Barbiturate abuse viewed as epidemic
A Senate subcommittee report warns barbiturate abuse is an epidemic affecting diverse groups from children to middle-aged adults. It urges reclassification under controlled substances, cites rising death and withdrawal cases, and notes many abusers obtain drugs through legitimate sources or forged prescriptions.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
California
National Commission of Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Alexander's Bronx store cited over Sunday sales during elderly shoppers event
Police served a summons at the Bronx Alexander's branch after the store held its annual nonprofit Sunday shopping day for old and disabled customers. The event, begun in 1961, allows frail shoppers to buy at their own pace, with profits aiding hospitals and institutions. The summons follows a formal state complaint claiming Sunday closing laws were violated.
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New York
UPI
Theelchairs
Tye
Kenneth Tischer
Bronx
Alexander's
New York State
Fischer
Raymond McDermott
McDermott
Burton Roberts
Roberts
Arthur Wolfson
New York State Retail Labor Council
Gangs Fight Over Loot In Northeast Indianapolis Holdup
Five men entered a northeastside clothing store and wrestled a gun from a security guard to begin a hold up. A second gang with a .22 revolver arrived, both groups confronting each other before a shot fired sent witnesses fleeing with clothing. Detective J Rankins noted thieves grabbed armfuls as they fled.
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Indianapolis
John Larkins
Fire kills at least 52 in Seoul theater blaze
In Seoul a theater fire during a performance by 20 top pop singers killed at least 52. About 4,000 people packed a 3,000 seat hall when the blaze started, the worst disaster in the country since last December’s hotel fire that killed 163.
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Seoul
UPS
South Korea
Pentagon plans budget boost to cross $89 billion
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced the next fiscal year's Pentagon budget will exceed 89 billion dollars, up from about 76 billion. He cited the need to sustain Western strength and stronger negotiating leverage, with personnel costs estimated at 3.9 billion. A separate FDA official said few hidden hazards remain in toys, claiming major progress in safety standards.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laind
Pentagon
Laird
UPI
Malcolm Jensen
FDA
Welfare rolls reach 15 million in July 1972
UPI reports public assistance rolls rose to 15,071,000 in July 1972, up 16,000 from June, with gains of 805,000 since July 1971. The Health, Education and Welfare Department released the figures, covering poor, elderly and disabled recipients.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Poll finds broad support for news source secrecy
Gallup poll of 1 462 adults shows 57 to 87 percent favor not requiring reporters to reveal confidential sources in court. The survey includes varied views from a 25 year old reporter and a 29 year old bank employee on the necessity of source disclosure.
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Princetown, NJ
UPS
Gallup
George Gallup
Tucson
Arizona
Canada
Desica
House panel probes BIA building seizure and payments
A House Interior subcommittee opened hearings into the November occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters by about 500 demonstrators led by Trial of Broken Treaties. Lawmakers seek who authorized roughly 68000 to move protesters from the building and what White House involvement occurred.
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Washington
UPI
House
Bureau of Indian Affairs
House Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
BIA
Morton
U.S
Louis R. Bruce Jr
John C. Crow
Harrison Loesch
Bruce
James A. Haley
Dfla
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White House
John D
Hhrlichman
Nixon
Leonard Garrent
John Wesley Dean
Egil Krogh Jr
Bradley Patterson
Frank Carlucci
Earthquake jolts Japan Pacific Coast. waves feared
A powerful quake struck Japan's Pacific coast near Honshu at 7:18 p.m. causing brief tidal rises and outages on Tsuchiroshima Island. The Meteorological Agency recorded intensity seven with force six readings, while warnings for tidal waves were issued and then withdrawn. Police reported power outages and small landslides but no casualties immediately.
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UPD
Japan
Pacific
Honshu
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