Marijuana offers relief for cancer patients puzzles doctors
About 100 New Mexico cancer patients, mostly terminal, smoked marijuana to ease chemotherapy nausea and vomiting over two years. Doctors, led by Dr. Dan Dansak, seek why some respond and others do not as the program, begun in 1979, expands and spreads to other states.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque, N.M
New Mexico
Dan Dansak
University of New Mexico
Dansak
Albuquerque
Lynn Pierson
Jerry Apodaca
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Bruce King
Louisiana
Illinois
Florida
Washington State
Dress code amid civil rights clash over gender rules
Robin Gordon of the Project on Equal Education Rights criticizes a school dress code as sex discrimination that lets districts set unfair rules for one gender. The move marks a third reversal by federal officials on dress code regulations under Bell, who questions federal enforcement and cites differences in male and female appearances. He plans to publish a notice to amend in the Federal Register with a 60 day public comment period.
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The
Project On Equal Education Rights
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Bell
Federal Register
HEW
Union Leader Won't Resubmit Coal Strike Proposal
Washington AP reports talks to end the 22 day coal strike collapsed after two hours as United Mine Workers President Sam Church refused to re submit the union’s initial contract proposal amid industry pressure. Talks recessed Tuesday with wide gaps and violence reported at multiple sites as picketers and company guards clash.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Church
B.R. Brown
Jack Perry
UMW District 17
West Virginia
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Blandburg
Pikeville
Raleigh
Consolidation Coal Co
Clear Creek
Nevada relaxes 55 to 70 mph penalties for speeders
Nevada lawmakers ease penalties for driving 55 to 70 mph with a $5 energy wasting fine. Gov List signed the measure amid broad legislative support, replacing the former average $2 per mph over 55. Old Leadfoot Sen. Jim Gibson opposes the change, while Assemblymen Price and Bennett trade quips on speed. The 55 mph limit was first imposed after federal pressure to curb highway spending.
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Carson City
Nev
Jackrabbit
Nevada
Old Leadfoot
Bob List
Assembly
Senate
Bob Price
Price
Marion Bennett
Las Vegas
Montana
Gunman fires in University dorm kills one, wounds another
In Ann Arbor a gunman opened fire in a University of Michigan dormitory killing one man and critically wounding another as students returned to rooms. A male suspect was taken into custody minutes after the shootings. The blast from a firebomb on the sixth floor blackened rooms and forced evacuations.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
William J. Corbett
Drug addicts linked to rising violence study says
Washington AP reports on a federal task force hearing where witnesses claim narcotics addicts are getting younger and more involved in violent crime such as armed robbery. Dr Nurco cites Baltimore and Miami studies, while FBI and DEA leaders urge expanded narcotics enforcement and stronger federal laws to curb crime.
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Washington
David N. Nurce
University of Maryland
FBI
William H. Webster
Drug Enforcement Administration
Florida
Webster
Weekend warmth in West Texas with clearing skies
Weather forecasts for Odessa and statewide Texas call for warm weekend temperatures with mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies. Highs in the upper 70s today, low 80s Saturday, and scattered showers or thunderstorms possible, with winds 10 to 25 mph. Overnight lows.
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Texas
Big Bend
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