Chicago study fed DES to 840 pregnant women without consent
A Chicago hospital trial from 1950 to 1952 gave the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol to 840 pregnant patients in a double blind design to test its benefits. Later research linked DES exposure in pregnancy to vaginal cancer in daughters, prompting safety concerns and follow up with participants and their children.
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Bernard Gavzer
Associated Press
Chicago
Boston
Food and Drug Administration
Des
Charles McCartney
University of Chicago
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
William J. Dieckmann
McCartney
Dieckmann
Frederick P. Zuspan
Chicago Lying-in
Zuspan
William Dieckmann
New England Journal of Medicine
Arthur Herbst
Howard Ulfelder
David Poskanzer
Vincent Memorial Hospital
vasectomy may lead to ailments and risks
A Syracuse doctor reported new evidence suggesting birth control vasectomy operations may raise the risk of permanent sterility and ailments such as multiple sclerosis and arthritis. He cautioned findings are inconclusive and may not halt vasectomies.
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Washington
Syracuse
N.Y
John Bernard Henry
Henry
Upstate Medical Center
State University of New York
American Association of Blood Banks
Platform differ on oil imports
The Democratic and Republican platforms clash over oil imports with Democrats seeking to abolish import quotas and Republicans urging caution to avoid overreliance on foreign energy. The pieces note a shift from prior agreement on free trade and outline calls for a national energy program, greater domestic exploration, and diversified energy sources.
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Nixon
Rocky Mountains
George A. Lincoln
Department of Natural Resources
Congress
New Orleans may lose wheat shipment trade
New Orleans faces loss of much wheat shipment traffic as a grain exporter predicts Russia will favor bread wheat from Texas Gulf ports over New Orleans soft red winter wheat. C B Fox of C B Fox Grain Co expects Houston to secure 70 to 80 percent of wheat shipments, with New Orleans and nearby ports handling soybeans and corn instead.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
C.B. Fox
C.B. Fox Grain Co
Houston Post
Houston
Fox
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Russia
Edward S. Reed
New Orleans Dock
Texas
Galveston
Baton Rouge
Mobile
Ala
Bentsen doubts deep defense budget cuts possible
In Longview Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen says he supports trimming nondefense spending but rejects a $36 billion military cut. He warns that a $30 million defense reduction would materially endanger national security while addressing a civic luncheon as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Longview
Tex
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
George McGovern
McGovern
Bentsen
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon McGovern statements expected
AP report on anticipated major speeches by President Nixon and Senator McGovern. McGovern to unveil a welfare and tax reform plan while Nixon outlines his 12th Vietnam withdrawal statement. The piece notes Meany and AFL CIO neutrality, GAO investigations over campaign finance, and other campaign actions and reactions.
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John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
George McGovern
McGovern
New York Society of Security
Vietnam
South Dakota
Southeast Asia
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Chicago
Federation
George Meany
U.S
White House
Meany
COPE
General Accounting Office
GAO
Maurice Stans
GOP
Democratic
Richard G. Kleindienst
The
Washington Post
Justice Department
White corn prices may rise on small 1972 crop
The Agriculture Department reports a small 1972 white corn crop with 456 000 acres planted, less than half of 1971. Prices may move up later this year due to acreage cutbacks and a smaller overall crop projected at 4.9 billion bushels. Key producing states include Kentucky Illinois Tennessee Missouri Kansas Indiana Texas Iowa Nebraska and Ohio.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Statistical Reporting Service
USDA
Kanesas City
Soviet Union
Kentucky
Illinois
Tennessee
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Texas
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio
Italian PhD janitor finds work through jobs for older Americans
Giorgio Lena a 56 year old Italian immigrant with two doctorates and five languages moved to America to teach but ended up in Florida State University maintenance. After a failed global teaching hunt he joined the Jobs for Older Americans program in Tallahassee and now works moving furniture while seeking teaching opportunities.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Giorgio Lena
America
Lena
Florida State University
University of Turin
Italy
Ed Gurney
R-Fla
Gurney
Lan
Guages
Uruguay
Sweden
Florida State
FSU
Robert Turner
Florida
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Belgium
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Israel
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New York
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James Roosevelt
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Los Angeles
John G. Schmitz
Rcalif
Manhattan
Sen
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Republican National
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Adolf Hitler
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