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American test tube baby born in October
An American couple became the first in the United States to have a test tube baby in October after an ovum fertilized in a lab dish and implanted in the woman's womb. Samantha weighed eight pounds at birth by Caesarean section on October 2 in England. The couple requested secrecy, later lifted by Ladies' Home Journal. The piece also covers Cardinal Cooke urging limits on nuclear arms and Billy Carter criticizing U S policy toward Libya.
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Associated Press
New York
Samantha
Ladies’ Home Journal
Steels
Myrna Blyth
England
Laurie Steel
Jon
West Coast
United States
Norfolk General Hospital
Virginia
Libya
Khadafy
Israel
Carter
Shreveport Journal
Senate Committee
Jimmy Carter