Swine flu shots halted amid Guillain Barre concerns
The nationwide swine flu immunization program is suspended for at least two weeks after reports of 94 Guillain Barre syndrome cases and four deaths. Health officials say no proven vaccine link yet while 50 million people have been vaccinated and the halt may extend to a month.
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William Foege
National Center For Disease Control
Washington
Theodore Cooper
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Cooper
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Ford
CDC
Local swine flu program halted amid paralysis risk concerns
District 11 administrator Scott Robison said the chance of Guillain Barre paralysis from swine flu shots is about one in 150,000 with 90 percent recovery, urging precaution as 422,193 doses have already been given and 3,000 more planned for Gulfport Biloxi area amid a moratorium pending evaluation.
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Scott Robison
District 11
State Board of Health
Robison
Gulfport-Biloxi
Harrison
Hancock
Jackson
George
Stone
Pearl River
Carter names advisors and ambassador in Carter Cabinet picks
President elect Carter outlined his top advisers and his United Nations ambassador choice at a news conference in Plains. He defended the process against outside pressure, noted Cabinet vacancies and promised diverse appointees, including women and blacks, while confirming Andrew Young as ambassador with Cabinet rank.
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Parren Mitchell
D-Md
Carter
Andrew Young
Atlanta
United Nations
Young
ABC News
Charles Schultze
Lyndon Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Schultze
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Columbia University
National Security Council
Cyrus Vance
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
Rep
Brock Adams
Transportation
Defense
Royal Robbery Charged In Louvre Case
Charles X linked to a royal theft at the Louvre in Paris as Paris police pursue leads. Weather and page references noted for readers through Friday night with mild midweek highs in the sixties.
Suspended term revoked for woman in drug sale case
Gov. Cliff Finch revoked his earlier suspension of an eight year prison sentence for Susan Mosqueda in a Moss Point drug trafficking case. The action follows new information and changes to staff handling sentence suspensions. Mosqueda and her husband sold 4.58 ounces of heroin to Kenneth Fairly, head of the Bureau of Narcotics, in 1975.
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Jackson
Miss
Cliff Finch
Jackson County
Finch
Susan Mosqueda
Moss Point
Kenneth Fairly
Bureau of Narcotics
WLBT
Herman Glaxier
Merle F. Palmer
Darwin Maples
Clinton E. Lockard
John C. Ledbetter
Glaszier
Fairly
Mosquedas
Mosqueda
Split level oil price hike okayed by OPEC
Venezuela announced OPEC has approved a split level price increase. Ten members will see 10 percent rises, while two nations move 5 percent, effective January 1 for six months. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pushed for the 5 percent raise.
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Associated Press
Doha
Qatar
Venezuela
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Valentin Hernandez
Ingalls briefed Stennis on contracts and finances
Ingalls Shipbuilding officials briefed Sen. John Stennis on the yard’s contract and financial needs for the coming year after a tour and lunch with leadership including yard president Leonard Erb. Stennis credited management for cost controls and progress toward new contracts amid potential Navy work, including nuclear attack submarines and DDG-47 class ships.
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
John Stennis
D-Miss
Leonard Erb
Stennis
Ingalls
Senate Armed Service Committee
Navy
Congress
Spruance
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