Methadone can rehabilitate and kill in drug crisis
A UPI report traces a child’s methadone exposure to a fatal overdose and follows a heroin addict’s transformation on methadone. It weighs rehab potential against deaths, legal issues, and social factors shaping treatment outcomes. The piece profiles Dr. Edward Senay and patients like Dave Robinson and Sidney Harris, illustrating benefits and risks.
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Lexington Avenue
Off Track Betting Corp
New York
Edward Senay
Illinois’ Drug Abuse Center
Boston
Miami
Westchester County
Fairfax County
Washington
Oregon
Charles Rhodes
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
BNDD
Michael Baden
Lanette
House votes to strip HRC over desegregation power
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania House votes 96 to 93 to remove the Human Relations Commission's power to enforce desegregation in schools and to leave investigations without enforcement authority. The measure follows a prior vote restricting forced busing and aims to return desegregation control to courts.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
House
Human Relations Commission
HRC
K. Leroy Irvis
Pittsburgh
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Caputo
Robert J. Butera
R Montgomery
Butera
Philadelphia
Martin P. Mullen
Kenneth B. Lee
Sullivan
Lee
Mullen
Veterans of methadone debate split on future of treatment
Maryland and Pennsylvania officials weigh methadone's risks and benefits for heroin addiction. Quotes from George Lowe and Dr. Winek reflect concerns over dependency, social impact, and long term reliance while Dr. Trellis argues methadone is a crucial but imperfect tool.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
George C. Lowe
Allegheny County
Mental Health and
MHMR
Lowe
Winek
Trellis
Michael Houlahan
New York
Man cited in fatality in Franklin traffic incident
Frank Reeher of New Castle Road 5 was cited for failure to yield at a crosswalk in connection with the death of Frank Harvey who was struck by a dump truck as he crossed Liberty Street yesterday at 10 10 a m. No charges have been filed yet.
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Franklin
Leon Reeher
New Castle RD
Frank Harvey
Reeher
Harvey
Liberty St
Raids Near Chinese Border Hit Rail Yard and Bridge
UPI reports U S warplanes used electronically guided bombs to strike a rail yard and a highway bridge near Lang Son 20 miles from Pan Hua in the closest raids to the Chinese border ordered by Nixon. Thailand based planes conducted a second raid on the Bac Giang power plant 25 miles northeast of Hanoi using laser and television guided bombs.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Nixon
Bac Giang
Hanoi
Lang Son
Pan Hua
Kleindienst Seen Likely To Win Senate Confirmation
Informal surveys indicate Richard G. Kleindienst will win Senate confirmation as attorney general when the nomination reaches a Thursday vote. The Senate agreed to vote at 4 p.m. after a 16 week long inquiry into the appointment, with Sen. Mike Mansfield securing unanimous consent to proceed.
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Washington
UPI
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Kleindienst
Nixon
Arizona
John N. Mitchell
Mike Mansfield
Soviets Begin Immediate Observance of SALT Terms
Moscow reports the Soviet government ordered adherence to strategic arms limits from the signing day May 26, matching the United States. The notice confirms early observance though the pact awaits ratification.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Council of Ministers
Kremlin
Washington
Governors push platform plank for tax reform and health care
Democratic governors led by Gov. John C. West call for a party platform including major tax reform open housing national health insurance guaranteed jobs for youth and the disadvantaged and elimination of the property tax They criticize the Nixon administration for failing to curb inflation and unemployment and for rising deficits and the rich poorer gap.
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Houston
UPI
John C. West
South Carolina
Nixon
Haves
Have Nots
Farenthold Murder Ties to Local Gangland Slaying
The body of Randy Farenthold, 32, bound in chains and weighted with concrete blocks, washed ashore in Corpus Christi. Police call it a gangland slaying linked to Farenthold's ties with an underworld element, marking the second execution-style murder in the area within a year after oilman William Richardson’s death.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
UPI
Randy Farenthold
Frances Farenthold
William Richardson
Farenthold
Belfast sniper kills soldier in new Belfast violence
In Belfast two soldiers were killed in separate sniper attacks within 24 hours. The victim died at Musgrave Park Hospital after being shot in Andersonstown while another soldier fell to gunfire in Ballymurphy. Police reported multiple injuries as unrest continued despite a peace gesture and internment release.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Andersonstown
Musgrave Park
Ballymurphy
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