Southland focus scientist leads cancer society high risk hunt
Dr. Justin Stein, new president of the American Cancer Society, urges study of environmental factors such as smog and chemicals in cancer causes. He promotes identifying high risk groups, backs a $3 million nationwide program to screen 100,000 patients, and notes regional growth for Southern California in cancer research.
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Thomas D. Elias
Justin Stein
Southern California
American Cancer Society
UCLA
Stein
The
Cancer Society
America
Southland
California
Los Angeles County
USC
Dear Ann Landers column on marriage and stuttering
Saturday December 22, 1973 El Ann Landers answers readers on child support obligations and a cautionary tale about a theater scam. It also advises an adult stutterer seek speech therapy and emotional help, urging reporting fraud to BBB and chamber.
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Ann Landers
Lisa
Ann
Oyster genders vary across coasts United Press
United Press International reports that most Atlantic Coast oysters begin life as males and many become female within a year, balancing to a one to one ratio. In contrast Pacific Coast oysters are hermaphroditic.
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United Press International
Pacific Coast
Early 1976 Presidential Pre Campaign Buildup
As 1976 approaches a flurry of aspirants from both parties test the waters. Percy and Mondale probe runs, Connally tours, Reagan hints at non candidacy yet campaigns, Rockefeller shifts focus to commissions, and a broader field weighs potential bids. The move emphasizes avoiding the first public judgment while seeking to shape the field before any official declaration.
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McGovern
Charles Percy
R-Ill
General Accounting Office
Percy
Walter Mondale
Dminn
Phillip Hughes
GAO
Federal Elections Office
John Connally
Texas
Kennedy
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Mississippi
Memphis
Republican Governors Association
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
White House
Skylab crew builds own Christmas tree
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald P. Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue built a Christmas tree aboard the space station while tracking Comet Kohoutek. They planned to trim it later and joked about using spare parts, as engineers worked to stabilize the ship’s gyroscopes during ongoing solar, celestial, and Earth observations.
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Houston
UPI
Kohoutek
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Carr
Mission Control
William Thornton
Thornton
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Scientist Spurs Cancer Society
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L.A
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Chamber of Commerce
Arnold B. Sawislak
Washington
George McGovern
Barry Goldwater
Mondale
George Romney
Edmund Muskie
Skylab Crew
Gibson
Earth
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