Moss threatens contempt over generic drug disclosure
Representative John Moss pledges to pursue contempt charges against HEW Secretary Joseph Califano if secret documents on how major drug firms obtain low cost generics are not produced. Califano cites trade secrets as a defense while HEW spokesmen say the matter is under review. Moss asserts trade secrets do not excuse noncompliance.
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Health, Education and Welfare
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John Moss
House
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Congress
NAACP Abandons Immediate Appeal on Columbus Desegregation
The NAACP paused efforts to overturn Justice Rehnquist's stay on Columbus public schools desegregation. Columbus council attorney Leo Ross said the group will wait for the court’s October session to press for full implementation by January with the second semester starting.
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UPI
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Supreme Court
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High Court
Potter Stewart
Ross
Frost Threatens Brazilian Coffee Crop in Londrina
Officials report over a quarter of trees in the Londrina coffee belt damaged by an Antarctic cold wave with fears of a 1975 like black frost. Prices jumped 13 percent on New York futures as Brazil halts exports while assessing frost damage.
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Brazil
UPI
New York
Brazilian Coffee Institute
Ray to testify today on King murder on Capitol Hill
James Earl Ray, who confessed then denied killing Martin Luther King Jr., faces a three day public interrogation before the House committee investigating the King and Kennedy assassinations. He was moved from a Tennessee prison to Washington for the proceedings.
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UPI
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Martin Luther King Jr
Capitol Hill
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Tennessee
King
House
John F. Kennedy
Senate
U.S. Cigarette Exports Rise Shrink Domestic Use Abroad
An antismoking drive reduced American cigarette consumption slightly while exports grew. The Agriculture Department reported a 9 percent jump in world exports to 265 billion sticks in 1977, with U.S. exports reaching a record 66.8 billion sticks worth $615 million. Iran and Belgium Luxembourg emerged as major buyers, as global production rose 2 to 4 percent to 4.1 trillion pieces. Domestic per capita use fell to about 4,064 cigarettes for adults 18 plus, with total consumption near 620 billion in 1977.
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Sonja Hillgren
UPI
Washington
U.S
Agiculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
United States
Belgium
Luxembourg
West Germany
France
United Kingdom
China
Soviet Union
Japan
Brazil
FAS
Phantom Marine recruitment scam rocks Cleveland area
A report on a fake Chris Murray exposing a wider Marine Corps recruiting fraud in Cleveland. Investigators say forged diplomas and bogus exams helped fill enlistment quotas, with Maj Claus Schreiber denying undue pressure while recruiters describe recruiting as a game. One witness, Sgt Donald Robinette, calls it a recruitment system gone awry.
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UPI
Chris Murray
Parris Island
S.C
Murray
Marine Corps
Howard Metzenbaum
Ofce
Cleveland Area
Metzenbaum
Maj
Claus Schreiber
Cleveland
Jonathan Chase
Cleveland Recruiting Command
Chase
Painesville
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