Dick Gregory hunger strike amid Georgia prison protests
Seven civil rights marchers including Dick Gregory and two of Reverend Hosea Williams's sons vow to continue a hunger strike while jailed for violating a court order. They were arrested near Reidsville, await a tentative hearing, and seek to close the state prison, end the death penalty, and drop murder charges tied to a 1978 disturbance.
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Hopkins Stops Sex Change Operations After Study
Johns Hopkins Hospital, a pioneer of sex-change procedures in the United States, has halted performing them after research found no objective life improvements for patients. Since 1966, Hopkins supported the operations and has carried out about 100 procedures on transsexual patients seeking to assume the opposite sex.
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Younger women at highest rape risk in federal study
A federal study based on 26 cities finds women aged 16 to 24 face the greatest rape risk. The typical victim is poor and unmarried, with most assaults in public areas between 6 p.m. and midnight. Most attackers are strangers over 21, and resisting often yields injuries. Reports from Bridgeport and New York note a police officer undergoing sex-change surgery returns as Mary Collins.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Bridgeport, Conn
Kester Collins
Mary Collins
Boulevard Hospital
New York City
Chester Collins
Navy
Sequoia clones to be planted for lumber use
California researchers propose cloning Sequoia gigantea to expand lumber production. Dr Bill Libby of UC Berkeley says clones tolerate colder Sierra Nevada climates, enabling rapid growth to market timber in the West. The project, in cooperation with the U S Forest Service, aims to multiply the world’s largest trees beyond their natural groves.
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University of California
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Hospital industry fights new HEW rules
The hospital industry challenges federal rules intended to guarantee medical treatment for racial minorities and the poor. Lawyers for the poor say Sept. 1 implementation will improve access to care for millions nationwide, while insurers claim the regulations add costly, burdensome paperwork to underfunded facilities and prompt a lawsuit to block them.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dole labels Kennedy as real 1980 Democratic threat
Senate Republican Robert Dole, on CBS Face the Nation, says Edward Kennedy could be the Democratic nominee, arguing Carter’s resources are shrinking and Kennedy is articulate and tough for Republicans. In Memphis, U N Ambassador Andrew Young backs Carter for a second term, praising black appointments. Lillian Carter says she’ll campaign again if her son runs.
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