Banner Graphic, Volume 9, Number 266, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 July 1979 — Page 2

The Putnam County Banner Graphic. July 17,1979

Eli Lilly found liable in DES damage suit

NEW \ ORK l AP) A jury has ruled Eli Lilly drug company must pay SStX),OOO damages to a woman who purportedly got cancer from DES. even though there are no records to prove Lilly made the specific hormones involved in the case. The verdict in favor of Joyce Bichler. 25, in Bronx Supreme Court Monday was hailed by her attorney as a •'landmark”

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decision that would raise testing standards throughout the drug industry. But Russ Durbin, a spokesman for the Indianapolis-based drug firm, which was singled out as the largest manufacturer of DES during the period of its use, said the company would appeal the verdict, adding: ‘‘We believe this verdict is contrary to the law and won’t be sustained on appeal.”

DES (diethylstilbestrol) is a synthetic hormone used widely on pregnant women in the 1940 s and 1950 s in the belief it would help prevent miscarriages. Not until 1971 was the hormone blamed for a high rate of vaginal cancer in young women whose mothers had taken DES during pregnancy, as well as non-malignant vaginal growths in many others. During a six-week trial in the

Bichler case, the defense contended the drug industry marketed DES without sufficient testing on laboratory animals and manufacturers of DES had a joint responsibility for adequate testing and therefore a joint liability. Attorneys for Lilly argued that at the time DES was being used, it was not known that drugs taken by a pregnant woman could be passed to the

fetus. They also contended Lilly should not be held responsible for the entire industry. Ms. Bichler, a social worker who lives in San Francisco but was born in the Bronx, was 18 when she underwent an operation for removal of her uterus, ovaries and two-thirds of her vagina because of cancer. Her mother, Dorothy, had been treated with DES before her birth.

Bowen finds 'omissions' in Carter's energy plan

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - President Carter’s proposals to make the nation more energy independent have been endorsed by Gov. Otis R. Bowen, but the governor says there are some omissions in Carter’s plans. “It will require more time to digest and pass judgment on all parts of President Carter’s program, but 1 have no immediate quarrel with any of his proposals and, in fact, endorse those that he has put forth," Bowen said. Bowen said Carter’s energy addresses Sunday and Monday included no direct mention of Environmental Protection Agency rules, which limit the use of high sulfur Indiana coal, and no discussion of what to do about the U S. Department of Energy. “Further, there was minimal talk about inflation or the economy,” said Bowen, a Republican who chairs the National Governors Association. In that role, Bowen was the only GOP governor who met with Carter at Camp David while the president was preparing his speeches. “At times, he sounded as if he were taking us to the woodshed and at times he sounded as if he were delivering a sermon,” Bowen said. “How well he’ll succeed is unanswerable at this time.”

New regulation won't lead to large increases

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) Most Indiana service station operators won’t raise gasoline prices more than 1 or 2 cents a gallon because they don’t want to overdo it, a representative of the dealers predicts. A new federal regulation permits increases of 3 to 5 cents a gallon, Curtis Robertson, executive director of the Indiana Service Stations Dealers Association, said Monday. The Department of Energy regulation, which took effect Sunday, was designed to allow stations to cover increased costs for such items as labor, utilities and rent since 1973. Stations also are required to ppst a sticker on pumps showing profit margins, allowing motorists to shop for those stations that make the least profit and thus might be charging a lesser price per gallon. The Indiana dealers are gath-

Second trial set for

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) The Gary man accused of killing California Angels outfielder Lyman Bostock will stand trial a second time Oct. 1. The first trial ended in a hung jury last week. Leonard Smith, 32, an unent-

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No immediate quarrel The Indiana governor said that Congress must share the blame for the lack of direction on energy and should respond to Carter “by enacting the parts of his program that appeal to them and discarding or amending other parts so we can soon become energy i ndependent. ” , Bowen’s remarks came in a prepared statement released by his office here. He was unavailable for elaboration and aides refused to divulge the unlisted telephone number at his Bremen home where he was staying. Democratic State Chairman Donald Michael said the nation should “lay partisanship aside

ered here for their annual convention. The association represents about 1,000 of the Hoosier state’s 3,000 major dealers. “They probably wouldn’t be able to sell all of their allocations if they raised the price alj the way,” Robertson said, adding that sales already are down as Indiana motorists conserve tight supplies. Those stations boosting prices probably would do so to discourage consumption and stretch their supplies through the month, he said. Some Indianapolis-area dealers backed up Robertson’s prediction. Chuck Joseph, a southside Indianapolis dealer, said he didn’t raise his prices because “I don’t want to overdo it. For the last 20 years, I made 3, 4 and 5 cents a gallon profit and I’m now at 9, 10 or 11 cents. It’s manna from heaven.” Joseph said he eventually will

ployed steelworker, entered a plea of innocent by reason of insanity in the slaying Lake Superior Court Judge James Kimbrough declared a mistrial early Friday after the nine-man, three-woman jury announced it could not reach a

Bladel convicted in three slaying

GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) An Elkhart, Ind. railroad worker faces three mandatory life sentences after being convicted in the New Year's Eve shotgun slayings of three Conrail employees. A jury convicted Rudy Bladel, 46, on three counts of firstdegree murder Monday in the shootings at the Jackson. Mich.. Conrail depot. Nine women and three men deliberated 95 minutes before returning the verdict in Otsego County Circuit Court. The trial was moved from

and work together to solve the energy and economic problems that face us. “It is important that those who would want to play politics be prepared to accept the consequences of their actions,” Michael said. “As in the past, when America is threatened, we should put the country’s needs ahead of political advantage.” Larry Reynolds, president of the United Mine Workers Dis trict 11, which includes all of Indiana, was encouraged by Car ter’s speech “I was very optimistic. I never really heard him sound belter,” he said in a telephone interview from the union’s headquarters in Terre Haute. “I like the fact that he was very forceful, saying if we needed somb things we were going to do it.” 1 Reynolds took that to mean a relaxation of EPA rules to allow more use of coal. Scores of Indiana miners have been laid off or forced to work reduced hours because of an enormous stockpile of unused coal. “I could only read into it (‘the speech) that if we need utilities to burn coal, and go against some of the things the environmentalists want, we will. I’m not saying we should get rid;of the environmentalists, but .we need to have a balance,” the union leader said.

take advantage of the new regulation, but he added: “For the moment. I’m in no great rush.’’ At a mid-town Indianapolis station, dealer Dick Clark explained his decision to wait on a price increase: “I don’t want to upset my customers. I still want them to come back when this is all over.” Robertson said the sentiment was that removing controls without forcing oil companies to divest themselves of retail interests would drive dealers out of business and send prices skyrocketing about $2 a gallon. “We feel as though oil companies are controlling the supply of crude oil and gasoline to such an extent now that if they were granted total decontrol tomorrow. they would move totally into the retail operation,” he said. “That would mean paying the world market price, as much as $2.50 a gallon.”

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verdict after seven hours of deliberation. Deputy Prosecutor James Oszewski said he believed jurors couldn’t decide whether Smith was insane when Bostock. 27. was shot to death while he sat in a car on a Garv street

Jackson to Gaylord because of pre-trial publicity. Judge Russell Noble set sentencing for Aug. 29. Bladel was remanded to the custody of the Jackson County sheriff Testimony concluded Friday and closing arguments in the five-day trial were given Monday. The victims were Charles Burton. 32. Michigan Center; William Gulak, 50. Lincoln Park, and Robert Blake. 42 Southgate. Bladel gave Jackson police a confession March 26.