Laetrile zealots gain sympathy in cancer debate
The Laetrile controversy pits supporters who call it a natural preventive against medical authorities who deem it unsafe and ineffective. The piece notes congressional scrutiny, state legalization moves, and political figures who back or oppose laetrile amid fears patients may skip standard treatments.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Trile
Steven D. Lymn
Idaho
U.S. News and World Report
Senate Human Resources Committee
Jayl
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Morality and law clash over abortion funding in Illinois
The Supreme Court ruled the federal constitution does not require states to fund abortions for the poor. Illinois considers a bill to ban abortions for those who cannot pay, a measure supporters say would be unjust and unconstitutional, risking unsafe abortions for poor women.
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U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Illinois
James Thompson
Calls for independent probe into South Korea influence case
The article argues for a special prosecutor to thoroughly investigate alleged gifts from Tong Sun Park to U S lawmakers including Rep John Brademas. It notes Democratic resistance in Congress to probe such ties and warns that political considerations may hinder justice in the Korea influence scandal.
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White House
Justice Department
Congressional
Congress
Senate
Howard Baker
Rtenn
Sen. Baker
Tong Sun Park
London
John Brademas
D-Ind
Mr. Park
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Park Chung Hee
Tongsun Park
South Korea
United States
U.S
Laetrile founder moves base to Tijuana amid US import ban
Andrew R. L. McNaughton, a longtime laetrile producer, bases operations in Tijuana as the US government seeks to bar him as an undesirable alien. FDA opposition and legal actions complicate his plan to build US plants and clinics, with California seen as key to manufacturing amygoalin and supplying states where laetrile is legalized.
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Indiana
Everett R. Holles
New York Times
Tijuana
Mexico
Andrew R. L McNaughton
United States
Fidel Castro
Montreal
Food and Drug Administration
McNaughton
Canada
Clinica Cydel
Tijuan’s
Plaza Monumentale
Supreme Court weighs right to privacy in Anita Bryant case
Washington Star reports the Supreme Court edging into Anita Bryant's anti homosexual campaign and whether the constitution protects a right to privacy in adult sexual behavior. Analysts note only a fragile five to four split on recognizing a privacy right for conventional sex, with conservatives wary of extending protections to unconventional acts like homosexuality.
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Lyle Denniston
Washington Star
Washington
Supreme Court
Anita Bryant
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U.S. Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Virginia
Connecticut
Illinois Senate urged to approve mortgage banker licensing bill
The Illinois Senate should back Rep. Michael Holewinski's bill to license and regulate mortgage bankers with foreclosure rate standards for VA and FHA insured loans. A House gutting was partly reversed by a Senate committee amendment, aiming to protect homebuyers from unscrupulous foreclosures while imposing regulatory paper filings on bankers.
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Michael Holewinski
Chicago
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Senate
Mittee
Illinois
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