Vitamins versus prescription status dominates congress mail
A Washington report notes mail topics from the 98th Congress showing vitamins as the top issue with strong opposition to FDA prescription-only action. Other major concerns include inflation and food prices, energy shortages, food stamps for strikers, pension and veterans benefits, Social Security, and Watergate, with vitamins drawing far more letters.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Congress
House of Representatives
Education and Labor Committee
Travel shifts as fuel shortage boosts rentals and rail
Businesses report more vacation travel by air Amtrak and agencies while travelers fear car trips. An expert notes rising auto costs may spur a rental car boom as gasoline concerns drive modal shifts and increased demand across airlines rail and travel services.
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Airlines
Amtrak
Barn and contents burn near Quarryville
A barn and its contents valued at 22 500 dollars were destroyed by fire at Christiana Road one, about 12 miles east of Quarryville. Fire crews from Quarryville Cochranville and Oxford assisted as water had to be hauled from three miles away. Norman Hart Barn fire chief said the property owned by Norman W. Rissel suffered machinery hay wheat and antiques losses.
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Christiana Rd1
Quarryville
Barn Fire Co
Cochranville
Oxford
Norman Hart
Bart
Norman W. Rissel
Hart
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