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Show 3 The Daily Herald Wednesday, October 11, 1995 Study links fatty foods, blindness Judge: Officers set up citizens PHILADELPHIA (AP) A judge threw out nine drug convictions after ruling that six police A substi- punched several times in the chest who didn't like by a fourth-gradthe assignment she handed out. The case may be investigated as a homicide, depending on the results of an autopsy today, police Sgt. Tony Rice said. The pupil, who was not identified, was allowed to go home Tuesday night, pending the medical examiner's report. The teacher, Nedra Morris, 51, had handed out an assignment Tuesday to her class at Marshall Elementary School in north St. Louis when the boy "just outright refused to do it," and attacked her, Rice said. Details of the assignment were not immediately known. "Apparently she was struck with his fists several times in the chest area," Rice said. "She walked toward the outside of the classroom and collapsed." er deadline of midnight tonight. Gingrich, b a doen AMA leaders and lobbyists, trumpeted the endorsement 2.000-membc- r of the doctors' organization at a news conference in his AP Photo Tough spot Rob Gaither of Lawrence, Kan., looks at his car that became a bridge Tuesday in Lawrence. Gaither's car had rolled out of his driveway and into a large drainage ditch. A tow truck was called to pull the vehicle out. office Tuesday night. The speaker agreed to change his plan to ensure that doctors' Medicare fees don't actually drop under the GOP blueprint lor saving S270 billion from the health program for the elderly and disabled over seven years. "This guarantees the amount will go up every year." said Gingrich. "We're going to keep improving this bill. We're listening to every group and every level." The White House minimized 19. recommendations The Women plan protest of Simpson interview By The Associated Press O.J. Simpson developments Tuesday: NBC ON DEFENSIVE: NBC News President Andy Lack defended the network against viewer complaints over its decision to interview O.J. Simpson tonight, saying Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric will ask tough questions. PROTESTS VOWED: Calling Simpson "an admitted batterer," the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women announced a demonstration outside NBC studios in Burbank that could one day emerge from her studies would be similar to the current advice for reducing the risk of cancer and heart disease. U.S. expected to approve Fidel Castro's visa request Va. (AP) John Wayne Bobbitt wants to get back together with his estranged wife, who wounded more than his WASHINGTON The (AP) Cuban President Fidel Castro for a U.N. visit despite appeals by conservative lawmakers to bar the entry of a "totalitarian communist dictator." Castro is planning to attend the United Nations' 50th anniversary celebrations and is penciled in as a speaker on Oct. 22, the same day as President Clinton. He has visited the United Nations only twice in his 36 years in power, the last time in 1979. As host country for the United Nations, U.S. approval of visa requests from heads of state is virtually automatic. None has been off-dut- raped and emotionally tortured her. Quinton Edness said the tourist in question is Mark Furman, a Boston lawyer on holiday in Bermuda. Edness attributed the mistake to "a zealous efficient officer at the 7W tfou. attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. said. DARDEN SIGNS: Prosecutor Christopher Darden signed a contract with The William Morris Agency, w hich is also representing prosecutor Marcia Clark for prospective book and movie deals, saying he wants to speak out about the role he thinks race played in the trial. JUROR BOOK: The jury forewoman and two other jurors signed for an undisclosed amount with Dove Audio, which has already published four books related to the case. TkoofU 'Aiod ((s for ' me lime ONLY! xJ'.JOQCifv DON'T MISS TOUCH ITU I IKE 5H0PSMrrH M A rugged, in Amazing!! The 5 most smooth-runnin- g classic since factory experts put it through its paces! 1953. important tools in the space of a i bicycle. OOP OOP OOP OOOOOOOOOOOOooonoono6 MmmiSm Woodworkers DQ'lt'Yourselfers: our is More, About kUre, tfoa Are, Than kfiwe, lie, Arc, SEE ITU dependable, Come watch our $'a during detective. Immigration Minister CLINTON'S VIEW: President Clinton expressed surprise at the division between blacks and whites over the Simpson case and said he is deeply concerned. Blacks and whites can have differences, he said, "but at least we ought to be able to look at facts and reach some common judgment more frequently than apparently we're able to today." NEW LAWYER: Simpson's new lawyer, hired to represent him in civil lawsuits, filed by families of murder victims Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, is Robert C. Baker of Santa Monica. Through Saturday XX; or. THE BIG tonight. NBC said it would beef up security after receiving threats and numerous calls from protesters. BERMUDA SURPRISE: Mark Fuhrman is not vacationing in Bermuda, an embarrassed government official said after media from both sides of the Atlantic converged on the island in pursuit of the retired Los Angeles police turned down in U.N. history, offi cials said. U.N. spokesman Joe Sills said refusal of a visa request would be a violation of U.S. responsibilities to the United Nations. Castro applied for a visa at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana on Monday. The request is under review, and officials left little doubt it would be approved. a Sen. Phil Gramm. presidential candidate, said Tuesday, "Fidel Castro shouldn't be coming to America for any purpose except to go to jail." Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said he is prepared to keep Castro out through legislation if necessary. Clinton administration is expected to approve a visa request from pride. With flowers and candy, Bobbitt tried to reconcile with Lorena at the hair salon where she works, but she turned him away, twice. The Washington Post reported today. "He came over here, and then he came back. Can you imagine the nerve?" the Post quoted one of as saying. Lorena's y An police officer ended up escorting her to her car when she got off work, the newspaper said. In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband's penis, saying he had Ssve hunrirsds of surrounded support the endorsement today. "The doctors' lobbv obviously got something for their support but we don't know what it is because it was a secret deal." press secretary Mike McCurrv said. Dr. Lonnie Bristow. the AMA president, said the House GOP plan would preserve patients' access to physicians and put Medicare on a sound footing. "We think this is a marvelous, marvelous accomplishment for the .American public." he said. Dr. Daniel Johnson, the AMA said the change picsiJent-elct- t. Gingrich agreed to was worth S300 million to doctors in "Beyond that, it's pure conjecture." he said, adding that it depends in part on how many elderly people move into managed care. But congressional and AMA officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the change could bring the House hill close to the Senate version. The Senate version targets doctors for almost $23 billion in Medicare sav ings, while the original House bill had the doctors down for more than S26 billion. The AMA was already enamored of the Gingrich bill's provisions to limit punitive damages in medical malpractice cases. n, Bobbitf is trying to win back wife QQ House? '.omiTHtkvs hv tht'ir study by the same researchers found that people taking vitamin supplements lowered their risk of cataracts by 40 percent. They also found that those who ate more fiber in breads and cereals had less severe cataracts. An estimated 25 percent of Americans over 65 suffer from macular degeneration, making it the most common cause of blindness in the elderly. Some 10 million Americans suffer some visual loss from the condition. More than 5 million Americans have cataracts, cloudy areas in the eye's lens that reduce vision and can lead to blindness. The studies are far from definitive, but they show the need for more research in this area, said Julie A. Mares-Perlmaa nutritionist and epidemiologist in the ophthalmology department at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison. It is not yet possible to say how many people might ?void blindness by improving their diets, and it is too soon to make dietary recommendations based on these said. She studies, Mares-Perlma- n reported the findings at a seminar sponsored by Research to Prevent Blindness, a New York City voluntary organization that supports eye research. tute teacher died after being o of pushing their sweeping Medicare changes through two in the eye. A separate by student dies Gingrich's Medicare reforms after winning a concession that would spare doctors $300 million in fee cuts next year alone. Even before the AMA weighed in. Republicans stood on the verge Diets rich in saturated fat and Teacher punched Nevvt Speaker cholesterol have been found to increase by 80 percent the risk of a condition called macular degeneration, in which eyesight in the center of the visual field declines dramatically because of deterioration ment lawsuits. 1OOOOOO0C WASHINGTON The American Medical Association wff'creJ a ringing endorsement of House at y AMA By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL Associated Press Writer High-fORLANDO, Fla. diets, already blamed for increasing the likelihood of a heart attack or cancer, have now been linked to an increased risk of blindness. Judge Legrome Davis dismissed the sentences Tuesday after defense attorneys cited confessions from the officers. "Money passed through a mail slot, drugs back, passed bystanders shouting 'police' and a forced ciiiiy we heard that sio-rverbatim dozens of times," said Bradley Bridge, a public defender. "It defied probability." The officers from the city's 39th District have confessed to planting drugs on suspects, stealing their money and falsifying police reports, putting the city in jeopardy of millions of dollars in false arrest and false imprison- ARLINGTON, gets By PAUL RAEBURN AP Science Editor officers who made the arrests had set up defendants and, in some cases, planted drugs in their homes. ST. LOUIS (AP) Medicare reform Rflfl whv nuflr SOn nnn rmnorc love their Shopsmith MARK V's!! in TT win itA, I, gigantic- - For more information about how you can do your banking from wherever you are, call the Personal Branch Hotline: rjfj 223-774- Q FACTORY-DIREC- T DEMONSTRATION SALE!! After watching the demonstration, coupon entitles you to a FREE October 12 thru October 14 Orem Demonstrations Every Hour On The Hour I rc .'. , PERSONA! BRAN thel Popular Science Book of 36 Woodwo1(lng Projects. 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