Pot Studies Conclude Brain Damage Myth
Two independent research teams report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that heavy marijuana use over years does not necessarily cause brain atrophy. Earlier British and new U S studies yield differing methods but align on the absence of definitive brain damage evidence.
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Journal of the American Medical Assa
Lancet
A.M.G. Campbell
Bristol Royal United Hospitals
Ben Co
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
Donald Goodwin
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
Kan
Harvard Medical School
John Kuehnle
Harvard
Co and
Goodwin
Weekend Traffic Toll Nine Dead in NC Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports nine fatalities in North Carolina over the weekend, including a two year old killed in Mecklenburg County and a 20 year old woman in Durham. The total for the year reaches 238 with 279 last year at this time.
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Associated Press
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Crew To Stabilize Styrene Gas Leak In Kennesaw
A Texas crew arrived to stabilize a styrene gas leak after a freight train derailment in downtown Kennesaw, about 30 miles northwest of Atlanta. Dow Chemical expert advised barricades before crane righting. three 9,500 gallon tanks involved with one ruptured. Over 100 people within 300 yards evacuated as traffic was rerouted.
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Kennesaw, Ga
Texas
Kennesaw
Atlanta
Cla
Landslide blocks Interstate 40 near Newport Tennessee
A landslide near the North Carolina border dumps about 35 000 tons of dirt and rock onto three lanes of I 40 causing closures. No injuries reported as two westbound lanes remain blocked and one eastbound lane stays open amid ongoing slide danger and recurring trouble areas.
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Newport, Tenn
North Carolina
Terrell Lane
State Transportation Department
Lane
Mansfield Receives Notre Dame Laetare Medal
Former Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, 74, is named the 95th Laetare Medal recipient by the University of Notre Dame. President Rev M Hesburgh lauds Mansfield for his long Senate leadership after 34 years in Washington. He retired last year and last week joined a presidential commission to study missing Americans in Vietnam.
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South Bend
Ind
Senate
Mike Mansfield
University of Notre Dame
University
Mansfield
Washington
Vietnam
Plains Land Auction Ends In Confusion
In Plains Georgia an auction of 1,056 acres owned by William C. Cochran was split into 49 parcels. Bids on Saturday ranged from 4100 dollars per acre for four acres near town to 975 dollars per acre for other parcels, leaving speculators and residents puzzled over ownership.
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Maysville
Onslow County
William Edgerton
Henderson
N.C
Louisburg
Laura Rene Spell
Burlington
Guilford County
Edward Green
Rt. 1
Halisboro
Lake Waccamaw
Columbus County
Linda Sue Anderson
Liberty
Carl Lee Lattimore
Ellenboro
Rutherford County
Cochran
Forsyth
Farmersville
Ill
Illinois
Marc Fuchs
Alton Foster
Macon
Billy Carter
Walter Spann
Spann
Leftist gains in French local elections boost National Assembly bid
In Paris the Socialist Communist alliance won a majority of the popular vote and 70 percent of large cities in local elections, signaling momentum for a March 1978 National Assembly contest. They gained control of 156 of 221 cities with over 30,000 people, while the moderates and conservatives held 66 cities.
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French National Assembly
France
Charles de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
National Assembly
Francois Mitterrand
Communist Party
Georges Marchais
Raymond Barre
Valery Giscard d
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