Born Without Legs She Sues 32 Firms Over DES
Barbara Sochanchak, 21, filed a 2.5 million dollar suit in Dade County Circuit Court against 12 DES marketers for damages she says caused her birth defects. The case seeks treatments for others exposed to DES and aims to ease her family’s distress. Her attorney notes identification of exact drug makers is uncertain.
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Miami
University of Miami Coed
Barbara Sochanchak
Dade County
Des
Mark Krasnow
Misa Sochanchak
Krasnow
Jean Sochanchak
Camden
Titusville Area School Budget Seeks 3 Mill Tax Hike
The Titusville Area School Board tentatively approved the 1976-77 budget totaling about 4.624 million with plan to raise real estate taxes from 56 to 59 mills district wide except Southwest Township Warren County. The proposal emphasizes instructional costs and subsidies, with major revenues from state aid taxes and subsidies, and notes increases in fixed charges including Blue Cross rates. The budget approval hinges on the real estate tax hike final approval.
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Titusville
Titusville Area
Southwest Township
Warren County
Blue Cross
IRS Abuses Power Grants CIA FBI Tax Data Access
Senate intelligence committee report accuses the IRS of abusing investigative powers by granting CIA and FBI illegal access to taxpayer returns. It details illegal channels, political targeting, and past programs including Special Services Staff probes, Information Gathering and Retrieval System, and Operation Leprechaun, urging congressional oversight.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
CIA
FBI
Senate Intelligence Committee
IRS
Special Services
Florida
Intelligence Committee
Congressional
Senate
FBL
Democratic Society
CLA
Abortion figures rise in Pennsylvania in 1975
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania records show 43,419 abortions and 149,271 live births in 1975 as the first year under state mandated reporting. Most abortions occurred in early pregnancy and 35 percent of patients were under 19, with many residents previously traveling out of state for procedures.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Health Department
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Department
County Furniture Bid Sparks Question In Erie County
Erie County Controller A J Gehrlein will query the county legal department today about architect bid specifications for 300000 dollars of furniture for the new courthouse addition. Harold Cohen of Cost Plus says the specs are exclusionary. Minority Commissioner Karl Boyes moves to reject all bids until questions are cleared. Bids were due 430 pm yesterday and open today. Cohen alleges 159 pages were written to favor a single local dealer.
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Erie
A.J
Jake” Gehrlein
Ghelrien
Wee
Harold H. Cohen
Cost Plus
Karl Boyes
Vnle
Cohen
Erle
Solien
Gehrlein
Boyes
Marijuana Eyedrops May Help Glaucoma Patients
Reston Virginia AP report notes researchers from the Medical College of Georgia report marijuana eyedrops relieve glaucoma symptoms in animal tests show potential as an anti glaucoma drug, offering a valuable alternative despite the side effect of getting high. Glaucoma elevates eye pressure and risks optic nerve damage, is a leading cause of blindness in the United States, affecting about two million people.
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Eyemaker
Baltimore
Walter Burkhardt
United States
Burkhardt
Butiharrit Bald
Reston
Medical College of Georgia
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Keith Green
Science Writers
Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc
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