European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Diet deaths 197b the stars and stripes Page 5 by Michael Putzel Washington api some women pro died after trying the popular liquid diet might have been saved by loser medical an examination Al help medical records at the same the government privately has thrown out As inaccurate or in conclusive Many of the reports of deaths of shots on the modified fast but it publicly continues to list these cases As he food and drug administration has tinted the diet for at least is of 48 report is deaths of persons on very to calorie Peteln the records show that a few who died Tat not even on liquid protein or other protein the medical records were compiled and Fiu died by Harold an epidemic Tat with the Center for disease con which is conducting the investigation nil die deaths for the in the first Days of his probe last novem sours identified an apparent pattern lining the first reports of death of obese Jai Enla who had been on the liquid protein is for most died apparently of heart particularly following irregular known As cardiac blood tests taken shortly before death rinsed Many of the patients were Low in which occurs naturally in Many foods and is necessary to maintain a i Fiur Nea when Fra commissioner Donald Ken Nedy called a news conference 9 to mrw Unce the first 10 deaths associated itch the he said All 10 were women inter 45 on the liquid protein diet under medical but copies of the women actual medi Cal records indicate that supervision ranged from regular visits to a physician and weekly Laboratory tests to virtually no medical attention at the Fra recently made the Case re Eonta Public with the victims names taken Robert author of the bestselling last Chance which popular lad the liquid protein modified a viewed the records with a look at Linn pointing to the fads first no blood tests were no eggs electrocardiograms coed charges rape 2 suspended up two atm University football players suspended from school for an in period following allegations by a that she was gang raped in a mens Fame officials said Walter Smith con the but declined to the identities of the athletes or to five other students who were placed in the monday Man closer medical care would have prevented some liquid protein records indicate Smith has had a strict policy about Visi y in Campus saying partying students at the school on academics police have not completed their i of the involving from an 18yearold Fame was raped by seven different he thinks the incident May blown out of n not so sure you can Call her a rape Saji Are Etc Nealing circumstances there been no criminal charges lot of questionable statements if i had evidence that o i would nut be were Ever her own doctor advised her to Start this would you characterize that As competent care i by the time the woman reached the hos she had a severe potassium deficiency and thyroid problems that proved to be Case 4 came into a Hospital Emer gency Roo last the first Lime she had seen a physician since starting the diet and losing 138 pounds in five her serum potassium level was Well below but she was discharged with instructions to drink some fruit which is High in priceless greeting Grade school Art teacher Kent Silber of holds up framed Christmas greeting be received in his mail the Back of the card is a signed Pencil and Crayon drawing by the tamed Spanish surrealist Joan to its said a politicized his office Brock demands Bell ouster Washington api Republican party chairman Bill Brock on saturday called for the removal of attorney general Griffin saying he has turned the jus Tice department into a political Clearing such serious political and Legal issues surround attorney general Bells recent conduct at the Justice department that by his own rationale for firing David Marston As United states attorney in Philadelphia the attorney general himself should resign immediately or be summarily discharged by the 13rock in a statement released by gop head quarters Brock cited Bells state ment at a news conference Friday that Marston was fired because he had politicized his Brock charged that Bell had politicized his office the nations top Law enforcement a Republican appointed by the president Gerald Ford in late was ousted by Betl last month after he re fused to slay on As a Lam Duck caretaker while a democratic replacement was being the Marston affair has become a major political Issue because Marston had successfully prosecuted several Public officials during his Brief tenure in Philadelphia and was investigating including some influential do Mcatic con in his Brock quoted Bells news conference remarks in which the at Torney general sought to justify the administrations action on the grounds that Marston was recommended by Republican Richard he had not practice Law in a Long and Only for a Short time at that time he must have been perceived As a person who was out of a senators office and there were democrats complaining about it said there hardly to be evidence Marston had politicized his to the mar Slons record was that of a vigorous and highly capable prosecutor who obtained convictions of corrupt Public officials of both major political Par ties and be was on the Trail of said one target of mansions Joshua requested and received intervention by the in removing Marlon from his Brock Carter has ii tid he was unaware that Kil Berg was under investigation at the time of his Telephone conversation with the con Gressman she returned to he Hospital the next Day with her potassium falling the woman died 14 hours Case 10 was a patient whose egg in 1973 showed a heart irregularity some times associated with cardiac but no egg was Given before the woman began the liquid protein diet last the same heart irregularity was when she was admitted to a Hospital shortly before her who claims he has not lost one of his patients on the protein said he have let the woman Start his Simitar cases Are scattered throughout records released by the Linn is a Pennsylvania Osteopath who has no recognized medical speciality but says his postgraduate studies and read ing have qualified him As an expert on the treatment of he blames a failure to sufficiently supplement liquid protein with potassium for the deaths reported by the Fra and says the problem could have been detected and corrected with regular tests and sours said in an interview that the government neither accepts nor rejects the potassium theory endorsed by Linn because investigators Are still searching for an underlying mechanism that caused the is deaths generally blamed on the Bui he agreed with Unn that the women medical care might have been a Factor in some in the weeks following the announce ment of the first 10 the Fra issued numerous reports updating the number of reports it had received and was investigate an Fra drug bulletin recently distributed to physicians and health professionals around the country said by december Fra had received 40 reports of deaths associated with adherence to very to calorie protein the Center for disease control has found that is of these 40 were women who upon autopsy or by review of past clinical history had no underlying medical problems that could have caused death the remaining deaths Are still being in the show that Many of the reports were discarded at the outset by the centers either be cause there was not sufficient medical data to explain the deaths or because the victims were not using liquid protein or other protein Case for was a 20year old woman who died suddenly after losing 35 to 40 pounds in 11 months by eating fresh vegetables and eggs and exercising regu no further followup is the record the of time ims Dwig fat Elinow or announced hell retire As army chief of he said be would take vacation before assuming bin new Job As pm Deot of Columbia 1958 egyptian president carnal Abdel Nasser was normally nominated for us presidency of the new United Arab 1968 Charles of us feet warmed by a Bidden officially opened us 1mb Winter olympic and the athletes Iron 31 countries began a Battle for on the Snow and ice of
