New Jersey Supreme Court Lets Quinlan Respirator Be Removed
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that the respirator keeping 22 year old Karen Quinlan alive may be turned off if doctors and a hospital ethics committee agree no reasonable recovery is possible. The decision reverses a lower court ruling and says the death would be from natural causes, not homicide.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
Karen Ann Quinlan
New Jersey
New Jersey Supreme Court
Miss Quinlan
High Court
Richard J. Hughes
Karen
St. Clare’s Hospital
Quinlan
Roxbury
William Hyland
U.S. Supreme Court
Brendan T. Byrne
Julius Korein
New York University Medical School
Korein
Quinlans
Superior Court
Robert Muir
Prices for raw farm products dip in March report
The Agriculture Department said prices for raw farm products fell 1.5 percent in the month ending March 15 led by cattle hogs milk and eggs with prices 12 percent above a year earlier. Costs for farmers rose 0.5 percent in March and returns stood at about 70 percent of parity.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Larry V. Summers
Summers
Wills sues officials over nude sunbathing arrests
James Wills of Park Ridge files federal suit alleging a chilling effect on his constitutional rights after two arrests for sunbathing nude in his backyard. He seeks a permanent injunction against four public officials and $10,000 in damages, arguing his right to expression and property use has been harassed.
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Chicago
UPI
James Wills
Wills
Frederick Cohn
Nebraska approves one cent gas tax increase bill
Lincoln lawmakers sent LB863 to the governor after a 26 to 17 vote raising the gasoline tax from 8.5 to 9.5 cents per gallon. The measure would yield about $9.5 million with 53.3 percent to the state and the rest to cities and counties.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Wedao
Milligan
Richard Maresh
Nebraska Highway Commission
Nebraska
Commission
Regulation of power industry deemed unworkable in state
An OMAHA UPI report notes a legislative study by O'Brien and Gere finds state regulation of Nebraska's public power industry unworkable for an all public power state. The study credits OPPD for cost of service rate design and recommends programs to shift winter and summer electricity use and boost off-peak demand.
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Omaha
UPI
Omaha Public Power District
Robert K. Corn
Papillion
OPPD
O’brien and Gere
Syracuse
Nebraska
Millard Nebr Bond Issue Wins Strong Support
Millard School District officials announced an $11.5 million bond issue won overwhelming approval with unofficial results of 2,704 to 716. Superintendent Stroh called the margin nearly four to one a faith in the school board’s program.
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Millard, Neb
UPI
Millard
Stroh
Denver teen finds and returns $2300 cash to police
Weber a 13 year old newspaper carrier and friend Jimmy Becker found 2300 in 100 and 20 dollar bills near a railroad track and turned it over to police. They hope for a reward and for the rightful owner to be found while investigators trace possible links to a recent holdup.
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Denver
UPI
Weber
Jimmy Becker
Alphabet History Facts from United Press International
United Press International notes that of about 250 historical alphabets, none are in use today and roughly half of them originated in India, highlighting the vast variety of writing systems historically developed in the subcontinent.
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United Press International
India
Complete arguments on death penalty heard by Supreme Court
Washington upi reports four Supreme Court justices questioned ten lawyers over two days as they debated overturning the death penalty. Justices Brennan and Rehnquist spoke little while Burger Stewart Powell and Stevens asked questions. Marshall sided with Brennan. Stewart and White held mid positions making Stevens pivotal.
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William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
Potter Stewart
Lewis Powell Jr
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Burger
Powell
Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Stewart
Byron White
William Douglas
Nuclear reactors pose minimal risk to public
A reactor safety study for the Atomic Energy Commission led by MIT professor Norman Rasmussen finds the annual risk of a person living near a reactor dying in an accident is one in 300 million. The report describes the danger as very small.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Norman Rasmussen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CNS
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