Technique IDs marijuana in blood breakthrough in detection
Springfield reports a new method to detect active marijuana chemical in human blood. Developed by Chicago Laboratory toxicology personnel led by Dr. John Spikes and Joerg Pirl, the technique uses gas chromatography and mass spectrometry with multiple ion monitoring to confirm active influence at the time of blood sampling. It requires one ounce of blood and is ready for routine processing, with calls for legal guidelines akin to alcohol Implied Consent rules.
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Ilicois Department of Public Ealth
John Spikes
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Paul Q. Peterson
State Health Department
Peterson
Bruce Catton Dies in Michigan at 78
Bruce Catton, renowned Civil War author and Pulitzer Prize winner, died Monday in Frankfort Michigan at Paul Oliver Hospital. Born in Petoskey, he wrote more than 15 Civil War works and previously served as a reporter and War Production Board information director. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Petoskey
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Washington
U.S. War Production Board
American Heritage
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Fund For the Republic
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Oberlin
Northwestern
Columba
Shenandoah
America
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Sumter
Egyptian architects to supervise Jerusalem Al Aqsa restoration
A team of Egyptian architects will visit Jerusalem to supervise the restoration of the Al Aqsa mosque, Mayor Teddy Kollek said. The project was confirmed in letters with Hassan Touhami, Egypt's vice prime minister for presidential affairs, and Egypt offered to restore the mosque pulpit during President Sadat's November visit.
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UPI
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al Aqsa
Teddy Kollek
Kollek
Hassan Touhami
Egypt
Touhami
Anwar Sadat
Retirement inflation factor raised by Illinois reform
Gov. James R. Thompson signed a bill boosting the inflation factor for state retirement systems from 2 percent to 3 percent annually. The measure, H1803 sponsored by Rep. Dave Robinson, will add about $4 million yearly for roughly 60,000 retirees across state employees, university, and public school systems.
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UPI
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Dave’ Robinson
Springfield
Charles Boyer dies after five months at wife's deathbed
UPI reports film star Charles Boyer killed himself two days after wife Patricia, 68, died of liver cancer in Scottsdale Arizona. Authorities found high barbiturate levels in his blood, confirming death by own action. He and Patricia, married in 1934, left behind their son Michael who had died in 1965.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Boyer
Charles
Marjorie Everett
Boyers
Scottsdale, Ariz
Boyer
Patricia
Mrs. Everett
Phoenix
Eloy Ysasi
Holy Cross Cemetery
Inglewood
Calif
Michael
Loretta Young
Irene Dunne
Everett
Pat
Chicago Housing Costs Rise in July Report
Chicago area consumer prices climbed 0.6 percent in July led by housing. Housing costs rose 0.9 percent for the month with gains in home prices and mortgage rates. The housing index stood 17.3 percent above a year ago, regional official William E. Rice said.
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UPI
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
William E. Rice
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