FDA hearings begin on saccharin ban decision
Washington AP report says the FDA opens two day hearings on its plan to ban saccharin in foods and drinks with 49 witnesses expected to testify. Kennedy explains Canadian rat studies and the 1,200 potential annual bladder cancer cases if high dose exposure occurred, while proposing saccharin remain available as an over the counter drug.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Donald Kennedy
Kennedy
Fortune seekers swarm widow estate after murder
Indianapolis AP report details a murder of 66 year old widow Marjorie Jackson and a flood of claimants from New York to California seeking her rumored five to eleven million estate. Police fear up to six million more may be taken. the will naming her husband invalidates direct heirs. Marion County probate court likely to delay final settlement for a year as more than a dozen letters arrive claiming kinship or authority to the fortune. Police have charged Howard Willard and ex-wife Marjorie Pollitt with the murder. several others are in custody or sought in connection with the case.
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Marjorie Jackson
New York
California
Andrew Jackson
Jesus
Marion County
Michigan
Francis Feeney Jr
Howard Willard
Marjorie Pollitt
ABC Strike Sparks Carter Speech Barred Coverage
Union crews barred from covering President Carter as UAW and NABET walkout disrupts ABC. Management personnel staffed the cameras while the strike closes the network and five owned TV stations and 14 radio outlets. Supervisors fill in as talks stall over Minicam control and worker seniority issues.
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Los Angeles
American Broadcasting Co
United Auto Workers
Carter
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
ABC
Bill Sheehan
United States
National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians
NABET
Drought Strikes Haiti Hunger Across Northwest Town
In Anse Rouge a pregnant widow Mees fears feeding her unborn child as four years without rain devastates northwest Haiti. Relief efforts by the United States and multiple agencies target 320,000 to 440,000 starving Haitians across 15 affected areas, with several deaths reported.
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Haiti
Mees
Sam
United States
Canada
West Germany
Mari
Gonave
United Nations
Jean- Claude Piers
U.N
Sahel
Africa
CARD
Central Committee For Assistance
Red Cross
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