Government To Probe Popular Painkiller Darvon Ban Petition
The government will study a petition to ban Darvon and propoxyphene, with Nader group leader Dr Sidney Wolfe calling it an imminent hazard. FDA will review and report back, while figures show 486 deaths in major cities May 1977 to April 1978, versus 609 heroin deaths in the same cities. Lilly defends safety when used as directed.
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Washington
Darvon
Ralph Nader
United States
Eli Lilly and Co
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Sidney M. Wolfe
Nader
Health Research Group
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
Wolfe
Food and Drug Administration
Wayne Pines
FDA
Nicholas Kozel
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Kozel
Russell L. Durbin
Lilly
Indianapolis
Castro offers to free 3000 Cuban political prisoners
Fidel Castro announced plans to release more than 3,000 political prisoners and ease travel rules for Cubans and exiles seeking to visit Cuba. He said about 50 of the freed prisoners are women and that 600 more jailed for attempting to leave would likely be freed. He urged the United States to accept inmates and declared MiG-23 jets defensive. Exiles at the press conference welcomed the concessions.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Cuba
Carter Administration
CIA
Soviet Union
UNESCO approves draft declaration on freedom of the press
At UNESCO 20th General Conference in Paris the draft declaration endorses press freedom after four weeks of debate. Amadou M Bow led a compromise that removes Soviet language and rights of reply, while urging journalists to promote human rights. Beebe of the Miami Herald welcomed reaffirmation of access to information and journalist protection.
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Paris
Unesco
Commission On Culture and Communication
Amadou Mahtar M'Bow
Commission
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
M'Bow
George Beebe
World Press Freedom Committee
The
Miami Herald
Beebe
Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping Faces Campaign Aid
AP reports momentum in a campaign to bolster Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping amid purges and recantations by critics. Gen. Chin Chi-wei, 67, named first political commissar of the Peking military region as part of moves to demote Teng's opponents.
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Tokyo
Teng Hsiao-ping
Chin Chi-wei
Chi Teng-kuei
Peking
Peking Radio
Chin
Teng
Chi
Chen Hsilien
Hong Kong
People's Daily
Ta Kung Pao
Wen Wei Po
People’s Daily
Tienanmen Square
Chou En-lai
Tienanmen
Gang of Four
Satellite Reaches Proposed Station Site
Washington AP A U S satellite moved into a unique one million mile orbit at the L-1 point between Earth and the sun becoming the first to orbit a space location rather than a body. ISEE-3 tests libration point theory and will study solar wind cosmic rays gamma ray bursts and the sun’s influence on near space.
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Washington
U.S
Earth
Moon
L-5 Society
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jeremiah J. Madden
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
ISEE-3
First Lady's Lady Reveals White House Moments
Washington AP reports Sheila Weidenfeld, former Betty Ford press secretary, describes in First Lady's Lady how Steve Ford discreetly dated in the White House and made crude remarks about past queens in the Queen's Bedroom. The diary style memoir details power struggles, family tensions, and Ford children’s challenges. The book, to be released by Putnam's Sons in February, aims to shed light on inner White House life.
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Washington
Steve Ford
White House
ABC
Barbara Walters
Executive Mansion
Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld
Betty Ford
Ford White House
Richard M. Nixon
San Clemente
Air Force
Secret Service
Weidenfeld
Ford
Jack
David Kennerly
David
Gloria Hill
Rancho Mirage
Calif
G.P. Putnam’s Sons of
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Kuwait
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
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D-Ohio
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Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
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Chen
Wu Teh
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Chrysler
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