Weather watchers keep daily Nevada records despite aging staff
In rural central Nevada eighty year old Edna Cooley rises before dawn to log daily weather data for the National Weather Service. She earns eleven dollars and ten cents for each day’s six observations, amid quotes about the need for live observations to improve forecasts.
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Edna Cooley
Nevada
Gerald Miles
Elko
Bill Davis
Salt Lake City
National Weather Service
Industry: More Sports On TV Than Ever
Washington AP reports the cable industry rebutting critics who say sports on free television are dying. A study by the National Cable Television Association shows total broadcast network sports programming reaching a record 1,753 hours in 1988, an Olympic year.
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Washington
National Cable Television Association
Weather Tonight and Tomorrow Cloudy With Rain Chance
A forecast shows cloudy skies tonight with a 40 percent chance of rain and lows in the low to mid 40s. Tomorrow remains mostly cloudy with a 20 percent rain chance and highs in the mid 60s to low 70s. Details are on Page 8A.
Deaths inarea list with names and notes
Obituary notices list Allison M Adams Union Mrs C R Arrington Augusta Ethel Bennings Augusta Thomas L Daniel Jr Jackson Pamela Sue Hayes North Augusta Sophia C Hutto Barnwell Herman Ivey Augusta James Moore Augusta Dr William H Moretz Augusta Nicholas E Morris Myrtle Beach Horace Steed Jr Blackville William M Vickers Aiken Wessie S White McCormick. Details on page 8A.
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Allison M. Adams
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C.R. Arrington
Augusta
Ethel Bennings
Thomas L. Daniel Jr
Jackson
Pamela Sue Hayes
North Augusta
Sophia C. Hutto
Barnwell
Herman Ivey
James Moore
William H. Moretz
Nicholas E. Morris
Myrtle Beach
Horace Steed Jr
Blackville
William M. Vickers
Aiken
Wessie S. White
McCormick
Vatican Urges Noriega to Leave Papal Embassy
The Vatican presses Panamanian ex-leader Manuel Noriega to depart the papal nunciature in Panama City. A Vatican spokesman says the nuncio tries to persuade Noriega but cannot force him, while the U.S. pressures continue with rock music protests and demands to turn him over for drug trafficking charges. The embassy remains a diplomatic asylum with no formal Panamanian request yet received.
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Vatican
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Panama City
Holy See
Noriega
Joaquin Navarro
U.S
Navarro
United States
Exeng
Emy
Sion
Havel Elected Czech President
Vaclav Havel, playwright and opposition leader, elected as Czechoslovakia’s first non Communist president by the Federal Assembly in Prague. The vote followed weeks of peaceful revolt and vows to implement reforms, with Havel signing the oath amid ceremonies at Hradycastle as cannon salvos rang out.
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Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel
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Alexander Dubcek
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Marian Calfa
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Dubcek
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Decade Saw Advances In Medicine
Aiken physicians note rapid medical tech progress in the 1980s. Dermatology cites Accutane as a dramatic acne breakthrough, easing severe cases and boosting self esteem. treatment changes patient personalities as they feel better about themselves. Orthopedics saw related developments.
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Aiken
Margaret Fitch
Arthroscopic and Microsurgery Advancements Highlighted
Dr James J Hill Jr of Carolina Orthopedics notes two key techniques that eased surgery arthroscopic surgery and microsurgery. Both emerged in the late 1970s but gained widespread use in the 1980s. Arthroscopy uses a tiny telescope camera and small instruments through three knee incisions.
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James J. Hill Jr
Carolina Orthopedics
Indicators Up Slightly Last Month
The Commerce Department reports the Leading Economic Indicators index rose 0.1 percent in November, signaling slower growth in 1990 but avoiding a recession. The gain was driven by orders for consumer goods, with other positives from fewer weekly unemployment claims, rising plant and equipment orders, money supply growth, and higher backlogs, while a drop in raw material prices weighed as a drag.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Romanian Revolt Shifts Nation to Romania Name and Flag Change
Romania's revolutionary National Salvation Committee seized power backed by the army. Ion Iliescu leads a 145 member council rewriting government to establish free elections, a new constitution and a republic form. The flag loses the Communist emblem as authorities seek a democratic system.
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Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Vienna
Agerpres
National Salvation Committee
Socialist Republic of Romania
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