Researchers Link Homocysteine to Arteriosclerosis Discovery Sparks Vitamin B-6 Hope
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers tie high tissue levels of homocysteine to arteriosclerosis in two pediatric deaths and an eight year old case. They note pyridoxine vitamin B-6 may prevent clots and help correct one enzymatic defect raising homocysteine. The team cautions further proof is needed.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
United States
Kilmer McCully
Harvard Medical School
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McCully
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General
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Two Nurses Suspected in VA Deaths
Federal prosecutors name two Filipino nurses under investigation in the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration hospital mass murder case. An Indiana man near death allegedly provides key testimony before he dies. FBI began probe after respiratory deaths aroused suspicions of injected drugs.
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UPI
Veterans Administration Hospital
Ann Arbor
Indiana
Revenue Sharing Used to Cover Retreat in United States
A two decade report accuses the federal revenue sharing program of masking national responsibility for poverty racism unemployment and urban decay. It calls for shifting funds to areas of need and transferring enforcement from the treasury to the justice department.
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Office of Revenue Sharing
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Justice Department
Crime program fails to curb violence in eight cities
A Mitre Corp evaluation finds violent crime worsened in eight Nixon anti crime program cities from 1972 to 1974. Although funding totaled 140 million dollars for 233 projects, the study notes no empirical basis for promised five percent crime reductions and cites rising robbery and murder rates across Atlanta Baltimore Cleveland Denver Newark Portland and others.
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Mitre Corp
Atlanta
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Double Agent Threat Prompted Newspaper Publication
Norman John Rees a 69 year old retired petroleum engineer described as a Soviet spy and FBI double agent threatened death by own action if the Dallas Times Herald published his identity. The paper published the story and hours later Rees was found dead at his Southbury Connecticut home with a self inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities call it an apparent death by own action.
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Norman John Rees
FBI
Dallas Times Herald
Times Herald
Rees
Southbury
Conn
Ken Johnson
Mobil Oil Co
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