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• 01/01/1970 : Chicken producers debate 'natural' label (AP) (business) :
  AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.
• 01/01/1970 : Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers (AP) (health) :
  AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
• 01/01/1970 : DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic (AP) (health) :
  AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
• 01/01/1970 : NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP) (us) :
  AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
• 01/01/1970 : New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans (AP) (us) :
  AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.