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Show r" Agency Moves to Limit Tranquilizers B Margaret Gentry John R Bartels Jr aid there is no limit on pre. resentlv scriptions Bartels said he expects the proposed regulation to take effect within tvo monns if the Department of Health, Education and Welfare concurs as anticipated 'We believe our action will protect the public and prtvent both tnese drugs from becon ing a new problem on the il licit drug market," Bartels told a news conference VHIGTO (AP) 1 Ot mg potential abuse, the go eminent Wednesday mced to restrict the use of Libnum and V ahum, tranquilizers prescribed most often for middle-clas- s women M The Drug Enforcement proposed to ivq uire the manufacturer to sub nut regular report on the vol ume of distribution and sales Time Limit Inder the proposal, a prescription for either drug would be valid for no longer than six months and could be refilled no more than five times ctirg DEA administrator He said there is no evi dente. however, that Libnum ular w accounted for $1J2 million in 'he wholesale market to pharmacies in the first six months of this v ear, he reported They are most often pre senbod for women betwten JO and 40, he added rf alium hav e become popith young drug users WASHINGTON Rice Field? Ruined Hoffman-LRoJie Inc , the sole manufacturer of both drugs, has agreed to drop a seven year lgal battle and accept the proposed controls, Bartels said gate break -.- er in The Washington Star News ' reliable sources quoting said Magruder. former deputy director of the Nixon campaign, took the test on ordt rs fiom federal prosecutors some time between April 14 and a Lava from tbe Bennti volcano in south Sumatra has damaged 2,700 acres of nee fields since 11, the newspaper Suara Kary a reported ( AP) (I PI) was re leb Stuart ported Wednesdav to have passed a lie detector test supporting his allegation that for mer Attorney General John Mitchell approved the Wahr Mag-nd- Barttls said heavy dosages reportedl;' have caused physical or psychological dependence and withdrawal symptoms including nausea, twitching, sweating and convulsions Open the medicine cabinet of a random family 16, 1973 Jl Lie Detector Backs Magruder On Watergate, Paper Asserts mddle class homes and you are more than likolv to find either I ibnuin or ahum capsules, he told reporters Because of the volume of the manufacture and sale of these drugs, there is grave concern about the abuse potential JAKARTA, INDONESIA No Fvidence and Hie two tranquilizer' the most widely prose nbed drugs on the Amencan market The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, August Mav 2 John R Bartels Jr Magruder has acknowledged that he had bed the first time he appeared before the ft ater gate grand jury and during the January trial of the seven original Watergate defendants The Star News said the results of the lie detector test mdicat ed he was telling the truth when he went to fulc ral prosecutors April 14 and offered to tdl all he knew He testified before the grand jury a third tune on Mav 2 Prosecution icu The lie detector test is considered bv the prosecution to lend some credence to - of the Magruder s versionWatergate story, the new spa per said Magruder told ihe Senate that Committee Watergate Mitchell gave final approval on March JO, 1972, at Key Bis cay no. Ha . to Watergate con spirator G Gordon liddys scaled-don plan to eavC'drop on Democratic headquarters at the W atergate complex Mitchell later denied this aymg he rejected the plan outright Another participant m the Key Biscay tie meeting Mitchell aide Fredetuk I Larue, testified that Mitchell said only that the matter d d not have to be decided at that time Magruder s lawyer. James J Bierbowc. meanwhile told LPI that reports by the Star News, the Washington Post and LBS news were mcor reet that Magruder would pie? 4 guilty Thursday to one count of obstruction of justice before Chief U S Distm t Judge John J Sinca Hill Not Appear' Magruder "w ill not appear Bierbower said, but did not indicate whether it might be c irrect nonetheless that Magruder w ould plead grnltv Larue entered a similar plea on June 27, reportedly in return for a piomise of full cooperation with the Water ' gate prosecutors The charge cames a maxi mum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine It has been reported that Magruder agreed to pca1 guilty to a single charge iri exchange for his cooperation with the prosecutors, who agreed to drop a variety of other possible charges against him Solon Asks Slash in Star Rank -WASHINGTON (LPI) F, Mondale. Wednesday he willmove to cut back the numl ber of military officers, claiming thee are more generals and admirals now than at the height of World War II Sen Walter D Minn , said high-leve- "The ratio of officers to enlisted men is far out of proportion, Mondale said in a statement He said tnere are more three and r generals m uniform today that in World War II when the military was four times as large He said the Army had seven recruits foi each sergeant 25 years ago but now has more sergeants than recruits g SWIFT'S 3 LB. CAN 4.49 CsaiMee! IHtam USDA CHOICE LEAN TENDER CUTS 0)c lb. IQj four-sta- S!iaGnJQC?CntEI!IIi NORGOLD RUSSET USDA CHOICE flew LEAN BONELESS The grade structure has become so with officers that its shaped not like a pyramid, but like a balloon Mondale said y g LB .Bakery jam Sliced Bread Proposes Amendment OISttnJNT PRICES Mondales office, said Fruit Drinks 0 MEADOW GOLD '2 GAL. 16-O- Z. Wednesday that congressional has dis hearing testimony closed there were, 139 three and four-sta- r generals and admirals in fiscal 1945 with 121 million personal in the military compared to 182 top officers in fiscal 1974, when personnel totaled about 2 2 million persons , LOAF Hamb. Buns Tc? pkgst 33c Fresh Milk Hot Dog Buns Asst. Cookies "ft? S?T 33c Tube Biscuits Bufter $wf EROWNIE 10 OZ PKG LITTLE MAID O' CLOVER 2. 12 gal PILLSBURY 8 OZ PKG WESTERN FAMILY POUND LOCAL GREEN HONEY DEW, CRENSHAW, PERSIAN, CASABA J 77, mb c Melons 19 Peppers 10, o,49; I The senator proposed two amendments to the Defense Department authorization bill which would cut 156,109 null tary men, including 20,300 oiti cers, and also reduce civilian employes by b5,000 He estimated the cuts would save taxpayers slightly more than $2 billion a year Has No Comment The Pentagon had no immediate comment, saying it had not seen the full test of Mond ales statement However the Defense Department previously has pointed to such firms as DuPont, General Motors and U S Steel, which also have fewer workers per top executive now than two dec ades ago Nixon Accepts Notice of Aide WASHINGTON (AP) -PNlxoo Wednesday accepted thp resignation of Robert Wr Fn as deputy ad ministrator of the Environ mental Protection Agency and said he would nominate John R Quarles Jr. to succeed him resident fo q imbm nm & m Quaries, who has been assistant administrator of the agency since 1971, was desig nated by the President to serve as acting administrator until the Senate confirms the nomination of Russell Tram to head the agenev 1 |