Price Discrepancies Trip Up Drug Buyers
In Kennebunk the cost of prescription drugs triggers anxiety and resentment among consumers and pharmacists. Veterans Senator Kennedy urges reform while experts debate why prices vary by manufacturer. Industry quality versus research costs shapes what buyers pay.
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Heigh
Dennis Homa
Economy
Kennebunk
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
American Pharmaceutical Association
America
Warren Bowdoin
Bowdoin
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle
A humorous aside reflects on a man’s awe at his wife cleaning the house to avoid embarrassment when the cleaning woman visits, capturing light domestic moment with a touch of irony.
Batista Dies in Spain After Cuban Dictatorship
Fulgencio Batista, who ruled Cuba for 18 years after toppling Gerardo Machado, died of a heart attack at Guadalmina near Marbella Spain at age 72. He had arrived for a two month vacation with his family and was said to have fallen ill after dining at their villa. Burial is planned in Madrid. Batista once boasted of revolutions without bloodshed and led a regime accused of tortures that killed thousands.
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Marbella
Spain
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castrol
Guadalmina
Reuben
Cuba
Bat
Castro
Gerardo Machado
Batista
Bombing Misstrike Kills About 100 in Cambodia Base
Cambodian navy base at Neak Luong near Phnom Penh was struck by errant U S B 52s killing about 100 and wounding many. A separate strike southeast of Phnom Penh left at least a dozen civilians dead. reports say the area around Highway 1 was targeted to support government forces.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Neak Luong
U.S
Prek Eng
Preah Ket Mealea
Army
Preap Tuot
Navy
Neak Loung
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Congress
Praphas Charusathien
Gray asserts Dean lied about FBI reports to Nixon
Former acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray testified to the Senate Watergate committee that John W Dean III assured him last year he was re laying FBI reports to President Nixon. Gray said he began supplying Dean with reports about a month after the June 17 1972 break in at the Democratic headquarters and would do so even if George McGovern were president.
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Washington
FBI
L. Patrick Gray JI
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Gray
Dean
Sen
George) McGovern
Senate
Watergate Committee
Democratic
United States
Rufus Edmisten
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Nixon impeachment unlikely says Sen. Talmadge
Testifies Dean lied and Sen. Herman E. Talmadge says no evidence justifies impeaching Nixon. He notes only testimony implicating Nixon comes from Dean and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters. Walters challenged Gray on a second hand Watergate claim while Gray asserted he told Nixon staffers were probing the wiretaps and Nixon urged proceeding.
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Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Nixon
Talmadge
Dean
Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
Gray
Walters
Two Arab Terrorists Attack In Athens Airport
In Athens Greece two Arab men opened fire with grenades and pistols at the transit lounge of Athens airport killing two Americans and an Austrian and wounding 55 others. The attackers surrendered after taking hostages behind a marble bar. They claimed to have accomplished their mission and may have planned to strike an Israeli airliner that had departed minutes earlier.
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Athens
Greece
Jeannie Salandi
Highland Park
N.J
Elbert Kersen
N. J
Kersen
Kate
Uhofen
Middle East
Trans World Airlines
Tel Aviv
New York
Dimitra Michapoulou
TWA
Euthanasia Movement Grows With Public Debate
New York article notes the Euthanasia Society of America expanding from hundreds to about fifty thousand members over four years led by Elizbeth T. Halsey. Surge follows high profile cases in New York and New Jersey and concerns over prolonged hospital care. The group backs passive euthanasia, urging limiting life-sustaining treatment rather to injection.
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New York
Euthanasia Society of America
Elizabeth T. Halsey
New Jersey
Vincent A. Montemarany
East Meadow
N.Y
Lester Zygmaniak
Englishtown
N.J
Halsey
Gymnastics Program Draws 100 Biddeford Youths This Summer
Biddeford Parks and Recreation runs a daily summer gymnastics program at Biddeford High School from 9 am until near noon. Over 100 youngsters aged five to 13 attend, with girls outnumbering boys. Veteran BHS gymnasts and staff, all volunteers, guide students on parallel bars, uneven bars, balance beam, trampoline, rings, and mats. An August 23 exhibition at 7 pm will showcase their progress.
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Parks and Recreation
Biddeford High School
John Braley
Bob Libb
Biddeford High
Paul Canatara
Claire Gauthier
Libby
Paul
Claire
BHS
Biddeford
Bob Libby
Christopher Ouch
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