Breakthrough In Brain Chemistry Seen by Baylor Scientist
Dr Georges Ungar of Baylor College of Medicine reports isolating a rat brain chemical tied to learning and memory and says artificial replication shows potential for human use in treating memory impairment and certain mental retardation. He notes four to five artificial chemicals could aid basic learning in mentally retarded children.
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Chicago
Texas
Georges Ungar
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Ungar
Rew
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Malpractice premiums surge in Hawaii doctors face higher bills
Hawaii doctors report malpractice insurance premiums have doubled and in some cases risen sharply nationwide. Thorson cites premiums jumping from 800 to 8000 in a day, shifting costs to patients. State officials note new surcharges and higher rates to align with mainland trends amid carriers retreating from Hawaii.
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Honolulu
Hawaii Medical Association
Thomas Thorson
Insurance Information Institute
New York
Hawaii
St. Paul
Great American
First Insurance of
Hawaii Insurance & Guaranty
Clifford Miyoi
Miyoi
Mainland
Fighting Flares In Two Cambodian Towns
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops clash near Chambak and Tram Khaar two towns along the southern Cambodian supply corridor. Cambodian forces report casualties and a late night battle near Kompong Thom. Southeast of Phnom Penh the fighting extends to Krek and Svay Rieng fronts with Vietnamese and Allied responses.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
High Command
Chambak
Tram Khaar
South Vietnam
Kompong Thom
18Th Infantry Division
Krek
25Th Infantry Division
Svay Rieng
Bangkok
Anlong Veng
Thailand
U.S
Mekong
Allied
Saigon
Buckley Campaign Money From Fronts Revealed
A Buckley campaign report shows over 400000 dollars funneled through Washington front committees to conceal donor identities. One day saw 250000 dollars flow through groups such as League of Middle American Women and Scientists for Sensible Solutions to Pollution before reaching Buckley via 100 New York committees.
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Washington
Senate
James L. Buckley
New York
League of Middle American Women
Buckley
David R. Jones
Drug haul ends in arrests after early Fort Walton chase
Fort Walton Beach Police Officer W C Grigsby and Sheriff s Deputies nabbed Larry Wayne McGill 45 Garnett St Cinco Bayou for marijuana possession and paraphernalia bond set 10000. Vallard Daniels 214 Fliver St charged with reckless driving and attempting to allude a police officer plus peace warrant violation held on 782 bond. Scott Work 383 Okaloosa Road and Bruce Hall 316 Gardner Drive charged with attempting to allude a police officer bonds 30 and 152 respectively. The vehicle moved toward Fort Walton Square before all three suspects fled the scene while McGill remained in the car.
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Fort Walton Beach
W.C. Grigsby
Larry Wayne McGill
Garnett St
Cinco Bayou
Vallard Daniels
Fliver St
Daniels
Reubin Hendricks
Gill
Scott Work
Okaloosa Road
Bruce Hall
Gardner Drive
Work
Hall
Fort Walton Square
Grigsby
McGill
Maid of Cotton Pageant contestants arrive in Memphis
Twenty coeds arrive in Memphis to compete for the 1971 Maid of Cotton title. The 33rd winner will be chosen by seven judges and make her first appearance at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year’s Eve. The holder promotes the cotton industry during a year of travel to several countries.
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Memphis
United States
Canada
Korea
Japan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
India
Italy
France
Waste Heat For Cities Proposed By AEC Scientist
AEC scientist Sam E. Beall Jr. proposes using power plant waste heat to grow vegetables, pork, fish, and poultry in near city greenhouses and livestock housing. The plan, demonstrated on paper, aims to cut food transport costs and reduce thermal pollution.
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Sam E. Beall Jr
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tennessee
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Beall
Auxiliary Coast Guard Inspection to Begin in Playground Area
Detailed safety inspections of boats will be offered to owners in the Playground Area starting in January. The first inspection was Saturday by Clarence Foreman on the boat of E P Beaudoin, district commander of the U S Power Squadron. Ed Perkins urged owners to attend, noting decals mark compliance and that future dates and locations will be announced in coming weeks.
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Clarence Foreman
E.P .‘Bo” Beaudoin
U.S. Power Squadron
Ed Perkins
U.S. Coast Guard
E.P. “Bo” Beaudoin
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Glad-Bo
Women face discrimination in science say panelists
In Chicago at an AAAS meeting symposium, women panelists including Dr. Jeanette R. Piccard and Dr. Jean E. Simmons said gender bias persists in science. Piccard noted the NS Society refused to sponsor a flight for safety reasons citing motherhood, while Simmons urged women to speak up and push for change as attitudes shift.
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Chicago
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Jeanette R. Piccard
Minneapolis
National Geographic Society
Piccard
Jean E. Simmons
Basque Trial To End Today
Defense lawyers were summoned to Burgos as a five member military court martial nears sentencing of 16 Basque extremists. Prosecution seeks death for six defendants while officials deny any delay or rewrites amid the country’s political crisis under Gen. Francisco Franco following the ETA kidnapping of Eugen Bethlen.
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Madrid
Spain
Burgos
Eugen Bethl
Bethl
ETA
Francisco Franco
Holiday Death Toll At 463
The national holiday death toll reached 463 as the Christmas weekend ended. Travelers faced slick sections in Pennsylvania and Ohio with warnings issued while snow fell in the Great Plains Midwest and East. The traffic count ran from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Hotel Fire Kills Two Children in Queens
A six story Sanford Motor Hotel blaze in Flushing Queens late Saturday killed siblings Larry Anderson 14 and Lorrie 2 who were found in a rear stairwell. Brenda 12 was lightly injured and the mother Mary Anderson was hospitalized in shock. About 140 guests escaped and a group of sixteen others were left homeless from a nearby fire.
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New York
Larry Anderson
Lorrie
Sanford Motor Hotel
Flushing
Queens
Brenda
Flushing Hospital
Mary Anderson
Chile Radio Turns Nationalist as Gov Limits Music
Chile's leftist government orders radio stations to devote 40 percent of music to Chilean songs starting Jan 1, with 25 percent by Chilean composers and 15 percent to Chilean folkloric rhythms. Broadcasters dispute feasibility citing heavy foreign music popularity and live advertising bans from March 1.
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Santiago, Chile
Chile
Jaime Suarez
Eduardo MacDonald
Radio Presidente Balmaceda
Santiago
U.S
Britain
France
Italy
Radio Balmaceda
MacDonald
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