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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1998
Page
2
In northeastern Argentina heavy rains caused floods that killed 10 and damaged crops across six provinces. About 56,000 people were evacuated as rivers Parana and Uruguay overflowed, with relief efforts including sandbag barriers and donated aid.
Victoria Supreme Court expanded the ban to include supporters on the picket line at Melbourne wharves. Australian Council of Trade Unions official Greg Combet vowed to defy the order, saying it would provoke a stronger community reaction.
A federal jury ruled anti abortion leaders and two groups used threats and violence in a nationwide extortion campaign to shut clinics. Damages total $258,000 under RICO. triple damages could reach about 1,600 clinics. Defendants vow appeal as protests may continue in a more prayerful tone.
New York reports doctors like John Stripling of Atlanta filling up to 25 Viagra call-ins daily using a stamp to speed prescriptions. Pfizer's pill, priced around seven dollars wholesale, requires sexual stimulation to work. IMS America notes Viagra now accounts for about 80 percent of new impotence scripts as demand bursts following its release earlier this month.
Rev. Jesse Jackson considers a third Democratic run with Rainbow-PUSH Coalition saying a final decision will come in November. Spokesman Xen Jakubowski stresses the move is deadly serious and not frivolous.
Preliminary trials involving 19,000 postmenopausal women suggest raloxifene can prevent breast cancer without the uterine cancer risk linked to tamoxifen. Results to be presented next month at the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Los Angeles. reports appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
President Clinton urged Congress to pass strict anti smoking legislation to prevent 3000 children daily from starting the habit. He criticized big tobacco and urged lawmakers to act in the public interest over industry pressure.
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