Sweet Lips the pig court saga still looms large
Virginia Beach AP report details Drewry Little's long legal battle over his 940 pound Hampshire pig Sweet Lips. He faced zoning fines, appeals through circuit and Virginia Supreme Court, and aims to make a film about the pig's Washington moment while seeking fame, agents, and even a book.
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Virginia Beach
Sweet Lips
Drewry Little
Little
Washington
Hampshire
Virginia Supreme Court
F. Lee Bailey
Chesapeake
Carter
U.S. Supreme Court
Pharmacy Inspector Encounters Bourne Secret Prescription Scandal
Virginia Pharmacy Inspector Kathleen Watt found a fictitious prescription for Quaalude with the name Sarah Brown at People's Drug Store in Woodbridge. The case led to the resignation of President Carter's chief medical adviser Dr. Peter G. Bourne, who said the name was used to protect an administrative assistant.
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Woodbridge
Kathleen M. Watt
Virginia Board of Pharmacy
Ms. Watt
Peter G. Bourne
President Carter
Bourne
Sarah Brown
Ellen Metsky
Toby M. Long
Watt
Virginia
Richmond
People’s Drug Store
Washington
Price William County
Test Tube Babies Expected From Three More Women
The Daily Express reports three more women expect to give birth to test tube babies this year. One is a British countess, another a West German countess, and a Scottish woman. none identified. Louise Brown, first test tube baby, progresses well at Oldham hospital with her parents nearby.
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London
Daily Express
the Express
Patrick Steptoe
Robert Edwards
General Hospital
Oldham
England
Enlistees from Winchester Front Royal Head to Service
Brenda L. Massey of Winchester enlisted in the U S Army Delayed Entry program and will train as a Chemical Staff Specialist at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Front Royal resident Charles Turner Jr and Butch Jenkins enlist in the U S Marine Corps Buddy Program and depart for Parris Island on Sept 5 for initial training. A premature baby girl weighs 5 pounds 12 ounces at birth. Britain reports 5,000 women seek help for fertility issues related to blocked Fallopian tubes, amid cautious promises from doctors Edwards and Steptoe.
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Miss Massey
James Wood High School
Virginia National Guard
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Front Royal
Charles
Chuck) H. Turner, Jr
U. S. Marine Corps
Butch
John Jenkins
Turner
Parris Island
South Carolina
Jenkins
Britain
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Winchester
U.S. Army
Edwards
Steptoe
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