Birth control pill inventor honored with Lasker Award
Dr Etienne-Emile Baulieu of France won the Albert Lasker Medical Research Award for RU 486, a controversial abortion pill. The award drew praise from women's groups and condemnation from antiabortion activists. Baulieu noted 200,000 women die yearly from unsafe abortions and emphasized science can offer choices.
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New York
France
America
Etienne-Emile Bautieu
Baulieu
James O. Mason
Health and Human Services Department
Lasker
U.S
Lewis Thomas
John Willke
National Rights Life Committee
Washington
Patricia Ireland
National Organization For Women
Michael E. DeBakey
Artillery accident kills three at Fort Sill and two at Fort Stewart
An Army report says a howitzer round overshot its target at Fort Sill, killing three soldiers and wounding 23 as they stood in formation, while two more soldiers died at Fort Stewart during 4.2 inch mortar firing. Investigators seek cause. Sixteen others hospitalized in varying conditions as the post has three sizes of howitzers and prepares a preliminary safety review.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Stewart
John Dobbs
Dobbs
Wichita
Jimmy N. McCain
David Mechem
Kan
Post
Daran Neal
William Biel
Army Safety Center
Fort Rucker
Ala
Army
Long
Farm policy blasted by NFU head over Bush-Ycutter stance
National Farmers Union President Lee Swenson warned in Wichita that Bush administration policy favors grain traders, risking lower prices and a new wave of farm debt. He criticized Youlter's background and urged a price support plan based on bushel quotas across all crops to restore profitability and encourage sustainable farming.
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Wichita, Kan
National Farmers Union
Lee Swenson
Swenson
Clayton Youlter
Chicago Board of Trade
East German refugees surge over Prague embassy fence
In Prague, about 1,882 East German refugees are registered inside the West German Embassy compound as heavy rain worsens conditions. Scattered by night, more than 100 climbed the fence. tents are crowded, with sleeping on stairs and shared cots. Red Cross and officials seek improvements and possible humanitarian aid from Czechoslovakia while Germany weighs progress after talks with Oskar Fischer and Hans-Dietrich Genscher.
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Czechoslovakia
Botho Prinz Zu Sayn- Wittgenstein
Red Cross
Foreign Ministry
Oskar Fischer
United Nations
New York
Hans Dietrich Genscher
Miroslav Pavel
Hungary
West Germany
Bonn
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Troy Emmons
Hubbard, Neb
Charles McCrossen
Mason, Ohio
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Jim Hogan
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