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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1976
Page
3
University of Louisville doctors report in JAMA that 13 young women taking oral contraceptives developed liver tumors. Nine tumors were benign and four malignant. patients were healthy with no prior liver disease.
Patricia Hearst and jurors planned a confidential tour of the two closet spaces in Berkeley and Daly City where she says she was held during her kidnapping. The tour aimed to show the cramped confinement and a later ghetto hold, tied to her testimony about the SLA. The bank visit was canceled due to security and insurance issues.
Morocco and Algeria dispute fighting in the Spanish Sahara with Rabat claiming Algerian troops recaptured Amghala oasis. Algeria denies involvement and a Polisario front angle appears in El Moudjahid.
The Vienna Society for the Breeding of Canaries donated many canaries to elderly residents, hoping to ease loneliness with small holiday pets. The move brought cheerful moments to senior citizens in Vienna homes.
Ronald Reagan won a decisive 268 votes at the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll while President Ford drew two. George Wallace received 51 votes and Roger MacBride 23 as conservatives favored Reagan over a third party bid.
President Ford confronts Congress over a 16.1 billion public service jobs bill and a 3.05 billion military aid bill. White House aides anticipate fighting the veto but seek to avoid delaying passage. The piece notes unemployment improves and outlines pending political maneuvers in both houses.
AP report recalls President George Washington’s fatal illness in 1799. Doctors ceased efforts after Washington asked to die, with Elisha Dick proposing a radical tracheotomy not performed. Dr. F Marc LaForce notes Washington’s upper respiratory trouble and his doctors’ reluctance to pursue untested procedures. Washington died at 67 around midnight December 14 after a sequence of bleeding and waning strength.
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