House Panel Probes Unnecessary Surgery
Washington report on a House Commerce subcommittee hearing into unnecessary operations led by Dr. Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen. Mrs. Valenzuela testified her family suffered after multiple tonsillectomies. she and other families received settlements. Wolfe cited 3.2 million annual unnecessary surgeries with up to 100 child deaths and $4.8 billion in costs.
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Washington
Marie Valenzuela
Woodlawn
Calif
House Commerce Investigations
United States
Wolfe
Public Citizen’s Health Research Group
New York City
Bound, gagged bodies found in motel room
Police found three unconscious victims in an oceanfront Jacksonville Beach motel room. The victims, two men and a woman in their late teens or early twenties, were bound and gagged and had multiple stab wounds. Autopsies were ordered as investigators reviewed motel records for a name only described as a man identifying himself.
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Duval County
Ronald McCarthy
Virginia
Virginia Beach
Jim Davis
Davis
Three Minor Fires Reported In Winchester Area
Area volunteers tackled three minor fires last night. A mattress fire at 817 S Kent St Winchester injured by smoking in bed. A car fire on Rt 277 near Sdndy’s Trailer Ct caused $150 damage. A second car fire on Glaize Ave Winchester caused minor damage.
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Austin Butler
S. Kent St
S.R. Dyke
Stephens City
Sdndy
Glaize Ave
Egypt demands UN pressure on Israeli withdrawal in Sinai row
Egypt informed U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim it would not renew the Sinai buffer force mandate ending July 24, while saying it supports proper use of the force. Cairo seeks Security Council resolutions backing Israeli withdrawal and an end to the occupation. Waldheim warns of a dangerous situation but recalls 1967 lessons as Kissinger urges interim steps. In Beirut, Karami's cabinet wins strong confidence after street clashes. he pledges compensation, naturalization reforms, and army modernization.
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Egypt
Security Council
United Nations
Sinai
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
A. E. Abdel Meguid
Israel
Alberto Cavaglieri
Council
U Thant
Henry A. Kissinger
Minneapolis
Jerusalem
Cairo
Ismail Fahmy
Associated Press
Fahmy
Middle East
Rashid Karami
National Salvation
Beirut
Karami
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Singer Isaac Hayes Ordered to Continue Alimony
In Memphis Tennessee a Chancery Court judge ordered singer composer Isaac Hayes to keep alimony payments to his former wife. Chancellor Robert Hoffman said he would consider a possible reduction of the payments. Hayes testified the wife was living openly with another man, which the decree bans. Mrs Hayes denied the arrangement.
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Memphis, Tenn
Isaac Hayes
Chancery Court
Robert Hoffman
Hayes
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