Board of Elections weighs Thompson tax petition in vote plan
SPRINGFIELD IL UP I Lt Gov O Neal says he urged Miss Sands attorney to advise her testify at elections board hearings on Gov Thompson s tax lid petition drive The board will decide if the proposal to put a ceiling on taxes and spending makes the Nov 7 ballot Several challengers charge the petitions are flawed and Miss Sands may be called to testify while her notarized signatures face close scrutiny
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UPI
Dave O’neal
Elections Board
James R. Thompson
State Board of Elections
Vicki Sands
Phillip Montalvo
Belleville
O'Neal
Miss Sands
John Countryman
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Countryman
Schwerin
Thompson
Dave Robinson
D-Springfield
Illinois Education Association
The
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O’neal
Laetrile study fuels cancer therapy controversy
The NCI funded NEJM study of 67 Laetrile patients yields inconclusive results with six showing favorable responses but potential confounding factors. FDA chief states no evidence of safety or efficacy. debate over further testing to be reviewed by an NCI committee on Sept. 25.
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UPI
National Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
NCI
New England Journal of Medicine
Los Altos
Calif
FDA
Donald Kennedy
Pill use shows no major birth defect risk, Harvard study finds
Harvard researchers reviewed 7,723 births in 20 Boston hospitals and found no overall rise in birth defects among babies born to mothers who used oral contraceptives. Major defect rates were similar for users and nonusers, though small differences appeared when considering timing of exposure.
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UPI
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School of Public Health
Harvard
New England Journal of Medicine
Kenneth Rothman
Carol Louik
Boston-area
Pipeline tests after fatal Fort Madison propane rupture
Underground 8 inch pipeline damaged last month killed three people. MAPCO Inc officials say safety tests finished Tuesday and six defects found have been corrected. Pipeline to resume operation next week with tests claiming 99.9 percent defect detection. Residents to be notified when line refilled.
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Fort Madison
Rohleder
Bakalis Thompson debate includes surprise rate moratorium
In a live WSIU-TV debate in Carbondale Illinois Governor Thompson and Comptroller Bakalis exchanged bold ideas Bakalis proposed a one year moratorium on utility rate increases and called for resignations of all ICC members while Thompson floated adding two more southern prisons Bakalis endorsed teachers strike rights and both rejected scrapping the elected education board plan. The Illinois League of Women Voters organized the event with future debates set for Peoria on Sept 19 and Chicago on Oct 12.
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UPI
James R. Thompson
Michael J. Bakalis
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Illinois
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Commission
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Peoria
Chicago
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