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In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[â ]
1971KateÅina Jacques, Czech translator and politician[â ]
KateÅina Jacques is a Czech Green Party politician. She was elected to the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the June 2006 election, representing the Prague electoral district. Before the election she was director of the human rights section of the prime minister's office. She gained media attention when she was assaulted by a policeman while protesting against a neo-Nazi rally on 1 May 2006.
NJ Gov Cahill sings bill empowering state to regulate use of pesticides with aim of encouraging use of biological control agents rather than chem agents that conservationists and health officials have called menace to humans, wildlife and ecology
Rockefeller adm sources say 'summit meeting' between Rockefeller and Lindsay on revenue pkg is highly unlikely; rept Rockefeller, Brydges and Duryea oppose further negotiations and are concentrating on obtaining enough Repub votes to pass $450-million pkg; say cut in pkg to make it more palatable to econ-minded legislators is possible; Rockefeller, Brydges and Duryea discuss pkg, meeting, Albany
Nixon pledges 'natl offensive' to counter drug addiction problem among servicemen, news conf; says he discussed situation with Defense Dept and will give it 'highest-priority attention at all levels'; says action will include talks with Saigon Govt which has a 'special responsibility' for halting drug supply
US Sup Ct, 5-4, rules that if a motorist erases a traffic accident judgment by going bankrupt, a state cannot suspend his driving privileges pending payment of judgments; declares unconst Ariz 'financial responsibility' law similar to laws in all states except Mass; E F Kearney, dir of Natl Com on Uniform Traffic Laws, says decision will probably prompt majority of states to require all drivers to purchase ins before they can own a car
WHO is Harry Hellerman and why is he saying those terrible things about me?—Advt.
article on 1st anniv of quake that killed 40,000 to 50,000 persons in Huaylas valley and coastal fishing areas from Chimbote to Barrancas; describes problems facing current reconstruction projects, especially in hardest hit towns of Huaras and Yungay; notes 20,000 families are still living in prov shelters in disaster area; revs relief efforts of US and other nations; illus; map
NYC Addiction Services Agency head Finney, in confidential memo to Lindsay, expresses strong reservations about proposal; warns that, in guise of research, proposal could be used as 'entering wedge' that would involve large segments of population; raises liklihood of strong opposition to plan by leaders of minority groups; asks for precautions as prelude to any likelihood of plan; details; opposition to plan noted
4 counties closest to NYC cited as example of Balkanization of govt; nationally, there are 18,048 municipalities, 17,105 twps, 3,049 counties, 21,782 school dists and 21,264 other special dists, most of them tax-levying
Nixon lauds Washington, DC, police behavior during Mayday protests and says charges that const rights were violated by mass arrests are an 'exaggeration', news conf; seems agitated as newsmen press him with 4 questions on arrest procedures; says he hopes police will handle similar protests in other cities as well as this was handled
More than 1/2 of licensed physicians and pharmacists in Huntington, U, in what is described as 1st such agreement in nation, agree voluntarily to stop prescribing and dispensing amphetamines except in cases of narcolepsy and hyperkinosis, 2 diseases for which drug is recognized treatment; Suffolk County Med Soc narcotics task force chmn Dr M Gordon says that there has been widespread abuse of amphetamines, particularly in treatment of obesity and depression, and that there are far better alternative methods of treatment for both conditions, news conf; says that it is felt by area residents' and physicians that it is necessary to crack drug sequence for all members of community; former County Med Soc pres Dr M K Rosen comments; AMA and FDA spokesmen discuss possible effects of action in other parts of nation; details
EVERY WEEK, more than 26,000 Jobs are advertised in The New York Times. See the Employment. Columns today.—Advt.