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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million a year, paid by shipping companies to union officials to buy labor peace. The FBI also infiltrated waterfront racketeers in New York at such a level that one undercover man became a courier for payoffs from shipping companies to the union. Justice Department lawyers expect to obtain indictments against both union officials and shippers starting next month...
...been debated in U.S. state legislatures, but a new climax of sorts may have been reached in Oklahoma last week as representatives pondered the notion of a consumer protection code for sex. The idea came from Representative Cleta Deatherage, 27, who argued vigorously that men should be required to obtain written consent from women before engaging in intercourse, and that women, before granting such consent, should receive a warning about the risks of pregnancy and the health dangers of childbirth. Her proposal was a protest amendment tacked on to an antiabortion bill before the legislature, and it paralleled sections...
...removes the risk that the state might permanently halt Children's Hospital's plans for building a cystic fibrosis research facility. He added the bill also eliminates the possibility the project will lose funds as a result of the time delay--up to three years--required to obtain a Certificate of Need...
...added that in the time taken to obtain a Certificate of Need, federal funding might go to another state, since hospitals cannot raise money until they have received a certificate...
Hutchison said one difficulty in radiation studies occurs because scientists need large numbers of subjects to obtain conclusive results. "We would like to make a mathematical extrapolation to predict the rate of induced cancers, but almost 20,000 workers would have to be tested," he said...