Surprising New Surfactant Drug Cuts Infant Deaths
The FDA announced Exosurf, a synthetic surfactant treatment for respiratory distress syndrome in premature babies, halving deaths and potentially reducing roughly 3,000 fatalities yearly. Developed by Dr. John Clements and produced by Burroughs Wellcome Co, it marks a major advance in neonatal care.
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Food and Drug Administration
John Clements
University of California At
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Burroughs Wellcome Co
Research Triangle Park
N.C
Mary Ellen Avery
Harvard Medical School
Boston
American Lung Association
Aiken Standard Classified Ad Rates and Contact Info
The Aiken Standard offers home delivery with monthly and longer subscription options. Rates listed include 3, 6, and 12 month terms with prices shown for both monthly and longer periods. Offices are at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing is P O Box 456, Aiken SC 29802.
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ANC Cease Fire Clears Way For Talks
The ANC announces an end to its 29 year guerrilla campaign and suspends all armed action clearing the way for talks with the government on ending white minority rule. Mandela says supporters will be notified to halt armed actions and negotiations proceed towards a new constitution with de Klerk calling it a turning point. Archbishop Tutu welcomes the move while urging police restraint and government action to curb violence.
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South Africa
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African National Congress
ANC
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F.W. de Klerk
Mandela
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
Liberia Civil War Timeline from December to July
Rebels led by Charles Taylor cross from the Ivory Coast and fighting destroys towns in Liberia. President Doe calls for negotiations, seeks early elections, and then asks aid from the U.S. to end the war. U.S. Marines are positioned offshore, cease-fire talks begin, and major clashes and hostage incidents unfold as government forces and rebels clash across Monrovia and near the capital.
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Ivory Coast
Liberia
Samuel K. Doe
Doe
Sks
United States
State Department
U.S
Monrovia
Liveria
Sierra Leone
J. Rudolph Johnson
David Staley
Prince Johnson
Johnson
U.S. Bassy Compound
Caldwell
U S Worried About Foreigners In Liberia
U S officials fear 14 to 15 foreigners including one American were kidnapped from the Hotel Africa in Monrovia by Liberian rebel forces. The captives were taken to Prince Johnson’s Caldwell headquarters as part of a bid to provoke international intervention in Liberia’s civil war.
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U.S
Monrovia
Prince Johnson
Liberia
Tappe
Samuel K. Doe
Africa
Johnson
Caldwell
State Department
Margaret Tutwiler
Bush
Bhutto ousted as Pakistan premier with military backing
President Ishaq Khan dismissed Benazir Bhutto after 20 months in office citing corruption and ethnic violence in Sindh. Army leaders swarmed Islamabad deploying troops and taking control of state media as Mustafa Jatoi was sworn in as caretaker prime minister amid a longstanding power struggle with the civilian government.
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Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
Elass
Ghulam Isha Khan
Ms. Bhutto
Sindh
Ishaq Khan
Mustafa Jatoi
Army
Air Force
Mirza Aslam Beg
England
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
Interim Successor Named To Replace Patrol Chief
In Columbia the state highway department named Maj. Ronald N. Alford interim patrol commander, bypassing Lt. Col. A. T. Morris who led anti Lanier protests. Lanier retired after 34 years amid scrutiny over involvement with FBI agent Fred Verdner.
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Highway Department
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J Red Lanier
Joe Rideoutte
Ronald N. Alford
Lanier
FBI
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Rideoutte
AT. Morris
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Morris
Charles Dalton
Highways and Public Transportation Commission
Dalton
Linwood Altman
D-Pawleys Island
Altman
Highway Commission
Patrol
Fred Ver
FBI Transfers Top Agent In S C To Washington
Columbia report says FBI moved Fred Verinder to Washington after a traffic stop controversy damaged his effectiveness as Columbia office chief. Disciplinary action possible. Verinder unavailable for comment.
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S.C
Washington
Columbia
Fred Verinder
Verinder
William Sessions
Sessions
South Carolina
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