Alkylating Cancer Drugs Tie to Leukemia Risk
National Cancer Institute researchers report ovarian cancer patients treated with alkylating chemotherapy show a marked increase in a second cancer risk, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. Among 5455 patients, 13 developed leukemia, a 21fold rise versus general population, rising to 171fold for those followed over two years.
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Warren E. Leary
Denver (Ap
National Cancer Institute
Vincent T. DeVita
NCI
DeVita
Ronald R. Reimer
Robert Hoover
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr
Robert C. Young
Gas Tax May Aid Mass Transit
The House Ways and Means Committee hears Transportation Secretary Brock Adams propose using gasoline tax proceeds for mass transit and related programs rather than issuing rebates. The plan includes increments up to 50 cents a gallon by 1979, with funds split among transit, energy research, and state transportation projects.
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House
Carter
Transportation
Brock Adams
Congress
Adams
Ways and Means
Rep
al Ullman
D-Ore
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Ullman Sa
Senate
Department of Energy
Ways and Means Committee
FDA Opens Hearings on Saccharin Ban and Uses
The Food and Drug Administration begins two days of hearings led by Commissioner Donald Kennedy on its plan to ban saccharin from diet foods and soft drinks. About 49 people seek to testify as industry groups consumer groups and diabetics oppose the ban. Kennedy notes Canadian rat studies used high doses and explains the risk assessment while proposing saccharin remain sold as an over the counter drug to curb use by 90 percent. Companies get six months to prove safety and effectiveness under new rules.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Donald Kennedy
Kennedy
Science
House
Representatives
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Insurance, Utilities and Financial Institutions Committee
National Right To Work Committee
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Susan E. Staub
Washington, D.C
Carter May Hold Citizen Conference
President Carter weighs a nationally televised citizens news conference after a Los Angeles session broadcast locally. He toured drought hit California including Fresno and met with UAW delegates while warning of potential national drought impacts.
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Carter
Washington
Los Angeles
California
White House
United Auto Workers
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
Burdell Moore
Watts
Air Force One
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Menahem Begin filed a claim to form Israel's next government as early results show Likud winning 41 of 120 seats versus Labor's 33. Arab states warn of war risk, while Begin pledges coalition talks including the National Religious party to form a new government.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menahem Begin
Labor Party
Kuwait
Begin
Likud
Carter
Middle East
Knesset
Labor
New Democratic Movement For Change
National Religious Party
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City Beautification Debate Sparks Right of Way Talks
Mayor Donald Barrett urges balance in East State Street beautification plans while a snarl threatens the Ohio Appalachian Highway segment from Williamsburg to Mt. Crab. State officials still target bid by year end as news pages note broader political and sports contexts.
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East State Street
Donald Barrett
Williamsburg
Mt. Crab
Nardi dies in bombing tied to organized crime links
John A. Nardi, who long denied mob ties, died Tuesday in what police call a professional gangland style bombing in Cleveland. Weather forecasts note variable cloudiness and warm humidity with chances of thundershowers tonight and Thursday.
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Cleveland
John A. Nardi
House to Pass Ohio Voter Bill Amid GOP Opposition
In Columbus Democratic leaders push a measure allowing election day registration despite GOP protests. Speaker Vernal G. Riffe Jr. touts safeguards and broad participation while Republicans threaten a referendum if it passes.
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Ohio
House
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
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Boston
GOP
Senate
House Elections Committee
James A. Rhodes
John Timothy McCormack
Police couple dead after quarrel in Louisville
In Louisville two police detectives, Claude Downs and Gwen Downs, both with prior marriages and children, died after a domestic dispute ended with Downs fatally shooting his wife then killing himself. Chief Nevin noted police stress and planned support programs for affected families.
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Louisville Police Department
Gwen
Downs
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John Nevin
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