Valium Tops Drug Abusers In Chicago Study
AP Chicago report shows Valium, the common anti anxiety drug, as the leading drug of abuse. National figures show overdose involvement rising sharply while doctors are urged to limit prescriptions. Coroner data link Valium to a third of Chicago area overdose deaths this year.
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Chicago
National Council On Drug Abuse
Jordan Scher
Council
Scher
Methadone Maintenance Institute
Cook County
Drug Abuse Warning Network
Kissinger Sees US China Ties Standing Above Leaders
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Tokyo on route to Peking says U S China relations depend on mutual interests, not personalities. He notes Mao and Chou’s illnesses may shift day to day control to Teng and aims for better ties even if full normalization is unlikely. Page 3.
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Tokyo
Henry Kissinger
Toyo
Peking
United States
People's Republic of China
Kissinger
Air Force
Japan
U.s.-China
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Mao Tse-Tung
Chou En-lai
People’s Republic of China
Chou
New York City Faces Likely Default Without Federal Aid
Mayor Abraham Beame and leading bankers warned that New York City will default by year end without federal assistance. They cited a recent rescue and urged federal guarantees, warning of nationwide borrowing repercussions if aid is denied.
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New York
Abraham Beame
New York City
Beame
Senate Banking Committee
New Orleans
Moon Landrieu
U.S. Conference of Mayors
National League of Cities
Teachers’ Union
Landrieu
Ford
Ellmore Patterson
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Walter Winston
First
City of
United States
Paris
London
Moscow
Zionism labeled racism by U.N. committee amid U.S. warning
The U.N. Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee adopted a 70 to 29 vote with 27 abstentions condemning Zionism as racism. The United States denounced the move as a grave error and said it jeopardizes U.N. work and American participation in anti racism programs. Western diplomats linked the resolution to possible sanctions against Israel.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
U.S
Palestine
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Cuba
Ukraine
Dahomey
Guinea
Afghanistan
Leonard Garment
General Assembly
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States
World Organization
Moynihan
South Africa
Farmers Rally To Block Omaha Land Claim In Iowa
Monona county farmers prepare legal defenses as Omaha tribe seeks 11300 acres along the Missouri River in a federal suit filed Oct 6 naming over 100 defendants including the state of Iowa. The case asks for return of land and 50 million dollars in damages amid prior Blackbird Bend disputes and escrowed winter wheat profits.
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Whiting
UPI
Monona County
U.S. District Court
Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri River
Blackbird Bend
Joyce Ruth
Lighthouse
Montana school board fires 400 to 500 teachers in strike
Billings Montana district leadership announced the dismissal of about 400 to 500 teachers to replace strikers after the BEA and district failed to reach a contract. Mediators stated negotiators walked out as deadlines passed, with salaries a key sticking point.
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Montana School Board
Billings
Mont
Billings Education Assn
BEA
Bess Franzen
Doris Poppler
James Adams
Cordell Brown
Government sues six top tobacco firms over warnings
The FTC and Justice Department sue Philip Morris American Brands Brown & Williamson RJ Reynolds Liggett & Myers and Lorillard for failing to display mandatory health warnings in cigarette ads. The suit seeks penalties and a fund to finance anti smoking campaigns following consent orders from 1972.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
FTC
Anti-Smoking Fund
Philip Morris Inc
American Brands Inc
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Liggett & Myers Inc
Lorillard
Loew’s Theaters, Inc
Fisher Found Guilty of Murder in Iowa Case
A Dubuque county jury convicted Dennis Fisher of first degree murder for the Jan. 18 shotgun slaying of Masonville farmer Howard Miller, a crime tied to a love triangle with Miller’s widow Myra Miller. The eight to four jurors deliberated about four hours over a two day trial, with mandatory life imprisonment awaiting sentencing set for Oct. 24.
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Dubuque
UPI
Dubuque County
Dennis Fisher
Fisher
Masonville
Howard Miller
Iowa
Michael Carr
Myra Miller
Miller
Lester Gaule
Carr
Gayle
Delaware County
Manchester
Thomas Nelson
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Ohio
Hazleton
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Chow
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Escrow
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