DES in 1950s Chicago pregnancy trial linked to later cancer risk
The 1950 52 Chicago study gave 840 pregnant women diethylstilbestrol DES or placebo to test pregnancy risk reduction. Later research linked DES exposure to vaginal cancer in daughters, with one death. Follow up letters to participants are being sent as investigators consider cancer risk and monitoring for offspring.
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Chicago
Boston
Food and Drug Administration
Des
Charles McCartney
University of Chicago
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
William J. Dieckmann
McCartney
Dieckmann
Frederick P. Zuspan
Zuspan
William Dieckmann
New England Journal of Medicine
Arthur Herbst
Howard Ulfelder
David Poskanzer
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Better Rice Harvest Predicted In Minnesota This Year
The Minnesota wild rice season opened Aug. 23 and an official from the Department of Natural Resources described it as probably better than last year. Prices cited were about 55 cents a pound for good green rice, with yield estimates of 40 to 80 pounds per acre for hand harvested grain and up to 30 000 acres of wild rice possible when conditions favor the crop.
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Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources
Dick Tarte
Division of Enforcement, Field Services
DNR
Eken names Rep L J Lee campaign chairman for 2B bid
Representative Eken Nunes announces Bagley legislator Rep L J Lee as campaign chairman for District 2B race. Lee, a 12 year Minnesota House member and respected assistant minority leader, pledges counsel and a focus on rural agricultural district interests.
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Eken Nunes
Willis Eken
House
L.J. Lee
Bagley
Eken
Lee
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Rep. Eken
Freed after 31 hour nightmare in Queens wreck
Kenneth Thomas survived 31 hours trapped under a car with his companion Matthew Buckley in a Cross Island and Southern State parkways crash. Buckley died. Thomas was rescued by a passerby who alerted police after his wife reported him missing. He received minor injuries.
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New York
Kenneth Thomas
Thomas
Matthew Buckley
Long Island
Buckley
Cross Island
Southern State
Tom
Massapequa
Defense drops representation in White House bugging suit
The Justice Department will not defend White House aide Charles Colson and Secret Service official Alfred Wong in a $1 million civil suit tied to five men accused of bugging Democratic headquarters. Judge Charles Richey barred defense due to a criminal investigation, citing a conflict of interest. Colson had hired E Howard Hunt, linked to the accused. Wong allegedly urged James W McCord to join REs security team.
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Washington
Justice Department
White House
Secret Service
Department
U.S
Colson
CIA
E. Howard Hunt
Wong
James W. McCord
Juvenile training center planned for Bemidji area
The Northwestern Minnesota Training Center to be built near Bemidji moves from site planning to cost analysis. Midwest Planning and Research and Liebenberg Kaplan and Glottler are calculating construction and program costs. Target occupancy next summer with $235,000 annual Crime Commission funding for two years and an extra $91,000 state funds, contingent on county match. If Bemidji State College space is used, funding could be reduced by more than half.
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Northwestern
Minnesota
Bemidji
Midwest Planning and Research Incc
Liebenberg, Kaplan and Glottler
St. Paul
Bemidji State College
Crime Commission
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National General Pictures
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Kay
Mary Ann Glawe
Detroit Lakes
Miss Stapleton
Sean Stapleton
Madge
Cindy Rechtziger
Rosemount
Susanne Bruggeman
Thief River Falls
Roxanne Rozeboom
Murdock
Beverly Olson
Blue Earth
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Florida
Irving
Allenwood
Peoples Natural Gas
Peoples Natural Gas Division
Northern Natural Gas Company
Beltrami Ave
Third Street
Betty Crocker
Gelacup
Westinghouse
Mennen‘s
General Mills
Mens
MU - MU
Mens & Boys
Hoover Upright Hoover Dial-a-Matic
Electrolux
Eureka Cannister
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