Early Check For Cancer Saves Lives
A nationwide Pap test campaign to detect cervical cancer early saved about 3,600 lives. Family doctors examined around one million women between 1965 and May 1970 across 42 states, with 3,602 cancers confirmed from 20,000 suspicious cases, many at early stages.
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San Francisco
American Academy of General Practice
Louis Bush
Baldwin, N
Academy
The
American Academy of Family Physicians
Bush
Public Health Service
West Coast Fires Now In Control
Firefighters with cool moist weather tightened lines around the Malibu Chatsworth Simi blaze, ending a 147 mile perimeter. A San Diego area 200000 acre fire was largely contained with 10 deaths and 175 million in damages. Still burning were large fires in Sequoia National Forest Bakersfield area and a 12500 acre Cuyamaca State Park blaze.
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Los Angeles
California
Malibu
Sequoia National Forest
Bakersfield
Cuyamaca State Park
San Diego County
Saigon General Claims Defeat of Enemy Army
Saigon's Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam said after three months of fighting around Fire Base O Reilly in the north, South Vietnam with American air support destroyed the equivalent of two regiments from North Vietnam 324B Division. He reported the 324B is largely ineffective and conditions are excellent with sporadic enemy shelling. US and enemy casualties were noted in related fighting, with one OV10 spotter aircraft and a helicopter downed, and both crewmen rescued with minor injuries while the helicopter crew suffered fatalities.
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Lam
O'Reilly
South Vietnam
Bishop Walsh Maps Cumberland Visit
Bishop James Edward Walsh, freed last July after 12 years in a Red Chinese prison, plans his first home visit to Cumberland since 1962 arriving Oct. 9 on a private plane from the Maryknoll Order headquarters. A public reception at city hall and a Mass at Bishop Walsh High School are planned with Archbishop Shehan presiding.
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Cumberland, Md
James Edward Walsh
Cumberland
William Walsh
Walsh
Maryknoll Order
Ossining
N.Y
U.S
Pope Paul VI
Italy
Cumberland City Hall
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Bishop Walsh
Schoo
Widespread brownout exposes U S power shortfalls
Washington AP reports a four day eastern seaboard brownout hit 15 states, triggering a federal probe into utility maintenance practices. Northeastern states bore the brunt as generators failed or went offline amid fires leaks and faulty valves. The outage spurred questions on equipment quality and long term power planning.
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Washington
Eastern
Seaboard
Federal Power Commission
David Freeman
White House
Office of Science
Emer
Freeman
Wisconsin
Office of Emergency Planning
OEP
Pennsylvania- New Jersey-Maryland
Carolinas
Virginia
Commonwealth Edison
Chicago
PJM
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ilinois
Ontario
Keystone
Johnstown
New York
Federal Powers Commision
Cleve R. Jacobsen
FPC
UM Rejects Panther Bid For Parley
University of Maryland officials rejected the Student Government Association request to host the Black Panther Party Radical Peoples Constitutional Convention on the College Park campus. Administrators cited disruption to normal programs and a three day event drawing up to 30000 attendees, with Oct 30 to Nov 1 the proposed dates.
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College Park, Md
University of Maryland
College Park
Black Panther Party
Panther
Radical Peoples” Constitutional Convention
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Charles E. Bishop
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Robinson
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