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...leader, swept into Warsaw last week for the last round of talks that are expected to lead to the normalization of relations between Poland and West Germany. The dispute focuses on West Germany's reluctance to comply with the Polish demand that the Oder-Neisse boundary, which ceded one-fourth of prewar Germany to Poland, should be recognized as final (see story, page 35). Also unresolved is the question of the ethnic Germans, believed to number 100,000, who still live in Poland. Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Jedrychowski insists that only those Germans with direct family ties in West...
...nearly 16,000 cast over six-term Republican incumbent Hastings Keith, while the antiwar campaign of Democrat Bertram A. Yaffe appeared headed for defeat at the hands of long-time Republican Twelfth District congresswoman Margaret Heckler, who led by more than 7000 votes out of 43,000 cast with one-fourth of the votes counted...
Once a relative rarity, malpractice suits are now common throughout the U.S. In California alone, such cases increased 4% from 1966 to 1969. According to the American Medical Association, one-fourth of all U.S. physicians will be sued for malpractice before the end of their careers. Those most likely to be affected are neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists, obstetricians and general surgeons. Those least likely: small-town ophthalmologists...
...will become effective if approved by one-fourth of the 400 House members, or if the PRG can gain 100 signatures on a special petition...
...principle of the Trash Masher," says Whirlpool, "has been used in auto junkyards* but never before in the kitchen. It could cut a city garbage-disposal budget by one-fourth if widely used." Anticipating such use, Whirlpool has switched production at one of its factories from washers to Mashers, is manufacturing...