'Poison' a Film Filled With Pain, Fear By Michael Wilmington, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. \o7 The following is a shorter version of a review of "Poison" that was published in Calendar on April 3, when the film was singled out by a conservative citizens group because of a grant that filmmaker Todd Haynes received from the National Endowment for the Arts. It has been shown in Los Angeles but just started a two-week run Sunday at the Ken, its San Diego debut\f7
PLATFORM : Blood Donors By Don Poletiek, \o7 DON POLETIEK, a Huntington Beach resident who faces coronary bypass surgery Thursday, will probably require about four pints of blood during the operation. He commented on the problems with nation's blood supply:\f7
PLATFORM : What Next? By Dr. Howard L. Lang, \o7 Dr. HOWARD L. LANG, president of the California Medical Assn., says the U.S. Supreme Court ruling forbidding doctors in federally subsidized clinics from counseling their patients about abortion has grim implications for advocates of a national health-care system. According to Lang:\f7