Experimental Hepatitis B Vaccine Shows High Efficacy
An AP report from New York details a large trial of an experimental hepatitis B vaccine derived from carriers' blood. It reduced hepatitis B cases from 25 percent to 3.6 percent in participants, with full protection in those completing the three-shot series. Potential to prevent liver cancer is possible but requires years of further study.
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New York
Africa
Asia
Szmuness
United States
Samuness
Top Pesticide Firms Dominate
The Agriculture Department report shows concentration rising in the farm pesticide industry from 1966 to 1976 with leading firms accounting for large shares of soybean insecticides and corn herbicides. Nine major manufacturers controlled 71 percent of farmer purchases in 1976, while the top firms increasingly dominate across herbicides and insecticides as markets shift and new controls replace older products.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Polish Students Eye Labor's Lead
Polish colleges begin the new academic year amid calls for decentralization and more democracy in student life. Independent Student Association forms in Gdansk to rival the Socialist Union of Polish Students, seeking elected rectors and student councils, with broader pluralism and less Communist Party influence.
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Warsaw
Poland
Independent Trade ‘Union Movement
Gdansk
Independent Student Association
Socialist Union of Polish Students
Independent
Trade Union Movement
Lech Walesa
Ministry of Higher Education
Jacek Czaputowicz
Warsaw University
Socialist Union
Communist Party
Gdansk University
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New York Blood Center
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Fut Onerts Center
Keebler
S. Main
A&p
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ZESTA
Pete
Wheeling
Hubbard Lumber
Kansas
GMC
Ceeres
John Deere
Krause
Satoh FU
Clee
Ottawer
Hera
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