Ban on New Mexico groundwater export challenged by El Paso
El Paso seeks to strike New Mexico ground water export ban arguing Supreme Court limits on interstate water commerce require water be reserved for public health and safety, not economic isolation. The case before U.S. District Judge Howard Bratton centers on whether the ban serves public welfare or merely economic protection.
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Santa FE
U.S
Howard Bratton
el Paso
New Mexico
U.S. Supreme Court
Las Cruces
Bratton
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Colorado
Steve Reynolds
Harvey Banks
Reynolds
Banks
Marines Withdraw From Beirut Beach Ahead Of Thanksgiving
U S Marines from Camp Lejeune-NC, 1200 strong, stand atop a sandbag fort on a Beirut beach as they prepare to depart Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force. They will be replaced by another Marine unit and ferried onto ships offshore. The force hopes to be home for Thanksgiving.
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U.S
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Beirut
Lebanon
United States
FDA Approves Human Insulin Made by Bacteria
The FDA approved Humulin, the first drug manufactured via recombinant DNA technology, produced by genetically altered bacteria. Lilly markets it under Genentech license, with expert caution on cost and clinical benefits versus animal insulin. Diabetics rely on insulin injections. about 10 million Americans have diabetes and 20 percent need injections.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
United States
Great Britain
Elli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Genentech Inc
Lilly
Genentech
X“Aye Peterson
FDA
National Center For Drugs and Biologics
Peterson
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte
Calif
Rachmiel Levine
Odessan makes history as first male homecoming queen
Shayne Brantley, 21, wins a write in bid to be homecoming queen at Austin College but the election is ruled invalid and a second ballot replaces him with Rhonda Proctor of Grand Prairie. Brantley laments the outcome while supporters debate sexism and tradition.
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Julie Bird
Odessan
Shayne Brantley
Austin College
Brantley
Rhonda Proctor
Grand Prairie
Permian High School
Dean Batt
William
Sue Brantley
Cherrywood Circle
Odessa
Supreme Court Denies Halloween Execution for Ronald OBryan
The Supreme Court rejected Texas on an 8-1 vote to lift a stay and allow Ronald O Bryan to be executed on Halloween for killing his son with cyanide tainted candy in 1974. The stay blocks the date pending further appeals, potentially delaying the case for months or years.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Ronald O’bryan
O’bryan
U.S
Michael T. McSpadden
Death Row
Timothy
Elizabeth
Houston
Deer Park
Circuit Court of Appeals
Mark White
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
High Court
Justice White
Rehnquist
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