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NEW YORK (AP) — Fearful
of violence, a research organiza
tion is conducting the first na
tionwide study of the French
abortion pill RU-486 without
saying where the work is being
done or how many clinics are
participating in the task.
“You may have noticed there
are some nuts out there who do
bad things to people who deliver
abortions,” said Dr. C. Wayne
Bardin, research director at the
Population Council, the nonprof
it group sponsoring the study.
More than 100 women have
been given the pill since Septem
ber as part of the $8 million
study, which could make the drug
routinely available in the United
States by 1996, Bardin said.
The availability of RU-486,
now called mifepristone, will not
be advertised, Bardin said
Thursday at a news conference.
Women coming to clinics for sur
gical abortions will be quietly
taken aside and advised of the
new option, he said.
Security guards were posted
at the entrance to the news con
ference in a New York hotel. Re
porters were asked to show iden
tification before being admitted.
The study is aimed at deter
mining the safety and effective
ness of RU-486. When it is com
pleted in the spring of 1995, an
application for approval of the
abortion pill be submitted to the
Food and Drug Administration,
which has promised to expedite
its review, Bardin said.
“It is a tragedy that pro-abor
tion advocates want to use
women as guinea pigs," Wanda
Franz, president of the National
Right to Life Committee, said in a
statement. “NRLC opposes test
ing of RU-486 for abortion both
because it kills unborn children
and because its long-term side ef
fects for women are unknown.”
Bardin said more than 12
and fewer than 20 clinics are
involved in the study. It will
include 2,100 woraeni
who are in the first two®
of pregnancy.
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nounced that its clinics
the country are participate
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Inspectors fine Wendy’s for skimpy burgeis
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A
patty raid on a Wendy’s has left
inspectors asking “Where’s the
beef?” and others wondering
“What’s the beef?”
Tests on 24 uncooked patties
Wednesday found 22 weren’t
quarter-pounders as advertised,
several as much as a quarter-
ounce light.
City inspectors grabbed the
whole batch of 960 patties and
fined Wendy’s $100 a burger, or
$96,000, in keeping with state
law and federal Department of
Agriculture guidelines.
The fine for skimpy burgers
was the first in the 25-year his
tory of Wendy’s Internal
Inc., the nation’s thirdlars
hamburger chain, co
spokesman Denny Lynch
The patty inspections
follow-up to an August raid:
also found underweight buii
at the Wendy’s in the city'
ney section.
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cerned,” Slocum said. “He asked the officer who
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officer said he didn’t know. Apparently someone’s
telling (the media) a whole lot more than they’re
telling Antonio.”
Slocum said he has no idea what Armstrong
thought the summons meant.
“I would be totally speculating,” Slocum said,
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The 1994-95 Texas A&M University Campus Directory
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cardboard box, etc.) and place it with the rest of your recyclables. You may want to discuss this with your custodial staff or whomever takes care of
recycling or your building. Also, a two-day, on-campus phone book drive is planned for old phone books. The drive will take place Nov. 17 & 18.
Watch for more information about this event in the future.
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