African Doctors Win Breakthrough Vaccine for Trachoma
South African scientists report a major break through with a vaccine to prevent trachoma. The vaccine has passed laboratory tests and is now given to hundreds of school children in the northern Transvaal. All participating children receive a three injection series. The United States and Italy are involved in related research.
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South Africa
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Transvaal
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Dear Ann Landers column tackles alcoholism and marital strain
A reader describes a family dominated by alcohol problems, with an alcoholic father and mother, and a teacher noting child hardship. Ann Landers explains alcoholics rarely admit fault, advising self-help when ready, while other letters seek guidance on retirement, domestic labor balance, and dating etiquette for women travelers.
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Satellite Will Aim Messages From Space
A flight model of a space communications system for the Air Force, built by Sylvania Electric Products Inc, uses a 3 foot diameter radiation disk with 200 phased antennas to keep satellite antennas aimed at Earth. It directs narrow beams to ground terminals, reducing power use to about five percent of typical systems and allowing multiple ground stations to use it simultaneously.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Air Force
Sylvania Electric Products Inc
Earth
Data code glitch halts Morehead State data processing
In Morehead Kentucky a data processing machine at Morehead State College stopped after a student listed his address as two miles up Turkey Creek. The postal codes used by the system lack a code for such an address, creating a processing halt.
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Morehead
Morehead State College
Turkey Creek
Kentucky
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