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Photograph article dated February 13, 1961 partially reads, "Los Angeles homicide detectives said today that the arrest of a Reseda physician as an abortionist suspect halted operation of a $250,000-a-year abortion mill. Police said Dr. Francis Edgar Ballard, 47, was arrested about 6 p.m. at his combination office-home, 7446 Darby Ave. He was booked at Central Jail in Los Angeles on suspicion of abortion."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Abortion--United States Pregnancy, Unwanted--California--Los Angeles Abortion services--California--Los Angeles Physicians--California--Los Angeles Arrest--California--Los Angeles Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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