Mass screening cuts breast cancer deaths in new study
At the American College of Surgeons annual congress doctors from Mt. Sinai New York Medical College and UCLA report large scale use of modern detection techniques could find tumors early and raise cure rates to 95 to 100 percent. The study projects 70 000 cases this year. Also notes air of tough partisan talk with Schmitz and reports Belfast killings and BNDD chief criticizes drug ads.
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Soviets mark anniversary of first earth satellite
The Soviet Union marks the 15th anniversary of launching the first earth satellite as news outlets hype the event. No manned flight since the Soyuz II disaster in 1971. Luna 20 last unmanned probe returned with lunar rocks. The 1957 Sputnik sparked global concern over military use of space, while Armstrong's 1969 moon walk shifted emphasis to unmanned exploration and safety has cost four cosmonauts lives.
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Bugging attempt revealed on Soledad psychiatrist
Norman Gard testified before a Senate subcommittee that he helped place listening devices on former Soledad Prison psychiatrist Dr. Frank Rundle’s associate Tony Pewitt before a Monterey home visit. Gard said guards Moe Camacho and Loran Spoon joined the operation on December 16 1971 as part of a DOJ inquiry into possible outsider instigation of prison violence.
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Defense Claims Homosexual Motive In Corona Slayings
In Fairfield UPI reports defense attorney Richard Hawk asserts the 1971 killings of 25 itinerant farm workers were homosexual murders. He plans witnesses including the contractor to argue Corona is not responsible, while noting some victims were found exposed or without pants.
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McGovern and Nixon lay out final campaign plans
McGovern, drawing large crowds from Boston to Niagara Falls, unveils a tougher line, borrowing Truman rhetoric and accusing Nixon of a con game over a Social Security increase. Nixon, at Camp David, maps the final campaign month as Agnew Romney Reagan and Peterson promote his approach.
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House committee approves private pupil tax credit bill
The Ways and Means Committee voted 18 to 6 to back a bill offering up to 200 dollars per pupil for private school tuition. Opponents led by Americans United for Separation of Church and State call it unconstitutional and note it targets about 5 million students in grades 1 through 12 while excluding tuition for racially segregated schools. Prospects for passage this year seem unlikely.
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California sells AAA state bonds to fund Cal-Vet and parks
Governor Reagan hailed the $90 million sale as a taxpayer bonus after Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s raised California to AAA. The winning bid of 4.6122 percent was submitted by a syndicate led by First National City Bank of New York and Morgan Guaranty Trust. Bonds finance Cal-Vet loans, park facilities, recreation and wildlife projects, and will mature from 1973 to 1992.
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Reapportionment Ordered For County School Boards
A Sacramento Superior Court judge ordered the Sacramento County school board to reapportion by March 1 1973 to equalize districts under the one man one vote rule. Judge William M Gallagher rejected a demand for a November deadline or new election. The suit, filed by Daniel Visnich, seeks similar action in Marin San Mateo San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.
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California births may rise in next two years says Finance
The California Department of Finance reports births fell by more than 32 000 in 1971 but projects an increase in the next two years. The forecast reflects anticipated demographic trends and policy factors affecting birth rates in the state.
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