Brooke Shields Defends Anti Smoking Ads in Congress
Brooke Shields testified before the House subcommittee defending a $68,000 anti smoking ad campaign canceled by Health and Human Services. She said the ads are effective and that she is a relatable teen spokesperson who does not smoke, aside from a single childhood cigarette. The HHS cancellation followed concerns over perceived ineffectiveness.
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Washington
Brooke Shields
Congress Today
Miss Shields
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittee On Oversight and Investigations
Richard Schweiker
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Trax Inc Faces Unusual Release Request in Chicago
Trax Inc on Chicago’s South Side asks 15 employees to sign a release absolving the company of liability from sex acts, a tongue in cheek yet serious response after a Michigan ruling about a death judged work related.
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Chicago
Marvin Shandles
Trax Inc
South Side
Shandles
Sylvia
Trax
Michigan
On This Date History June 26 1981 Recap
Today in history catalogs events on June 26 including the 1945 UN charter signing in San Francisco by 50 nations, the Pied Piper legend in 1284, Pizarro's murder in 1541, John Tyler and Julie Gardiner’s secret 1844 wedding, and the 1944 Cherbourg capture by Allied forces.
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Associated Press
United Nations
San Francisco
Hamelin
Germany
Francisco Pizarro
Lima
Peru
Kansas 55 mph speed limit case appeals to Supreme Court
Kelly Wendeln of Chanute asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review his speeding conviction and strike down the 55 mph limit arguing it violates the 10th Amendment. He contests 65 mph on U S 75 near Carbondale and questions federal coercion over highway funds. The Kansas Supreme Court previously declined review.
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Kansas
Kelly Wendeln
US S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Wendeln
Osage County
U.S. 75
Carbondale
Kansas Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Wendein
Congress
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