Former Mental Patients Testify On Drug Treatments
Janet Gotkin and five other former patients told a senate judiciary subcommittee that tranquilizers and electroshock were overused in mental hospitals. They described lengthy drug regimens, comas, and loss of control, while doctors argued some patients could not function without the drugs.
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Washington
UPI
Janet Gotkin
Wade Hudson
Cotkin
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Subcommittee
Gothin
Bayh
Edward Kaufman
Lower East Side Service Center
New York City
Hudson
San Francisco
Bayh Withdraws as Co Sponsor of Criminal Code Bill
Senator Birch Bayh removed himself from co sponsorship of the sweeping criminal code revision known as GS 1 citing it as a symbol of repression. He urged changes to shield free speech and to separate espionage from leaking information to the media.
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Washington
UPD
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Senate
Justice Department
U.S
Roman Hruska
Neb
Hruska
Chrysler Agrees To Repair Emissions Faults On 1975 Cars
Sacramento AP says California Air Resources Board chief Tom Quinn announced Chrysler will repair and test 1975 cars with 440 engines to meet state smog standards. The special repairs and tests could cost up to 500000, with a 328200 fine previously imposed. Cars failing tests must be shipped out of California until compliant.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Air Resources Board
Chrysler Corp
Tom Quinn
Chrysler
Quinn
Detroit
FBI probes seven deaths at VA Hospital in Ann Arbor
The FBI is investigating 41 respiratory failure cases at the Veterans Administration hospital in Ann Arbor since July 28, including seven deaths. Hospital officials say most cases involved severely ill patients and no immediate foul play is evident, with security tightened after recent incidents.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
FBI
Veterans Administration Hospital
Arnold Mouish
Mouish
Robert Knapp
Duane Freier
Upturn Seen in U S Tourism by Morton
Secretary of Commerce Rogers Morton told delegates from 70 countries at the Discover American International Pow Wow that a world recession is bottoming out and the U S tourism industry is a beneficiary, signaling a renaissance of travel as global conditions improve.
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Boston
U.S
Rogers Morton
Morton
Violent Upturn in Argentina Kills Dozens in Skirmishes
AP reports a sharp rise in political violence with eight dead and four wounded. In Tucuman six alleged guerrillas and an army corporal died during weekend clashes, while guerrillas in Buenos Aires hijacked an army vehicle, killing a captain and taking 76 rifles. Two police stations in Rosario were attacked wounding two officers. On this date in 1890 the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tucuman
Here
Rosario
the Daughters of the American Revolution
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