Secretary Lifts Moratorium on Flu Vaccines
Washington AP The moratorium on flu vaccinations was lifted allowing elderly and chronically ill to receive shots to protect against A Victoria flu in a Miami nursing home. The change also covers swine flu vaccines as no separate strains exist. Secretary Califano kept the serum only ban for swine flu citing no current outbreak and continuing concerns over Guillain Barré Syndrome risks.
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Washington
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
United States
Miami
Califano
Officials say level of flu here normal
Roswell health officials hospitals and schools report no unusual outbreak of colds flu and other upper respiratory infections this year. Dr Barbour notes the toll is normal for this time of year and fewer flu patients than last year. Mandated vaccine moratorium lifted for certain vaccines as panel weighs options.
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L. J. Barbour
Barbour
Fran Gray
Memorial Osteopathic
Mexican president urges shared approach on drugs and braceros
President Jose Lopez Portillo says he will press President Carter in Washington to clarify U.S. aims on drug arrests in Mexico and to address Mexicans working illegally in the United States. He calls braceros laborers not criminals and urges two-way solutions—home employment and regulated U.S. labor demand—while noting a prisoner-exchange treaty awaiting U.S. action.
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Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
United States
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Lopez Portillo
Valle de Chinitos
Sinaloa
Carter
Braceros
U.S
New Mexico Candidate Varies for Carter Tourism Post
Fabian Chavez of New Mexico is among the final three contenders for the U S assistant secretary for tourism. Chavez, former state tourist director 1971 75 and current director of the Department of Development, may be called to Washington for an interview. He liaises with the legislature and Gov. Apodaca during the session.
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Record Capitol Bureau
Santa FE
Land of Enchantment
New Mexico
Fabian Chavez
Jimmy Carter
Department of Commerce
Chavez
Washington
Department of Development
Jerry Apodaca
Roundhouse
Council of
Dissidents seek release for Ginzburg amid illness
More than 200 Soviet dissidents urged release of Alexander Ginzburg due to pneumonia and tuberculosis. U S officials in Washington expressed concern and urged humane treatment, noting his role distributing funds for political prisoners via Solzhenitsyn. Ginzburg, held near Kaluga on unspecified charges, faces jail deemed deadly to his health.
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Moscow
Alexander Ginzburg
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Washington
U.S. State Department
Carter
United States
Ginzburg
Valentin Turchin
Amnesty International
Kaluga
Wood submits right to work bill in New Mexico Senate
The long awaited right to work proposal was introduced by Sen. Bob Wood of Portales as a statute rather than a constitutional amendment. The bill would bar employment conditions tied to union membership or dues and authorize enforcement by district attorneys or the attorney general with applicability to new or renewed contracts after the act's effective date.
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Santa FE
Bob Wood
D.roosevelt-Chaves
Portales
Jerry Apodaca
Sen. Wood
Apodaca
Senate
Wood
New Mexico
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