Health Ministry
Herscowitz
Haight and
Ashbury
Haight St
Andrew Dulambert
Country Manor
Don Baker
Perry and Baker Antiques
Tattoo National Bank
Neal D. Perry Ee
Gore Blvd
Thomas Eagleton
Shriver
Missouri
Eagleton
Price Commission
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Constitution & Press Circulation
Lsted
Dial
Southwest
Ibe
Lawton Evening Constitution
American Finance System
Okla
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