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Meese asked about politics in hearings
University Daily Kansan, March 2, 1984
By United Press International
WASHINGTON - White House counsel Edwin Meese, declaring he was not a "political fire horse," faced the first controversy yesterday in hearings on his nomination as attorney general by resigning from an Army post.
Meese announced the resignation on the first day of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his nomination to the nation's top law enforcement job. His transfer to the post was tainted by irregularities.
United Press International
But a new embarrassment sprung up with Meesse's acknowledgment that he missed up to 15 months of house rent in California and McLean, VA, homes.
Despite the disclosure, Meese appeared well-prepared and confidently answered a barrage of questions from skeptical Democrats for almost seven hours about whether he could forget his conservative political ties and serve as "the people's lawyer." The hearings resume today.
"I am not a political fire horse," Meese said, adding that his background as a lawyer and aide to Reagan both in California and Washington have been with the "the policy and government side," rather than with politics and campaigns.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Robert Lockwood of Buffalo burrows through a snowdrift to attach a tow chain to a buried car. The Northeast is digging out from this week's snowfall, which dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some areas. Buffalo, schools were closed for the third day Thursday and the Red Cross pleaded for blood donors as supplies dwindled following winter's worst storm. Record cold stretched deep into Dixie but spared the tender citrus crop. Snow showers fell from western New York into eastern North Dakota.
The KU German Club will hold its annual Faschingsball
Costume Party
Fri. March 2, 8 p.m. at Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall 1335 Louisiana
PRIZES! for the best costume
Tickets $3 single/$5 couple are available from the German Department Office, 2080 Wescoe
Komm doch mal rüber!
UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY
funded by the Student Activity Fee
Frank Capra's ~1934 Classic~
Friday and Saturday March 2 and 3 7:00 p.m. $1.75.
It Happened One Night
His hangups are Hilarious
HAROLD and MAUDE
Friday and Saturday March 2 and 3
9:30 and 12 midnight
$1.75. $2.00.
RUTH GORDON
BUD CURD
Written by Colin Higgins
Directed by Halt Abbey
Produced by Colin Higgins
and Charles M. Mueller
Executive Producer Mildred Lewis
Song by Cat Steveens
Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall
Sigma Weekend
ΣΓP & KAΨ Party Kansas Room, Kansas Union 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m.
By United Press International
Concerns have existed for years that caffeine had the potential to cause birth defects. A 1980 FDA study that suggested such a danger triggered the FDA warning and a national movement toward caffeine-free drinks.
Saturday
Dr. Sanford Miller, head of the FDA's Bureau of Foods, was quoted in The Washington Post yesterday as saying, "There are still some questions. At this moment, we're not going to make any change in our position."
The 1980 project involved forcing large single doses of caffeine into the stomachs of pregnant rats. Birth defects were found in offspring, mainly toe or paw defects and sometimes a lack of a paw.
The new study was conducted by Dr. Thomas Collins, an FDA toxicologist, who performed the 1980 study and has just begun a third one.
WASHINGTON — A new federal study found that caffeine caused birth defects in rats only when the pregnant mothers were injected with the equivalent of at least 18 cups of coffee a day, the food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
Large doses of caffeine cause defects in lab rats
"IT WOULD BE WRONG to say we are now reassembling our position," said Bruce Brown, an FDA spokesman. "That would suggest we are now contemplating some major shift. That is wrong. What we are doing is more
Caffeine, a bitter crystalline alkaloid,
is found in coffee, tea, many soft
dracaa, chocolate and a number of
counter drugs, particularly
diet pills.
Although the findings seemed to cast doubt on the seriousness of caffeine as a potential cause of birth defects, the FDA said it stood by its 1980 recommendation that pregnant women avoid the stimulant or use it sparingly.
"BUT THERE ARE so many variables, like body weight, and you have to realize you are exposed to caffeine in a number of products." Brown said.
Saturday
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
6th Annual Blue & Gold Benefit Cotillion
Theme: Overcoming Obstacles, Exceeding the Limits of Education
Place: Kansas Union
Time: 8 p.m.-12 a.m.
Proceeds to the Headstart Community Children's Center
Based on this and other evidence, Jere Boyen, FDA commissioner at the time, said it would be "prudent" for pregnant women "to avoid caffeine-containing foods and drugs or to use them sparingly."
Brown, confirming Miller's comments, said caffeine was probably still worrisome in large amounts and probably acceptable when limited to two or three cups of coffee, tea or cola drinks a day.
Miller said the agency would review
This Weekend at
all the data, and "When we are all done
we want to keep our
recommendation" more.
THE SANCTUARY
SATURDAY:
75¢ Pitchers 1-8
$1 House Drinks
From 10-Midnight
SUNDAY:
75¢ Pitchers 1-5
$1.75 Super Schooners
THE SANCTUARY
7th & Michigan
843-0540
Reciprocal With Over 190 Clubs
Half price for KU Students
The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Chamber Music Series Presents
The Empire Brass Quintet
Rolf Smedwig, Trumpet Charles A. Lewis, Jr., Trumpet David Ohanian, French Horn Lawrence Isaacson, Trombone Samuel Pilafian, Tuba 8:00 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 1984 Cratton-Prever Theatre, Murphy*
The program will include classical brass works from the Baroque and Renaissance and works of a lighter nature as selected by the artists.
Tickets on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office. All seats reserved for reservation call 913-624-5801; public: $8 & $KU student: ID with K$ & $4; senior citizens and other adults.
this performance is partially funded by the KU Student Activity Fee, Swarthout Society and the KU Endowment Association. A University Arts Festival presentation.
TEMPLIN HALL BAR HOPPER March 3rd
6 DIFFERENT PARTIES
ON 6 DIFFERENT FLOORS
Soul, Rock-N-Roll, Top 40 and New Wave
5 DIFFERENT DJ'S including - 'THE AUDIOPHILES'
$1.00 ADMISSION
SOUVENIRS WILL BE ON SALE 8PM - 12 MIDNIGHT
co-sponsored by: SIGMA SQUIRES
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