Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, January 31, 1995                   TAG: 9501310155
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
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IN THE NATION

WASHINGTON - Former Housing Secretary and New York Rep. Jack Kemp has decided not to seek the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources said today.

Kemp was returning to Washington from the Super Bowl in Miami and was not immediately available for comment, his office said. But Republican Party sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that Kemp has informed key associates that he would not enter the race.

As he deliberated in recent weeks, Kemp told associates he was not sure his message fit with the aggressive agenda of House Republicans.

- Associated Press

Treatment found for sickle cell anemia

BETHESDA, Md. - A cancer drug has proved to be the first effective treatment for sickle cell anemia, a disabling blood disorder affecting 72,000 black Americans.

The drug hydroxyurea reduced the excruciating attacks of sickle cell so dramatically that the National Institutes of Health ended drug trials four months early, and on Monday notified 5,000 doctors of the treatment.

``Patients must understand hydroxyurea is a treatment, not a cure,'' cautioned Dr. Samuel Charache of Johns Hopkins University. And the drug, which carries some risks of its own, is not for all sickle cell sufferers.

- Associated Press

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