Study links long term estrogen pills to higher breast cancer risk
A Swedish study of 23,244 postmenopausal women found a 10 percent increase in breast cancer risk after six years of estrogen use. Researchers led by Leif Bergkvist note the finding supports earlier concerns about estrogen and breast cancer, though many other studies found no link.
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Louise Brinton
National Cancer Institute
Leif Bergkvist
University Hospital
Uppsala
Sweden
New England Journal of Medicine
Methadone Plan Questioned By GAO and DEA Critics
Washington studies from the General Accounting Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration challenge an expanded methadone access plan intended to curb AIDS spread among heroin users. Rep. Charles B. Rangel warns methadone is not a cure for heroin addiction despite the aim to reduce needle sharing.
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Washington
Charles B. Rangel
D-N.y
House
Select Committee On
Rangel
Department of Health and Human Services
General Accounting Office
Drug Enforcement Administration
Clean Air Bill Could Cost Consumers
Washington leaders say the Bush clean air proposal could raise costs for businesses and consumers yet remains the best chance to end a decade-long stalemate. Industry groups praised regional emission controls but warned some measures could slash profits and push costs onto consumers.
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Washington
Tsush
William Fay
Environmental
Petroleum, Chemical and
Auto Industries
Clean Air Working Group
Fay
Blacks Launch Defiance Campaign in South Africa
The Mass Democratic Movement organized a nationwide defiance protest as blacks and Indians sought treatment at whites-only hospitals in Johannesburg and Durban. Dozens of protesters were arrested in Johannesburg. no violence at the eight hospitals targeted.
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Zohan Bun
Sout Arica
Johannesburg
Durban
Mass Democratic Movement
Addington Hospital
Airlines Cut Weekend Fares Sparks Fare War
Continental Airlines cut weekend fares to 75 dollars each way through Labor Day on most non stop flights and 100 dollars transcontinental. Northwest and Alaska matched the cuts quickly. Tickets must be bought round trip and are non refundable.
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Houston
Continental Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Alaska Airlines
Continental
More Astronaut Deaths Likely Report Says
Washington report to Congress warns more astronauts may be killed as space missions become routine. It notes Challenger’s 1986 disaster kept shuttle reliability at 96.5 percent with other estimates suggesting up to 98 percent mission success, and highlights rising risk if fewer orbiters are used for station assembly and cargo.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
OTA
Shuttle
Challenger
NASA
Columbia
Discovery
Atlantis
Chalenger
Endeavour
Kiszczak elected in Communist victory in Poland
In Warsaw Parliament elected Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak as premier candidate for a Communist led government amid Solidarity opposition. The vote 237 to 173 with 10 abstentions, as Solidarity seeks accountability for the economy, and price controls lift on basics amid shortages and inflation.
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Warsaw
Poland
Czeslaw Kiszczak
Kor
Communist Party
Kiszczak
Peasant Party
Solidarity
Free Trade Union Movement
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Sejm
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Rakowski
Ater
Peasant
Kisczak
Apara ‘Ment
Aleksander Benikowski
Jaruzelski
William Lucas Could Get Interim Job
Washington reports the Justice Department weighs William Lucas for an interim chief civil rights enforcer role after Senate Judiciary Committee rejection. Senator Bob Dole suggested a recess appointment as Thornburgh studies legality while White House aides weigh risks of denying Congress.
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Washington
Justice Department
William Lucas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Bob Dole
Kan
Lucas
Dick Thornburgh
Raw Politi
Bush
Congress
Consultants Were Paid Millions In HUD Projects
A HUD Inspector General report says twenty consultants earned over 9.7 million guiding HUD funds to developers in a few states. Many were ex-HUD employees or allied Republicans. The inquiry cites payments by developers to secure about one fifth of HUD war repair funds and notes looming billing adjustments amid scrutiny. Joseph Strauss, former assistant to Samuel Pierce Jr., made nearly 1.7 million.
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Washington
Senate
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Paul Adams
House Government Operations
Lance Wilson
Samuel Pierce Jr
Wilson
Adams
Fred Bush
Luxembourg
Bush
Joseph Strauss
Rains From Chantal Delay Texas Search For Missing Riggers
Remnants of Hurricane Chantal drenched central Texas driving heavy rains and tornadoes while divers resumed search for 10 oil rig crewmen missing after Avco 5 capsized off Morgan City Louisiana. Two deaths blamed on Chantal included a man from a Gulf platform and a Bryan teenager.
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Chantal
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
High Island
College Station
Waco
Dallas-Fort Worth
Chevron
New Orleans
Bryan
Morgan City
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