ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, April 2, 1997 TAG: 9704020055
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
Judge in Unabomber Case to Review Law Enforcement Files
Unabomber judge to review federal files
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal judge Tuesday ordered prosecutors in the Unabomber murder case to allow him to examine law enforcement files that attorneys for suspect Theodore J. Kaczynski contend should be thrown out.
At a hearing, U.S. Magistrate Gregory Hollows told attorneys for both sides that he will review the disputed documents in private and decide later in the month which, if any, will be handed over to the defense.
Kaczynski, accused of committing two Sacramento explosions that killed timber executive Gilbert Murray in 1995 and computer shop owner Hugh Scrutton in 1985, did not attend the hearing. He has pleaded not guilty and is in jail here awaiting a trial which is scheduled for November.
Defense lawyers charge that law enforcement officials falsified and omitted important information when they persuaded a federal judge to issue a warrant for a search of Kaczynski's hut in a remote part of Montana nearly one year ago.
The search yielded what law enforcement officers identified as the makings of a bomb, typewriters and notes resembling a journal.
-LOS ANGELES TIMES
Cronkite OK after quadruple bypass surgery
NEW YORK - Walter Cronkite underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery Tuesday, and an assistant said the operation went extremely well.
``The doctor was very pleased,'' said Marlene Adler, an aide to the 80-year-old Cronkite.
The former CBS anchorman was found to have clogged heart arteries during a regular checkup and did not have a heart attack before the four- to five-hour operation at New York Hospital, said Julie Sukman, another aide.
Adler said the surgeon, Dr. Wayne Isom, told her that ``Cronkite was in wonderful physical condition beforehand. He went through it extremely easily and well and there were no surprises.''
Cronkite retired as anchorman of the ``CBS Evening News'' in 1981 after 19 years. Since then, he has produced or appeared in numerous documentaries on CBS, PBS and cable's Discovery Channel.
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Study: Doctor counseling helps at-risk drinkers
CHICAGO - People who drink too much but aren't alcoholics will often cut back if their doctors counsel them about the health risks, a study found.
The study looked at men and women who aren't chemically and psychologically hooked but drink enough that they run a higher risk of problems such as cirrhosis, cancer and heart disease.
The study, reported in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, found that two 15-minute counseling sessions from specially trained doctors helped ``at risk'' men drinkers cut their alcohol consumption by 14 percent after a year, and ``at risk'' women 31 percent.
The study was led by Dr. Michael F. Fleming, director of the Center for Addiction Research & Education at the University of Wisconsin.
The research was based on 2,450 ``at-risk'' drinkers among 17,695 patients at 17 Wisconsin clinics.
``At-risk'' drinkers were defined as men who averaged 14 or more drinks a week or five or more drinks at one sitting per week and women who averaged 11 or more drinks weekly or four or more drinks at one time per week.
-ASSOCIATED PRESS
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President Clinton has settled on Kenneth S. Apfel, 48, a former aide to former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, to be the new Social Security commissioner, a White House official said Tuesday.
Fumes of unknown origin seeped through a nine-story office building Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas, causing 200 people to be treated for nausea, coughing and dizziness. The building's air conditioner reportedly had been serviced Monday and investigators were checking that as a possible source.
-ASSOCIATED PRESS
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