Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 53, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 November 1990 — Page 2

THE BANNERGRAPHIC November 3,1990

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Bayh accuses Hudnut of ‘outright hypocracy’

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Gov. Evan Bayh has taken off the gloves and come out swinging at Republican secretary of state candidate William H. Hudnut. The Democratic governor went on the attack Friday by accusing Hudnut of “outright hypocrisy” in campaign ads that criticize Secretary of State Joseph H. Hogsett. AT A HASTILY arranged news availability, Bayh made his most critical statements yet about Hudnut, the Indianapolis mayor who many politicians in both parties believe wants to run against Bayh in 1992. “I believe an important line has been crossed during the campaign for secretary of state that goes from negative campaigning to outright hypocrisy,” said Bayh. “Bill Hud-

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DAUGHTERS SUPPORT FATHER Living with our father John Thomas for the first 20 years of our lives and closely observing his life for 40 years probably qualifies us to write an accurate description of him. John Thomas, whether he be a father, a lawyer, or a legislator, is an honest, proud, dedicated and patriotic man. He is willing to sacrifice time, energy and even his own money in order to serve others. Altruism for Dad began early in his adult life. As his professional career began, he became very active in volunteer work for his church and Boy Scouting. He has been a source of inspiration for many families and young people through his work in these organizations and many more. Dad has always had the interests of his country and community at heart. “At heart" meant literally—Dad “lives” for the people. He constantly reads, listens and investigates to keep himself abreast of the needs of the communities he represents. The sacrifices Dad has made are unknown to many of the folks in District 44. His perfect attendance at the legislature is out-standing! How many of us could say we have perfect attendance at our place of employment for even a few years? He takes his job as a legislator VERY seriously. He values your opinion, your input, your vote-after all, your vote is his vote. Our father Representative John Thomas is a man of high moral character. Regardless of moral trends and social pressures, he has stood firm and determined in matters of “right” and “wrong.” He is honest above reproach and deals fairly with others even when he hasn’t been treated with the same respect. His professional success as well as personal success indicate his willingness to work hard to achieve his goals. Dad is proud to work, proud to achieve, and proud to accomplish for himself and others. John Thomas is a true statesman. As a politician he has demonstrated his love and concern for our community, for our families and for our children. He has genuinely cared about our well-being, worked for our best interests and plahned for our success. Rep. Thomas has made a difference. He has improved all our lives. He is not finished. He has more to achieve for us. Give him the opportunity. Vote for John Thomas.

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GOV. EVAN BAYH Comes out swinging

nut has attacked his opponent in this campaign repeatedly for positions and actions he himself has engaged in and in fact endorsed. “It seems to me that in this year of negative campaigning, a new

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low has been reached with Mr. Hudnut’s hypocrisy.” HUDNUT SAID THE governor’s statements show Democrats are worried about the chances of Hogsett, Bayh’s former campaign manager and close friend. Bayh, elected secretary of state in 1986, appointed Hogsett to office after winning the 1988 gubernatorial election. “I think that they feel very threatened by me, and they’re pulling out all the stops,” said Hudnut. “Now, they’re trotting out tne big cannon the governor.” Bayh’s complaints were triggered by Hudnut advertisements that question the cost of public employee collective bargaining and criticize Hogsett for taking large campaign contributions from organized labor, state contractors and lobbyists. THE MAYOR SUPPORTS collective bargaining, and he has taken contributions from labor, contractors and lobbyists, Bayh said.

Woman sues Lilly for $l5O million

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Bonnie Leitsch says she was revived from a narrow escape from death, and she wants to warn people about the drug she claims almost killed her. The Louisville woman is national president of the Prozac Survivors Support Group. On Friday, her lawyer filed a $l5O million lawsuit against the manufacturer of that drug, the most widely prescribed antidepressant on the T T Q morL'Pt “THE MAIN REASON I’m bearing my life is because I know what this drug did to my family,” a tear-choked Leitsch told reporters at a news conference Friday about her suit against Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly & Co. “If by coming public I can save one more life, it’s worth it to me.” In her lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court, Leitsch claims that Prozac caused her to have suicidal and homicidal thoughts for the first time in her life. Leonard Finz, the New York lawyer who filed the suit on Leitsch’s behalf, said there were now between 10 and 15 lawsuits on file naming Lilly and Prozac. The actions represent hundreds of millions in damages. LEITSCH SAID HER doctor prescribed the drug in mid-1989 as a “pick-me-up” for a nagging

Wanted molester to be extradited to Georgia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Accused child molester Kenneth Robert Stanton was expected to arrive in Georgia by today following an extradition agreement reached

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“There’s plenty of room for disagreement on the substantive issues. but when an individual in the closing days of the campaign repeatedly attacks his opponent for things he himself has done, for positions he himself has taken, I think that crosses a new threshold and represents an important resort to hypocrisy in an attempt to win a campaign,” said Bayh. Bayh repeatedly referred to Hudnut’s “savage attacks” on Hogsett. HUDNUT SAID HIS ads were intended to raise the issue of the cost of collective bargaining, not whether either candidate supported it, and to point out that Hogsett received substantially more money than Hudnut from special interest groups. The mayor also said he found “Democrats complaining about negative ads almost laughable.” “I’d say it’s a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black,” said Hudnut. “People are getting sick

earache Leitsch had been suffering. But the drug, which she took for several months, turned her into a “Superwoman, where I was right and everybody else was wrong,” she said. She said the drug caused her mind to race at “150 miles per hour” and that she became very aggressive. Finally, in June 1989, Leitsch took “handfuls” of pills and wrote a farewell note to her husband. “I wanted to die,” she said. “That seemed to be the only answer. Dead was the only escape from Prozac.” LEITSCH DID DIE in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, but emergency technicians revived her. Leitsch continued to take Prozac after her release until she read a February 1990 Harvard study linking fluoxetine hydrochloride Prozac’s generic name to suicidal thoughts. Leitsch said she stopped taking the drug, and as was the case with the subjects in the Harvard study the suicidal thoughts ceased LEONARD FINZ, the New York attorney who filed the suit on Leitsch’s behalf, said Leitsch’s doctor and coundess others “relied on the literature provided by the manufacturer,” which he said

by the governors of South Carolina and Georgia. Assistant Attorney General Tripp Anderson said Friday the executive agreement, signed by Gov. Carroll

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and tired of their poison video brand of politics, the kind that does nothing but hurl false accusations and twist the truth.” THE MAYOR ALSO alleged that the latest Hogsett ad that asserts Hudnut wanted to reduce Social Security benefits is “a grand deception.” “Let me say it plain and simple, Joe, so you’ll understand: I’m for full funding of Social Security, and I’ve never wavered from that position,” said Hudnut. Asked for documentation of the Social Security claim, the Hogsett campaign referred to recommendations of a task force the mayor co-chaired in 1984. That group at the Roosevelt Center for American Ve’icy Studies recommended cut* in Social Security and Mcdica. and higher taxes as a way to address the federal budget deficit, said Michael O’Connor, Hogsett’s campaign manager.

touted Prozac as a “new miracle drug” with few side affects. But a spokesman for Lilly, Clark Kaufman, said Friday that those claims are “not found anywhere in any information published by Lilly. I’ve seen it printed by the lay media. That’s not anything we’ve published.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed Lilly to begin marketing the drug in December 1987, exclusively for treatment of depression. Kaufman said 11,000 people worldwide took part in clinical testing for the drug, which has now been prescribed to more than 3 million people. IN A JULY “talk paper” from the FDA, the agency repeated its earlier contention that there was no reason to connect Prozac with the extreme behavior cited by Leitsch and the Harvard study. But Finz called the pretrial clinical tests by Lilly “an absolute fraud,” saying the people who were meant to take the drug namely those with suicidal or manicdepressive tendencies were excluded from the trials. LEITSCH, WHO HAS quit work to devote more time to her Prozac advice hotline, said she receives calls constantly from people who have experienced problems similar to hers with Prozac.

Campbell and Georgia Gov. Joe Frank Harris, specifies that Stanton will be returned to South Carolina at Georgia’s expense at the earliest reasonable time. RICHLAND COUNTY Sheriff’s Department authorities said they expected him to leave by Friday night. “We want to get him back as soon as we can so we can carry through with our states’ rights,” Anderson said. He said that whether or not Georgia authorities find Stanton guilty, they must return him to South Carolina. “Just to be careful, I want to make sure we won’t have that problem. That’s why we’re making

Reservist charged in desertion MURPHYSBORO, 111. (AP) An Army reservist who refused to join her unit for active duty in Saudi Arabia has been arrested and turned over to Military Police, civilian authorities say. Jackson County authorities arrested Spec. 4 Stephanie R. Atkinson Friday at her home in Murphysboro, according to statement issued by Sheriff William Kilquist. THE SHERIFF SAID the arrest was made on a warrant for military desertion at the request of military authorities at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. Dispatchers at the sheriff’s office said Atkinson was picked up late Friday by military authorities, but there was some uncertainty as to whether she was being taken to Fort Benjamin Harrison or to Fort Leonard Wood, near Rolla, Mo. Public information officers were on duty at neither base late Friday. ATKINSON, 23, has been absent without leave since she failed to report Oct. 15 for duty with the 300th Adjutant General Postal Company of Fairfield, 111., for training at Fort Sheridan before leaving for the Persian Gulf. The company shipped out for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The main training center for the adjutant general’s personnel is located at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Atkinson’s name had been entered in the Crime Information Computer to advise police the Army considered her a deserter. IN RECENT interviews with newspapers, Atkinson said she had became a conscientious objector and opposed war, violence and President Bush’s policy in Saudi Arabia. She participated in recent anti-war rallies in Carbondale, where she once attended Southern Illinois University on a military scholarship, and in New York City, where she sought the aid of Citizen Soldier, an advocacy group for war objectors.

this agreement,” Anderson said. STANTON IS ACCUSED of child molestation in South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. Rock Hill authorities filed attempted child molestation charges against Stanton Thursday and tried to halt Stanton’s extradition to Georgia. Two officers from Houston County, Ga., came to Columbia Thursday to take Stanton with them Friday, but waited until after the agreement because of confusion about jurisdiction. FBI agents captured Stanton, 52, a native of Huntington, Ind., outside a Rock Hill motel Wednesday. The FBI had been backing him for about a year and a half.