House probes heroin for dying cancer patients issue
Washington lawmakers opened a health subcommittee effort to decide if heroin should be available to terminal cancer patients for pain relief. FDA DEA and NCI officials argued against the measure, noting no proven unique benefit and urging more research, while advocates stressed patient anguish and limited existing drugs.
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UPI
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Edward Madigan
Illinois
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Libya Gift or Loan to Billy Carter Debated
A Justice Department official told a Senate subcommittee he believes the $220,000 Billy Carter received from Libya was not a loan but a gift with strings attached. He said the payments were compensation and noted Billy Carter registered with the DOJ later.
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UPI
Billy Carter
Justice Department
Carter
Libya
Joel Lisker
Foreign Agents Registration Unit
Senate Judiciary
Lisker
Birch Bayh
Subcommittee
Civiletti
Sadat OKs summit as Begin weighs Washington trip
President Sadat reportedly accepted a U S invitation for a Camp David style summit in Washington on November 20. Israeli Prime Minister Begin has not fixed a date, seeking to avoid clashing with his unofficial U S visit in the second week of November.
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UPI
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Carter
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Begin
Ington
Israel
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al Ahram
U.S. Middle East
Sol Linowitz
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Dria
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Gaza Sector
Arab East Jerusalem
Linowitz
U.S. Eyes Upgrading Peking Attache to General Officer
The article reports the U S administration weighing promotion of the U S military attache in Peking to brigadier general to reflect closer military ties with China. A Perry delegation's China visit and comments from an official are noted as context for stronger defense collaboration and visits to Chinese labs.
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UPI
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U.S
William Webb
Air Force
Webb
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William Perry
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Homebuilders seek 781 comeback in local market
Local builders Torio and Jones describe a financing bubble where land contracts and lease options replace high interest mortgages. Remodeling gains ground as new starts slump, with Elyria permitting more home renovations in seven months than last year. The pair blame rising rates and regional planner inertia for slow local housing, contrasting weak Northeast trends with a booming Sunbelt.
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California
Car dealer offered baby for a Corvette in bizarre swap
In Flemington New Jersey a couple James Green and Pamela Green offered their 14 month old son for a 1977 Corvette. The dealer Italo Patinella almost agreed but reported the plan to police. The Greens were charged with endangering the welfare of a child and illegal adoption and held on $100000 bail. The baby was placed in foster care. Patinella, who lost three of his own children in a Christmas Eve fire, said he felt deeply shaken by the case.
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Flemington
N.J
UPI
Italo Patinella
James M. Green
Pamela
Patmella
Hunterdon County Superior Court
Jeffrey Martin
Hubert Michael
Humterdon County
Patinella
Ohio Lottery numbers spark big sales growth in 1981
Cleveland reports The Number daily game drives Ohio Lottery fiscal 1981 sales, up 2,600 percent from 1980. Cumulative two-month sales near 36 million, far surpassing last year's nine-week period of 5.6 million. Weekly sales for Aug 28 reach 3.7 million.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ohio Lottery
Edwin C. Taylor
Taylor
Cleveland Eyes Tax Hike For City Income Tax
Cleveland voters will consider a .5 percent city income tax increase to 2 percent in the November 4 election. Mayor George Voinovich secured council approval by promising to reassign five office workers to patrol duty. The plan reserves $53 million over three years to cut debt and funds 100 more police, with improvements to city services and labor agreements limiting raises for 1981 and 1982.
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Cleveland
UPI
George Voinovich
Artha Woods
Cleveland Clinic
University Circle
Voinovich
Who Deposition in Cincinnati and Cleveland School Plan
The Who gave depositions in Cincinnati over the Riverfront Coliseum concert tragedy that killed one person. Lead singer Roger Daltrey and band members met lawyers after arriving from England with efforts to avoid publicity. In Cleveland, the school board approved a Sept. 29 opening date tied to a desegregation plan, with a 170 day calendar under review.
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the Who
Riverfront Coliseum
Roger Daltrey
Peter Townshend
John Entwistle
Kenny Jones
England
Walter Beal
Cleveland
Donald R. Waldrip
Ohio Department of Education
Ed Asner tops machinists with $10,000 for striking actors
Television star Ed Asner addressed Cincinnati machinists and collected 10000 to support the actors still on strike. He urged that unionism underpins democracy while touring for a film on union organizing produced by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
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Cincinnati
Ed Asner
Machinists
Lou Grant
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Asner
Screen Actors Guild
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Carter Smoothing Feuders Among Ohio Leaders
Ohio Democratic Chairman Paul Tipps and union leaders met with President Carter aides in Washington to resolve long running tensions. Milan March of the Ohio AFL-CIO and Warren J. Smith attended along with Martin Hughes of the Communications Workers of America.
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UPI
Ohio
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Buckeye
Carter
Tipps
Martin Hughes
Cleveland
Communications Workers of America
Gerald Austin
Milan March
Ohio Afl-Cio
Warren J
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