Copycat copycat concerns police over Tylenol poisonings
An apparent copycat crime linked to cyanide Tylenol poisonings prompted a California Oroville drugstore to stock withdrawal. Authorities said three bottles contained poison, police in Oroville reported a 27 year old man Greg Blagg was treated for strychnine poisoning.
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Associated Press
Chicago
California
Oroville
Calif
Colorado
North Dakota
Jack Lee
Greg Blagg
Blagg
FBI
Tylenol contamination linked to broader food drug tampering scare
In California and Illinois tainted products illustrate a growing threat to public safety. California health officials report 200 complaints since December 1981, mostly false alarms. Chicago area cyanide tainted Tylenol caused seven deaths, prompting retailer and producer safety measures.
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Los Angeles
Illinois
California
Food and Health Branch
State Department of Health Services
Susan Bond
Chicago
Kremlin Health Strife Grows Over Kirilenko Demise Hinted
Longtime Soviet Politburo figure Kirilenko, 76, is reported gravely ill and omitted from an obituary. Western analysts link the illness to a power struggle near Brezhnev as Chernenko emerges as Brezhnev heir apparent.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Andrei Kirilenko
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kirilenko
Soviet Communist Party
Mexican autos could be costly for El Paso buyers
Texans who bought Mexican VW models at about half U.S. prices face expensive post purchase costs as U.S. officials mobilize to curb a growing smuggling trend. An estimated 44 El Paso buyers may find their cars fail U.S. safety and emissions standards, needing costly conversions and federal testing in Houston.
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Dallas Morning News
EL Paso
U.S
U.S. Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency
Houston
Juarez
Chihuahua
Minister to appeal for school in West Odessa case
An Ector County Baptist minister defies a Justice of the Peace order to educate his children at home and plans an appeal this week. Culley would enroll in public schools or form an accredited home school, with his attorney citing belief that a church status is not established by forms. The family, missionaries with Abundant Life Baptist Church, uses a home study program run by Dr. William Randall of the American Christian Academy with about 1,500 students nationwide.
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Ector County
Floyd Fisher
Garland
Donald Culley
Culley
Fisher
Charles Gee
Gee
Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees
Peace Justice
West Odessa
Dayton
Ohio
Abundant Life Baptist Church
Culleys
William Randall
American Christian Academy
Women run Northern California first in nation sperm bank
Oakland Feminist Women's Health Center opened a women run sperm bank to aid infertile couples single people and lesbians. The center quotes that it gives women control over reproduction and that donors are screened with detailed medical histories. Donors are limited to fathering up to 15 children to prevent half siblings marrying and records are kept to prevent cross connections.
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Oakland
Calif
Laura Brown
Oakland Feminist Women’s Health Center
California
Barbara Rabey
Brown
Southern California
Northern California
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Brezhnev
Konstantin Chernenko
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Richard Conger
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Big Tex
Laura Stone
United States
Randall
Lewisville
Dallas
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