Kimberly Clark Sues P&G Over Diaper Market Monopoly
Kimberly Clark countersued Procter & Gamble in Dallas alleging an unlawful monopoly in disposable diapers and accusing P G of anti competitive patent strategy. P G seeks to block Kimberly Clark from selling Huggies with current elastic waistband claimed as patent infringement. In Washington NIH AIDS study leaders plan to reassess AZT trials as promising results alter trial design.
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Dallas
Kimberly-Clark Corp
U.S
Procter & Gamble Co
Kimberly-Clark
P&G’s
Raychem Corp
Britain eyes Soviet ride for first astronaut by 1990
Britain weighs space cooperation with the Soviet Union after talks planned in Moscow. Roy Gibson of the National Space Center says Britain would welcome an offer to orbit a Briton, not just a ride around the block.
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London
Britain
Earth
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Roy Gibson
British National Space Center
Times of London
The
Financial Times
U.S
AIDS Swine Fever Link Not Found Says CDC Expert
Dr. James Curran of the Centers for Disease Control reports no evidence of AIDS virus in pigs or swine fever virus in humans with AIDS after Florida experiments. He says the AIDS cause remains HTLV-III or LAV despite ongoing debate. French researchers reach the same conclusion.
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Atlanta
James Curran
National Centers For Disease Control
Florida
Curran
Bipartisan energy efficiency bill clears House on clock
An unusual coalition of manufacturers and environmentalists pushes national standards for large household appliances. The House approved the bill by voice vote and sent it to the Senate as the 1986 session ends, with a possible Senate vote planned.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Edward Markey
D-Mass
U S Embassy Aide Seeks Remains in Border Town
An American embassy official arrived in Aranyapratheth near the Cambodian border to seek the remains the Khmer People's National Liberation Front claims to have found. The guerrillas demand payment for the remains and say the bones belong to a U S Navy sailor and a journalist killed in 1972 during the Khmer Rouge conflict.
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Aranyaprathet
Thailand
U.S
Cambodia
Bangkok
Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
U.S. Navy
Phnom Penh
Health insurance gaps rise in United States in 1984
The Employee Benefit Research Institute reports almost 35 million Americans lacked health coverage in 1984, up 15 percent from 1982. The two year rise followed the 1982 recession as jobs moved from employers offering coverage.
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Washington
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Security Zone Firm As Israeli Troops Are Dispersed
Israeli forces largely pulled back from the Lebanon border as Defense Minister Rabin vowed to retaliate if attacks continue on the SLA. Shamir said troop buildup signals support for SLA against Hezbollah and Amal. Peres questioned SLA strength. Syrian threats followed amid border tensions and Lebanon’s buffer zones remained closed.
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Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Lebanon
South Lebanon
Rabin
Israel Radio
Antoine Laird
Hezbollah
Amal
Yitzhak Shamir
South
Shamir
SLA
Shimon Peres
Peres
United States
Canada
Metalla
Hafez Assad
Bekaa Valley
Arab League
Peres and Shevardnadze to pursue Israel Soviet ties
Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze agreed at a 70 minute meeting to continue contacts toward normalization. They discussed restoring diplomatic ties and Soviet participation in the Middle East peace process and proposed a prep committee for an international conference.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Shimon Peres
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
United Nations
New York
Kremlin
Helsinki
Finland
Peres
Ben-Gurion International
Soviet Union
Shevardnadze
Middle East
Burden of Malpractice Insurance Hits Hospitals and Doctors
A congressional GAO study finds medical malpractice insurance costs rose from 2.5 to 4.7 billion dollars between 1983 and last year, with obstetrics and gynecology costs up 72 percent. Doctors’ self employed costs up 45 percent as hospitals and physicians absorb more expense.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Investigative Agency of Congress
GAO
America
American Medical Association
Aquino Receives Marcos Assets and Cash in New Jersey Estate
American lawyers turned over more than $1 million in cash and a colonial era estate in New Jersey to the Philippine government. Corazon Aquino praised the move as a message that dictators cannot loot nations with impunity. The six bedroom house in Lawrence Township, bought in 1975 for Marcos’s daughter Imee, and $500,000 in cash were declared property of the Filipino people. About $200,000 had been previously turned over. Remaining furnishings and valuables are still sought.
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Ferdinand Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Aquino
New Jersey
Clive Cummis
Government of the
Philippines
Marcos
Trenton
N.J
Cummis
Lawrence Township
Imee
Princeton University
Bradley Subpoenaed In House Drug Probe
Greenville Republican Rep. Phil Bradley was subpoenaed to testify before the Richland County grand jury on October 21 regarding illegal drug use by legislators. Solicitor James C. Anders warned of obstruction charges if he withholds information. Bradley had claimed some House members used cocaine on the floor but did not name them.
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Greenville
Richland County Grand Jury
James C. Anders
Phil Bradley
Anders
Bradley
Associated Press
Aiken Standard Office and Contact Information
The notice lists subscription and advertising contact numbers for the Aiken Standard and provides office hours and location. It states customer service hours 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sundays, with offices at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing address Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken
S.C
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