Poisonous yellow phosphorus rat poison urged off market
The Journal of the AMA urges removal of rat poisons containing yellow phosphorus citing child danger and rodent resistance to warfarin. Doctors Simon and Pickering note pastes placed on bread or crackers attract children and warn there is no antidote.
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Chicago
UPI
Journal of the American Medical Association
Frank A. Simon
Karry K. Pickering
Simon
Pickering
Simon and
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston Medical School
Hugh H. Hussey
AMA Journal
Mixed reaction to FEA energy fables pamphlets
UPI reports critics doubt the FEA coloring book and fables like The Land of Us promote objectivity and public understanding of energy issues. Representative John Dingell chairs the energy committee, calling the effort political flackery, while FEA officials defend it as a duty to educate the public amid energy shortages.
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William E. Clayton Washington
UPI
Congress
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Commerce Committee
Dingell
Robert Nipp
FEA
Assembly
Nipp
Frank Zarb
Mood, not senility, blamed for elderly memory loss
Stanford University research notes that low mood often explains memory lapses in older people, not organic brain disease. Dr. Leo Hollister cites psychosocial stressors such as loss of prestige, isolation, illness, and spousal death as factors contributing to depression in seniors.
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Stanford
Calif
UPI
Stanford University
Leo E. Hollister
School of Medicine
Current
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hollister
Four Black Muslims receive life terms for Zebra killings
Four defendants Larry Green Jessie Cooks Manuel Moore and J C Simon were sentenced to life in prison for three murders in the Zebra street attacks in late 1973 and early 1974 San Francisco. The sentences run concurrently and reflect a city still haunted by the case.
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San Francisco
UPI
Superior Court
Joseph Karesh
Karesh
Larry C. Green
Jessie L. Cooks
Manuel Moore
J.C
Fossil Skull Thought Found At Memphis Dig Site
Scientists report a well preserved skull of a mastodon or mammoth uncovered inside Memphis city limits. Curator Ronald Brister cites potential climate data from pollen and plant remains as excavation plans seek funding for carbon dating.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Memphis
Ronald Brister
Memphis Pink Palace Museum
Brister
Memphis State University
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Dee
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Nebraska
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