Humphrey Gains Momentum With Pennsylvania Delegates
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey boosted his Democratic nomination prospects by turning 95 of 112 Pennsylvania delegates from uncommitted to supporting him. The move appears to threaten Kennedy and McCarthy as Oregon’s 35 delegates loom and California’s 174-vote delegation could shift before June 4.
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Food costs drive April to raise living index
UCI reports the cost of living index jumped nearly 20 percent from a decade earlier due to higher food prices. Lettuce rose 36.5 percent, apples 5 percent, tomatoes 3 percent, with many vegetables 25 to 30 percent higher than last spring while meat fell slightly.
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Thalidimide Trial Near Collapse in Germany
In Alsdorf Germany seven Chemie Gruenenthal executives face trial for allegedly crippling thousands of children whose mothers used thalidomide. Defense lawyers demand quashing the case over an expanded list of co plaintiffs while Chief Judge Weber pauses proceedings to review the indictment.
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Lung transplant patient dies in Edinburgh
Europe’s first lung transplant patient, 15 year old Alex Smith, died in Edinburgh after receiving a lung from an 18 year old girl 13 days earlier. Doctors cited breathing difficulties and noted deep concern. The transplant followed poisoning from weed killer misread as lemonade.
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