Nader links cancer to corporate causes at Capitol Hill
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader told a Capitol Hill conference that cancer should be labeled corporate cancer because environmental causes, driven by corporate products, account for most cases. He cited subsidies for tobacco versus education funding and urged the public to view carcinogens from pesticides and chemicals as corporate.
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Craig A. Palmer
Washington
UPI
Ralph Nader
Nader
Capitol Hill
White House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House of Representatives
Richard Ottinger
D-N.y
Cor
Samuel Epstein
Case Western Reserve
National Cancer Institute
Frank Rauscher Jr
Late John Bailey Cleared in Conn Jai Alai Scandal
The Connecticut grand jury report clears John M. Bailey and J. Brian Gaffney of taking money from jai alai promoter David Friend. It hints Friend kept $200,000, while offering no proof of payments to the officials. Friend faces perjury and larceny charges and is free on bond awaiting trial.
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John Bailey
Conn
Hartford, Conn
UPI
John M. Bailey
J. Brian Gaffney
Bridgeport
David Friend
Superior Court
Harold Mulvey
Connecticut
Friend
Thomas
Thomas A. Thomas
Miami
Jai Alai
Teamsters Union
Bailey
Grand Jury
Gaming Commission
Gaffney
Florida
Rotarians Elect Austrian President Nominee for 1977 78
Wolfgang Wick of Klagenfurt Austria was chosen by the Rotary International nominating committee to be president for 1977 78. The selection was unanimous at Evanston headquarters and becomes final if no further nominations arrive by March 15 ahead of the June convention in New Orleans. Wick serves as vice chairman of Austro American Magnesite Co. in Radenthein Carinthia Austria.
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Evanston, Ill
UPI
Wolfgang Wick
Klagenfurt
Austria
Rotary International
Wick
Worldwide Service Association
Evanston
Rotary
New Orleans
Austro-American Magnesite Co
Radenthein
Carinthia
Dame Agatha Christie dies at 85 in Oxfordshire home
Dame Agatha Christie, renowned for Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, died peacefully at 85 in her Oxfordshire home after a year of illness from a fall. The prolific author, born Agatha Miller in 1890, wrote nearly 90 novels and 20 plays and saw her books translated into 103 languages, making her the most read British author. Her long career included The Mouse Trap, one of the world’s longest running plays, and she outlived Poirot by four months noted in her obituary.
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London
UPI
Dame Agatha Christie
Shakespeare
Dame Agatha
Hercule Poirot
Miss Marple
Oxfordshire
U.N
St. Mary Mead
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Poirot
Concorde Queried Over Spare Fuel Capacity
UPI reports John Leyden, head of the U S Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, calls for banning the Concorde from U S airspace due to insufficient spare fuel. He cites a 3650 mile maximum range, a 35 minute reserve, and FAA rules requiring 45 minutes of reserves.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
America
John Leyden
Paris
Federal Aviation Authority
Concorde
Leyden
American Airways
High court voids New York campaign speech law
The Supreme Court voided a New York law punishing misstatements and racial slurs in campaigns as too broad and chilling legitimate political speech. Justice Stevens, new to the bench, joined a unanimous ruling affirming the lower court. The court also addressed age beer access and no fault auto insurance matters, without ruling on substantial federal questions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New York
John Paul Stevens
William O. Douglas
Stevens
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Court to decide if IRS advice can be released under FOIA
Supreme Court will hear whether IRS technical advice to taxpayers is subject to public disclosure under FOIA. The IRS appeals a Cincinnati ruling allowing review and release unless taxpayer privacy is protected. Detroit's Fruehauf Corp sought memoranda to defend against excise tax charges. district and appellate courts upheld release with redactions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
U.S. Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
High Court
Detroit
Fruehauf Corp
Thomas P. Thornton
Ex-principal freezes to death amid wealth in secluded home
In Manalapan New Jersey retired principal Anna Muller 77 was found dead frozen atop a bed spring in a fifty year old house without electricity or plumbing. Neighbors reported her absence for days as Patrolman Herbert Patrone discovered eight bank books totaling 133054.20 dollars along with 120 dollars in cash and two pension checks.
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Manalapan
N.J
UPI
Anna M. Muller
Herbert Patrone
Patrone
Miss Muller
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Okie
Anneal
Jeff Slim Bridges
Emanuel L. Wolf Preens
Bennington
Redford
Faye Dunaway
CIA
Condor
N.Y
Douglas
Thornton
6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Mount Anthony
Vermont
Gulf Oil Corporation
PBS
WQED
Pittsburgh
ETV
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Nickelodeon
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Nashville
Robert Altman
Altman
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IDE
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Salisbury
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