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Every incoming President of the Philippines has taken office with a vow to clean up the corruption that plagues the nation, and the country's new leader is no exception. In fact, Ferdinand Marcos' main campaign plank was a promise to weed out crooked officials and halt the illicit traffic in whisky, cigarettes and luxury goods that cheats the national treasury of an annual $125 million in import duties. It is a huge task, but Marcos has got off to an impressively early start...
...possibility that the pills may not be totally safe is dismissed by some experts as inconsequential in the face of the immense good which they could do in overcrowded countries, Plank said. "But the world-wide imperative for limited procreation can not make them safe...
Speaking last week to a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Plank stressed that the birth control pill must not be thought of as a "panacea" for the population problems of such countries as India, where the people are economically underprivileged, highly agrarian, and often illiterate...
...Plank's remarks followed a presentation by Dr. Gregory Pincus, who is known as the "father" of the pill, on the advantages of physiological control of conception. Dr. Plank, however, urged "continued cautious assessment" of the safety of the progestin-estrogen pills...
...Plank, who is president of the Massachusetts Planned Parenthood League, pointed out that there are many weaknesses in the claims that the pill can significantly decrease maternal and infant mortality and improve social and mental health...