Margaret Mead dies at 76 after yearlong cancer fight
Noted American anthropologist Margaret Mead died at 76 after a yearlong pancreatic cancer battle. A memorial service was planned at Columbia University with private burial in Buckingham, Pennsylvania. Her staff, a black lacquered thumb-stick, became a famed symbol of her life and work.
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AFL-CIO accuses Carter of breaking campaign pledge
AFL-CIO president George Meany bitterly accuses President Carter of breaking his campaign pledge to meet over the anti inflation program. Meany says Carter refused to discuss wage and price guidelines before the plan's unveiling, prompting the federation to oppose the proposal as unfair to workers.
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Thymidine Fails To Help Cancer Patients In Trial
Baltimore doctors report the first cancer patient treated with Thymidine at the Baltimore Cancer Research Center is deteriorating three weeks into therapy. The drug has also suppressed the immune systems of the first three patients, dampening hopes it can attack malignant cells without harming normal tissue. The patient has melanoma.
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