Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma joins Soviet crew on Soyuz T-11
A Soyuz T-11 launch from Baikonur carries India's Rakesh Sharma along with cosmonauts Yuri Malyshev and Gennadi Strekalov. They aim to dock with the Salyut 7 station for an eight day mission of experiments, broadcast live on Soviet TV.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
India
Rakesh Sharma
Yuri V. Malyshev
Gennadi M. Strekalov
Baikonur
Soviet Central Asia
Salyut 7 Space Station
New Light On Cancer Reveals Chemotherapy Predictors
Researchers estimate cell shape analysis can forecast chemotherapy response in cancer patients. John Hopkins professor Donald Coffey notes the method identified 15 of 30 prostate cancer patients likely to respond to anti cancer drugs.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Donald Coffey
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
Coffey
American Cancer Society
Science Writers
April Showers Bring a Chance of Rain and Mild Temps
The forecast calls for a 70 percent chance of showers or thundershowers tonight with a low in the upper 50s and southeast winds 10 to 15 mph turning southwest toward morning. Tomorrow brings a 20 percent rain chance in the morning, clearing by afternoon with highs near 70. Thursday to Saturday look fair with 40s to 70s temperatures, easing into a mild weekend.
Trivia game blinds memory of nursery knowledge
A reader recalls a childlike trivia moment noting that the third pig’s house was straw not mud. The piece reflects on memory gaps triggered by playing Trivial Pursuit and age related recollection quirks.
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Aiken Enie
Sina
Sheriff Says Aiken Plot Probe Grows From Diner Incident
Sheriff Ralph Gunnells disclosed that three men arrested after breaking from Goodman Correctional Institution may have planned an assassination attempt. Joe Harris reportedly said the trio aimed to spark a disturbance to lure Gunnells to the Dixie Lee Diner parking lot where a fourth man would kill him, with deputies noting a mysterious man in the lot. The sheriff, his family under protection, said Harris’s details remain unclear and violence touched his wife during the earlier car confrontation.
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Aiken County
Ralph Gunnells
Gunnells
Joe Harris
Goodman Correctional Institution
Dixie Lee
Harris
Gunnell
Marie
Hattie Jackson
Aiken County Council Plans PSA Board Restructure and Budget Measures
Aiken County Council meets at 828 Richland Ave to discuss reorganizing the Public Service Authority Board. The agenda includes a sewer district contract, funding for PSA projects, bridge replacements, and budget transfers plus ordinances on ambulances and surplus county property.
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Aiken County Council
Aiken County Public Service Authority Board
Council
Richland Ave
Horse Creek Valley
Belvedere
Aiken County Public Service Authority
Bulls Branch
Deans Creek
County General Fund
Deficit Cutters Ready For Debate
Washington Democrats push a $182 billion pay-as-you-go deficit plan to the House floor while Senate debates Reagan’s $150 billion package. The House package gains 19 to 9 from the Budget Committee, contrasting with the President’s plan. Both seek to reduce the deficit but differ on military versus domestic cuts.
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Washington
U.S. House
House Budget Committee
Senate
House
Reagan
DOE Budget Bill Nearing Completion
DOE defense programs funding for 1985 is being set as committees in the Senate and House work toward an agreement on the budget presented in January. The defense portion, including the Savannah River Plant, would total about 7.8 billion of a 15.1 billion overall DOE budget amid ongoing questions about passage of the authorization bill.
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Washington
Department of Energy
Congress
Jim Cannon
DOE
Germantown
Senate
House
Cannon
Savannah River
Department
Labor Is Big Need For Tornado Victims In South Carolina
Local churches and volunteers mobilize to assist tornado victims in Winnsboro Newberry Bennettsville and nearby areas. They request underclothes shoes bedding towels toiletries furniture dishes and cooking utensils alongside plastic plywood and nails for repairs. Donations of money items and labor are coordinated through the South Carolina Baptist Convention First Baptist Church McColl Salvation Army and General Freight with Aiken County delivering collected goods to storm areas.
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South Carolina
Winnsboro
Newberry
Bennettsville
North Carolina
Memorial Baptist Church
Clinton Henderson
Henderson
McColl
South Carolina Baptist Convention
Richland St
Columbia
S.C
First Baptist Church
Aiken County
Salvation Army
Park Ave
Corps
Laurens Street
Henry Russell
Aiken
Augusta
General Freight Furniture
General Freight
Walton Way
Fairfield Counties
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James M. Hatchell
South Carolina Merchants Association
Hatchell
South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association
South Carolina Association of Realtors
Opinion Research Corp
SCTMA
Jerry Beasley
SRP
Bobby Mauney
Georgetown University Hoya
County Council
PSA
Cock Woods
Fairgrounds
Derrick
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