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Some 700 miles north, in Hillsboro, Ore., detectives were keeping "open minds" in their investigation into the death of Patricia Bennett, 31. A campus security officer at Portland Community College, Bennett died last week after swallowing one or more Anacin-3 capsules laced with cyanide. Her death was the first fatal poisoning linked to pain relievers since seven people in the Chicago area died between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1. Meanwhile, American Home Products is voluntarily withdrawing all Anacin-3 capsules not in tamper-resistant containers...
...inspired by the spectral array of lawsuits surrounding him. They include former San Diego Owner Irv Levin's claim that Walton and his doctors should have warned Levin of the congenital foot problem in 1979. Only in spirit was Walton the freest free agent, leader of the champion Portland Trail Blazers of 1976-77, the N.B.A.'s most valuable player of 1977-78, the vegetarian center from U.C.L.A. who gave the Establishment such pluperfect hell in the early...
...insisted, frankly. At first Silas was convinced that "Walton once a week was better than no Walton at all," but he has reconsidered. "In any group situation, you can't make exceptions forever," Silas said. The first eight games Walton dropped in on all were lost, but against Portland two weeks ago he gathered 25 points, eight rebounds, seven blocked shots and his first victory in nearly three years. Since then, he scored 30 in a loss. "I'm sort of feeling my way around, just happy to be running without pain, not pushing the tempo...
...McCall's greatest political challenges came when in 1970, at the height of the Vietnam anti-war movement and in the midst of McCall's re-election campaign, the American Legion scheduled a convention in Portland. In response, a group called the People's Army planned a massive protest in the streets of Portland...
...miles outside the city. More than 30,000 youths attended the concert, titled "Vortex I", for which the state provided bands, and eating and medical facilities. State police were ordered to be especially lenient to avoid confrontation. The festival took place without incident, as did the convention in Portland. What became known as "The governor's pot party" failed to harm McCall's bid for re-election...