Wonder drug doctor defies license ban with loyal patients
Dr. Peter DeMarco, barred in New Jersey for alleged medical malpractices tied to Procaine PVP, continues treating patients in Pennsylvania. More than 100 supporters rallied at a Princeton board meeting. Pennsylvania will hear the license appeal next month as federal officials caution the drug lacks proven efficacy and may pose cancer risks.
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N.J
Peter DeMarco
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
State Board of Medical
de Marco
Ented Drug
Procaine Pvp
DeMarco
John Mantis
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Byrd endorses Panama Canal treaty with defense guarantees
Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd signaled qualified support for the Panama Canal treaty and urged explicit U S rights to defend the canal and priority passage after 2000. He said changes likely needed in the Senate and noted Howard Baker may back the pact with similar guarantees.
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Senate
Robert C. Byrd
United States
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U.S
Canal
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Omar Torrijos
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Baker
Latin America
O’ Baker
Cyrus R. Vance
Senator Metcalf death may shift energy fight in Senate
Lee Metcalf 66 of Montana was found dead in his Helena apartment. He was a strong advocate for wilderness expansion and a key holder of the energy bill talks. His absence could tilt the Senate conference toward deregulation of natural gas when Congress reconvenes.
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Montana
U.S. Senate
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Metcalf
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House-Senate
Senate
Congress
Booms Rock Charleston Area Causing Windows to Break
Booms similar to December Atlantic events shook walls and shattered windows in the Charleston area. No injuries reported. Officials at Lamont-Doherty Observatory in Palisades, New York, logged a sonic boom origin off shore. A seismograph at the College of Charleston recorded tremors from Beaufort around 2 p.m. The White House Science Office has asked the Defense Department and other agencies to probe the booms.
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Atlantic
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Palisades
N.Y
New York City
New York Times
Baptist College of
White House
Rail plan in Illinois faces funding squeeze says official
Lucien Bolen of the Federal Highway Administration warns that the federal rail highway safety program for East St. Louis Carbondale and Springfield faces funding cuts. He says $8 million is ready for Carbondale for an overpass and depot design land purchase and construction, but only as independent usable segments of a $52 million project to lower Illinois Central Gulf tracks.
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Carbondale
Springfield
Congress
Lucien Bolen
Federal Highway Administration
Bolen
Hidden tax breaks for interest and charitable gifts
The column reviews lesser known deductions for interest and charitable contributions that cut income tax. It notes mortgage points, prepayment penalties, business vehicle interest, sales tax, foster care expenses, and the fair market value of donated used goods, with regional publication offices listed.
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Ray de Crane
Internal Revenue Service
Italian Democrats Prepare Resignation Amid Italian Crisis
Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti plans to present the resignation of his minority Christian Democrat government to President Giovanni Leone early next week. Communists and socialists accuse the United States of interference as parties withdraw support, amid economic woes and rising violence. An election appears likely but uncertain, with no clear majority in parliament.
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Christian Democrat
Giovanni Leone
United States
Avanti
Socialist Party
U.S
State Department
Andreotti
Italy
Christian Democrat Party
Communists
Cairo talks end amicable despite guarded progress
Defense Minister Ezer Weizman returned from Cairo with Egyptian ideas on Sinai and said the next step lies with the Jerusalem foreign ministers meeting. President Sadat told an Israeli paper he could accept limited Palestinian self rule if it leads to self determination. Weizman noted no substantial results, only a general agreement on demilitarized and buffer zones in the Sinai.
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Ezer Weizman
Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
Jerusalem
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Weizman
Sinai
Election arbiter clears Reagan's 76 supporters
The Federal Election Commission cleared CFR and two allied groups that backed Ronald Reagan's 1976 campaign of any federal law violations. The five to one vote found no direct link between Reagan's main campaign entity and the American Conservative Union or the Conservative Victory Fund.
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Federal Election Commission
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CFR
American Conservative Union
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Conservative Victory Fund
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