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ilEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Pre-
/s death two years ago in the
bom of his Graceland mansion
many doubts that the rock ’n’
king died of a heart attack as
Ith officials had ruled.
,ast week, the mystery was
shened when the Tennessee
dical Board charged Presley’s
wnal doctor with “indiscrimi-
ely prescribing more than 5,000
m, downers and painkillers for
: is in the seven months before his
ith.
[hecharges turned the clock back
i years.
WHEN WORD SPREAD
und the world that Elvis had
enfound dead at 2:30 p.m., Aug.
1977, his family and fans wanted
know immediately what caused
death at the age of 42.
iight doctors — including Dr.
orge Nichopoulos, Presley’s per-
alphysician, and Dr. Jerry Fran-
0, Shelby County Medical Ex-
iner — were called to Baptist
morial Hospital for a three-hour
opsy requested by the
erfainer’s family.
rancisco said he agreed to ob-
k the autopsy in case the death
licate needed the signature of
medical examiner — a require-
nt if death came from other than
ural causes. He announced that
is died of a weak heart, not drug
rdose.
f rancisco’s conclusions were
tstioned during ensuing months
my bodyguards of Elvis who said
needed pills “to get up, sleep,
form and even to go to the bath-
m, and by reports from to-
ilogical labs that showed nearly
c levels of codeine, barbiturates
I the sedative, Placidyl.
fwo months after the death,
Incisco held a second news con-
mce to answer questions.
IIS REPORT, WRITTEN on
lical examiner’s stationery, said,
ie investigation of the death of
Elvis Presley by the Office of the
Shelby County Medical Examiner
has been completed. The cause of
death has been ascribed to hyper
tensive heart disease with coronary
artery heart disease as a contribut
ing factor.”
Francisco refused to release the
official autopsy report, saying he
was acting as a staff doctor of the
University of Tennessee medical
units and not as medical examiner
when he was at the autopsy.
Baptist Hospital officials said they
could not release the autopsy re
ports because of state statutes pro
tecting the confidentiality of patient
records.
The controversy waned until last
Tuesday when the Tennessee Medi
cal Board of Examiners said a
routine audit of drugstores in Mem
phis showed that Nichopoulos
provided Presley with 96 prescrip
tions on 27 occasions between Jan.
20, 1977 and his death, almost seven
months later.
THE WHITE-HAIRED doctor
was charged in a formal complaint
with writing prescriptions for 150
tablets and 20 cubic centimeters of
the pain-killers Percodan and Di-
laudid, 262 pills of the depressants,
Anmytal and Auallude, and 278 tab
lets of the stimulants, Dexedrine
and Biphetamine.
The charges against Nichopoulos
prompted Shelby County Attorney
Hugh Stanton Jr. to open a criminal
investigation into Presley’s death.
An ABC television show last
Thursday night concluded Elvis was
a “medical drug addict” and his
death had been covered up by local
officials. The show “20-20”
prompted Francisco to hold yet
another press conference.
He stood by his original conten
tion that Presley died of heart prob
lems and not drugs — despite the
finding of eight prescription drugs
in Elvis’ body and “significant
amounts” of four of them.
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United Press International
6X- CHEYENNE,- Wyo. — A pro-
ed federal Energy Mobilization
rd to cut through red tape to
it the nation’s energy needs may
inconstitutional, Wyoming Gov.
Herschler has said,
laletterto Sen. Henry Jackson,
iVash, the Democratic Herschler
said there is nothing to prevent
board from becoming a “layer of
tape all its own.
A sunset provision is not enough
ssure accountability,” Herschler
ite, “The problem is particularly
ous in light of the board’s broad
ms and broad mission.”
'resident Carter has proposed
board as a means of speeding up
struction of power facilities and
er means of bettering the na-
s energy self-sufficiency. It
would have broad power to cut
through procedural requirements of
state and federal laws.
But Herschler said such power
could create severe problems, par
ticularly in the West.
“The leading example is water,”
he said. “Western water cannot be
ignored without creating short-term
and long-term havoc.”
The Energy and Interior depart
ments have recommended the
board be empowered to override
state water laws and water rights
recognized by the states in order to
obtain water for energy projects.
Herschler said the proposal that
the board take over state adminis
trative powers could be unconstitu
tional.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard
one, D.-Fla., who first called at-
ntion to Soviet combat forces in
a, says his information indicates
Russians intended a deliberate
of American resolve.
Stone’s revelations, first denied
tbe administration but later con-
[ned by U.S. intelligence, have
to a series of negotiations be-
een Secretary of State Cyrus
nee and Soviet Ambassador
i Dobrynin,
fbe third Vance-Dobrynin meet-
gtook place Friday. He refused to
nment on the negotiations, say-
We have to give quiet diplo-
'y a chance to work. ”
Stone told UPI he is continuing to
current information on the situa-
n in Cuba, partly from emigrants
o talk by telephone to friends or
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Carter drops out of (running) race
United Press International
THURMONT, Md. — President Carter, falling to his knees wit
exhaustion, dropped out of a rigorous mountain race Saturday on
doctor’s orders after 4 miles but said later he felt great and was still a
running “evangelist.”
“I pressed myself too much, but they had to drag me off” Carter
told reporters at an awards ceremony after the race.
“I did not want to stop,” he said, describing himself as a “senior
citizen” of the race course. “I feel great. ”
Fellow racers said Carter stumbled to his knees and was obviously
exhausted about 4 miles through the uphill 6.2 mile course in the
Catoctin Mountains near Camp David.
Estrogen found helpful, hut risky
WASHINGTON — A group of experts brought together by the
National Institutes of Health says the hormone estrogen can help
women during menopause and afterward, but it increases the risk of
uterine cancer.
Hundreds of experts participating in the meeting said Friday in a
“consensus report,” women must decide for themselves — in consul
tation with a doctor — whether to use the hormone.
The report said estrogen can relieve hot flashes, vaginal dryness
that may lead to painful sexual intercourse and possible bone loss.
But they said it does not help with psychological problems some
women believe are caused by menopause, nor does it halt the physi
cal signs of old age such as wrinkles, and hair and body changes.
Women who use estrogen have a four to eight times higher chance
of getting cancer of the uterine lining than others, they said.
Secret Service agent shot
NEW YORK — A Secret Service agent, dining with his partner in
a fashionable East Side restaurant, was shot in the face early Saturday
during a holdup, police said.
The agent, Michael Knorr, 28, of Manhattan, was shot once in the
cheek below his right eye and was reported in guarded condition at
Bellevue Hospital, the Secret Service said.
He was with his partner at the Guy Fawkes Restaurant about 1:30
a.m., when a patron at a rear bar stood up and announced a stickup,
police said.
Police said Knorr intervened when the man, wearing a silver suit,
suddenly pulled out a gun and fired a shot into the ceiling of the
crowded restaurant.
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