Subpoenas Issued to 17 Jonestown Followers
Seventeen Peoples Temple followers including Jim Jones's adopted sons were subpoenaed to appear before a San Francisco grand jury investigating Rep. Leo Ryan's death in Guyana. FBI and Secret Service agents questioned them in New York before travel to San Francisco for further testimony.
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New York
Peoples Temple
Jim Jones
San Francisco
Leo Ryan
Guyana
Laura Johnston
U.S. District Court
Ryan
Paul McCann
Kennedy International Airport
FBI
Secret Service
Jonestown
Jones
Temple
Port Authority
David Zapp
William Kunstler
McCann
U.S
Timothy Glen
James W. Jr
Quentin Ertel
All Peoples Temple
Erie
Spain Approves New Constitution Amid Low Turnout
About 60 percent of Spain’s voters approved the first democratic constitution in 42 years with 87.8 percent backing, 7.9 percent against, and 3.5 percent blank. turnout reached 67.6 percent of 26 million eligible voters as 96 percent of votes were counted.
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Madrid
Spain
National Election Center
Seven die in crash of leaking Mexican DC-6
A Mexican air force DC-6 crashed after takeoff from Eppley Field near Omaha killing seven aboard. Witnesses reported a red fireball and oil leaks despite last minute repairs. Dead were Capt Luis Jauregui Ramos Lt Samuel Pedroza Cardenas Sgt Luis Barbarosa Sgt Sergio Ojeda Sgt Luis Domingos flight attendants Esther Romo Soto Blanca Silva all tied to Compania Agricola Mexicana.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri River
Douglas County
James Keenan
Eppley Airfield
Mike Steiner
Sanchez Ortiz
Mexico City
Luis Barbarosa
Sergio Ojeda
Luis Domingos
Esther Romo Soto
Blanca Silva
Spasms May Trigger Some Heart Attacks
Italian researchers at the University of Pisa report that sudden coronary artery spasms can cause heart attacks even without clogged arteries. The study notes spasms can block blood flow, potentially leading to new prevention with nitroglycerin and aspirin.
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Boston
United States
University of Pisa
New England Journal of Medicine
Eugene Braunwald
Harvard Medical School
Braunwald
Cure chances doubled for cancer of ovaries
Boston doctors report a four drug combination doubling remission in ovarian cancer. In 80 patients, complete remission reached 33 percent with four drugs versus 16 percent with a single drug. Study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers compared hexamethylmelamine cyclophosphamide methotrexate and 5 fluorouracil with malphalan.
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The
National Cancer Institute
New England Journal of Medicine
HEW may drop federal dress code rule for schools
Health Secretary Joseph Califano proposes dropping the Title IX dress code rule to let local authorities decide student appearance. He notes weak enforcement and 112 complaints before HEW's Office for Civil Rights, with many involving hair length standards for boys. Public comment urged by Feb. 20, subject to Carter approval and Congress review.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Califano
HEW
Office For Civil Rights
Colleen O’connor
Martin Gerry
Carter
Congress
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Ortiz
Air Force
Nebraska
Compania Agricola Mexicana
Schick
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Lindale Plaza
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