University suspends staff in body parts scheme scandal
Two lab workers suspected of selling human body parts to a Philadelphia physician were suspended by the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, which is ending ties with Dr. Martin Spector, an ENT specialist with admitting privileges at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The university cited concerns over professional trust and human dignity.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Laurence Earley
University
Martin Spector
Legislators Charged Over Bachelor Party Indictments
Iowa lawmakers Ed Parker and Al Sturgeon face misdemeanor counts along with a lobbyist, a dancer, and a bartender after a Jasper County grand jury indicted them in connection with an April 17 bachelor party at the Back Forty lounge in Mingo. Parker says he did nothing wrong and will be cleared.
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Newton
Iowa
Jasper County
Ed Parker
al Sturgeon
Parker
Mingo
Des Moines
Weather turns cooler with showers and thundershowers
A 40 percent chance of showers tonight with a low in the mid 70s. Tomorrow the high will reach the mid 80s with mostly cloudy skies and a 60 percent chance of thundershowers. Details on Page 10A.
Deaths Helen Edenfield and Chester Spears noted
Obituary notices list Helen Edenfield of North Augusta and Chester Spears of Lincolnton Ga as deceased with details referenced on Page 10A.
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Helen Edenfield
North Augusta
Chester Spears
Lincolnton
Weak 0.6 Percent Growth Dims 1986 Economy
The Commerce Department reports the U S economy grew 0.6 percent in the April to June quarter the weakest pace since the 1982 recession after a revised decline from an earlier 1.1 percent estimate Inflation eased to a 1.9 percent annual rate tied to lower energy prices but overall six month growth stood at 2.2 percent far from the Reagan plan for 4 percent for 1986.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Government trims growth forecast amid record deficit
Administration lowers year growth forecast to 3.2 percent and predicts a budget deficit of 230.2 billion dollars. Private economists doubt final six months expansion will top 3 percent as a weak trade performance drags output. Trade deficit hits 150.5 billion annually, reducing domestic growth by 24.6 billion. Exports revised down to a 5.6 percent fall from a 3 percent rise.
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GNP
Rain Floods Newberry As Death Toll Rises
Newberry residents faced record rainfall from four hours of downpours flooding Scotts Creek. A 2 year old Adrienne Woodward and her grandmother Janice Epting died when their station wagon was swept into floodwaters on a bridge. The city declared an emergency as more than 25 homes flooded and several bridges and roads damaged.
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Newberry
Scotts Creek
al Harvey
Columbia
Interstate 26
David Waldrop
Clarence Shealy Jr
Waldrop
Adrienne Woodward
Janice Epting
Scott’s Creek
Newberry County
Coleman Bishop
Bishop
Faye Woodward
Harvey
Red Cross
Aiken County Sewer Project Faces Funding Doubts
Farmers Home Administration doubts funding the Bridge Creek and other Aiken County sewer trunk lines for the current year. A meeting with county, Aiken Public Service Authority, Breezy Hill Water and Sewer, Valley Public Service Authority and others discussed alternative funding and EPA grant conditions.
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Farmers Home Administration
Aiken County
Bridge Creek
Aiken Tech-Midland
Little Horse Creek
Mike Hucks
Fmha
Hucks
Aiken
Davis
Floyd
North Augusta
Blanchard Tract
Farmers Home
Corps Prepares for Dry Months Across Southeast
The U S Army Corps of Engineers warns of an extended Southeast drought as the region enters the three driest months. Contingency water plans cover the Chattahoochee Flint and Apalachicola basins amid reports of one of the century's driest years. Officials from Georgia Alabama and Florida outlined the measures at a Monday public hearing.
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Atlanta
U.S Army Corps of Engineers
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Chattahoochee, Flint
Apalachicola
Gulf of Mexico
Water Restrictions Eased by South Carolina Officials
Recent showers ease drought in South Carolina prompting officials to begin lifting voluntary water restrictions and to encourage farmers about late summer and fall crops. Freddy Wang, executive director of the SC Water Resources, says drought conditions receded and restrictions could be lifted, though conservation remains urged as supplies have not fully recovered. State officials note progress but warn the drought is not over.
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South Carolina
Freddy Wang
Newberry
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W. Scott Barnes
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