European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge the stars and stripes sunday May 8, 1977 Fra to continue to bust makers of laetrile new Agency Boss says Washington Dpi the govern ment will continue to bust manufacturers of the controversial cancer drug laetrile. No matter what the latest hearing shows about its merits the new head of the food and drug administration said Satur Day. Donald Kennedy also said that while he is keeping an open mind on the Issue the Ida will stay very firm in our position that it should be banned unless its Back ers can prove it is  situation that we re in is that the promoters of laetrile have had a Chance Ever since the Kefauver Harris Amend ments of 1962 to offer some evidence in favor of that substance As an effective cancer therapy and they be no offered the slightest shred of evidence in favor of it Kennedy said in an  ordered in suit the latest hearing was ordered by the courts in a suit which seeks to ice cancer patients and their doctors decide if laetrile is warranted. Some courts have granted such permission and in those cases patients May import laetrile for personal use. Kennedy said regardless of the outcome of that Issue we expert. To pursue an Active compliance policy with regard to manufacture in interstate Commerce i laetrile. We re going to bust producers if we find them and i expect that i will have a major statement to make on laetrile sometime after that hearing review is  he  has Legah a in state use and manufacture of laetrile. Which is made from Apricot pits but it still is illegal to carry Indiana made laetrile across state lines. Kennedy Siirid. Alaska and Florida permit laetrile to be used hut do not allow its manufacture l so of laetrile is illegal in All Othor slates except for persons who have obtained court orders Kennedy said that prior to the court or dered hearing there was certainly no Evi Dence in the record that would persuade anyone thai it is effective and that it was t a new drug if that continues to be the . Then Ida has no Choice under the Law but to continue to bar it from interstate  i say that As though somehow the Law requires us to do something that we Don t want to do and i Don t want to leave the slightest impression of that sort be  i believe that s an obligation he Fra should  he said. It s an obligation we think is very important and laetrile relates to a very Dif Ferent kind of obligation. It s the kind of consumer Protection obligation that re quires Fra and other agencies to require that products Are really efficacious for the uses for which they re intended he said. Asked if he viewed the laetrile dispute As a right Wing attempt to under nine the Fra s Power to Rule on drug effectiveness. Kennedy said sure. The right has always wanted Fra out of the Efficacy business. They want to throw it to the marketplace and i just Don t agree with that View at All. But it s an Opportunity for the Ultra conserva lives to gain an objective they be hoped Tor for some  Back to the polls former Louisiana congressman Rick Tonry finds something to laugh about As be returns with his wife Irene to new Orleans after resigning his House scat following allegations of election fraud. Tonry a Democrat said be will seek the Post again in a new election Tobe called soon. A photo jury ends its probe of Cash trove Alice. Tex. A a grand jury ended three month investigation Friday with out returning indictments in the discover of nearly half a million dollars burled on the ranch of an oilfield  owner James e. Hiroms went to jail for 10 Days after refusing to testify before the Jim Wells county grand jury de spite a Grant of immunity from prosecution. He was freed because we had nothing on the Man said dist. Ally. Arnoldo Garcia. It just in t against the Law for Aman to have Money buried in his Back  spree by Stepson pal Hiroms 15-year-old Stepson. Dean Bridges and a schoolmate Percy Garca 16. Found the buried $186,000 in $100 and so Bills in january loaded it into two suit cases and took a bus to Dallas. They gave some of the Money away and used More on a spending spree buying clothes cameras stereo equipment and an expensive new car. In Waco the pair was stopped for run Ning a red Light and officers found the remaining Cash a pistol and some marijuana in the car. The Money is now in a Waco Bank under . District court trusteeship. The boys parents the internal Revenue service and the state attorney general s office have All filed claims on the Cash. The Jim Wells county grand jury launched an investigation and the two boys testified under immunity Grants but this grand jury did not have sufficient evidence to Clurn an indictment Garcia said. Lie added Hal other people have been indicted by other grand juries in other Jur Sidi Lions but refused to elaborate. The Jim Weils county grand jury issued a report to close its seven month Long ses Sion but did not mention either the Money or the principals in the mysterious Case. The report instead urged authorities to investigate a serious drug problem in Thi county. It is further apparent the report said that because this area is the Cross roads of several major routes leading from the mexican Border transportation of narcotics is a serious matter of  Long delay assailed As costly bumper standards will take effect next year Washington a your repair Bills from automobile collisions and your insurance premiums would have been lower if the government had moved faster in setting bumper standards the insurance suit asks pm to pay $500 to 5,000 owners san Francisco Upil a $2 5-Mil lion class action suit asks that general motors pay $500 to each of about 5.000 Call Fornias who brought Middle line pm cars equipped with Chevrolet engines. Friday s suit was us second Here in two weeks against the company Over its instal lation of the engines in Olds Muhic and other Middle line models Robert i Ashby. Who bought a Buick. And John Boucher who bought an Oldsmobile charged pm with breach of contract and with defrauding its customers they said they and other buyers represented in the suit paid Loo much or the Chevrolet powered cars Industry and a lawmaker say. The National Highway traffic safety administration announced Friday that bumper standards would take effect in september 1978 for 1979 Model cars. The action comes five years after a Law was passed that required the Agency to develop the standards to limit damage in Low Speed collisions. The insurance Industry complained about the Long delay Friday at a hearing of the House Commerce subcommittee on consumer Protection. The Federal Agency also is considering pulling off a More stringent second phase of the regulations from 1960 to 1981 models As suggested by general motors and Ford motor co. Rep. Bob Eckhardt. A Texas. The sub commit acc chairman said he was l Satis fied with the Agency s action Hie Cost of repairs for fender benders and More serious accidents has soared to unconscionable  said Eckhardt. He Itu a thai in the five cars since Hie Agency is directed to come up with Burn i a standards Auto insurance premiums have risen steeply with a 3 1 per cent jump Between 197" and 1976 to underscore thai fender benders can be costly the insurance Institute for Highway safety showed films of crash tests of 1977 Model cars. The roof buckled on a full size Chevrolet impair driven at 10 Miles per hour into a Wall angled at 30 de Grees. At an hourly labor charge of 11. The repair Bill came to $928. In 16 crashes in which the test car hit the rear of an identical car at 10 m.p.h., the Cost of repairs to both cars ranged from h 40 for the Honda civic a acc to 1594 forthe Plymouth grand fury. In crashes into an angled Wall at � . The Cost of repairs ranged from o97 for the Chevrolet Vega to �86 for the 22 sailors from atomic sub convicted of drug offences Norfolk. A. A Twenty two sailors removed from the Crew of the nuclear submarine los Angeles for alleged drug offences have been convicted and Are being punished the Navy said. Similar charges against seven other crewmen were dismissed and four other shave not yet it a heard an Atlantic Fleet Puk Trall in said in Nul Fulk Limmie port i Ilie Navy s newts nuclear sub the Fleet spokesman said in to Hie sailors found guilty of drug offences at i april 29 Caplam s Masl aboard the surr i nov tender 1. A Spears Mil hid a inv fied for future submarine duty. In the meantime he said All have been reduced in rank most have been fined and All have been resin iced to the Spears for to to 4b Days of extra  drug charges grew out of a six month investigation by the Navy while the i s Angeles now on sea trials was being Manti a at the Norfolk naval  probe ended in april. The submarine s Normal complement Toi offers and 100 enlisted men. The �  removed last month included eight  a specialists the Navy said