Bright Child Prepares Fast Track To Medical Degree
A Baytown vignette profiles 11 year old Kristen Banerjee a precocious premedical student at Lee College with an IQ of 164 fluent in Norwegian since age four and reading the Physicians Desk Reference for light bedtime reading her dream is a medical degree by 17 though licensing rules may delay her plans. Meanwhile New Orleans hosts Mardi Gras with thousands of revelers filling the French Quarter as Rex makes his televised procession and bar crowds celebrate into the night with jazz fireworks and crowds from across the country.
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Baytown
Texas
Kristen Banerjee
Lee College
Kristen
Dallas
Salil Banerjee
Carol Harrison
Crosby
Houston
Physicians’ Desk
New Orleans
America
Pat O’brien
Rex
Coast Guard
Riverwalk
Mississippi River
George Moore
Don Granda
St. Louis
Molly
Moore
Weather Outlook Tonight and Tomorrow
A chilly night gives way to fair skies tonight with a low around 30. Tomorrow should be sunny with a high in the mid 60s as forecasters call for pleasant daytime conditions.
Deaths in Georgia City Honor Names Remain
Obituaries list Mable B. Evans of North Augusta Rev. Louis B. Holloway of Columbia Ulysses Moore of Augusta and Johnny Perkins of Swainsboro Ga. Their families acknowledge services and community roles as a brief notice records their passing.
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Mable B. Evans
North Augusta
Louis B. Holloway
Columbia
Ulysses Moore
Augusta
Johnny Perkins
Swainsboro, Ga
Bush and Dole Vie in Narrow New Hampshire GOP Race
New Hampshire voters weigh in on the 1988 presidential contest as Bob Dole seeks back to back wins and George Bush rallies for a comeback. Dixville Notch voters give the edge to Bush while survey figures project about 150000 Republicans and 115000 Democrats cast ballots statewide.
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Bush
Dole
Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Bob Dole
George Bush
Dixville Notch
First Vote In Primary Dixville Notch Chooses Bush Gephardt
In Dixville Notch New Hampshire at midnight Republicans Bush and Dole lead with 11 and 6 votes Democrats Gephardt tops Simon 4 to 3. Nineteen residents voted in booths and five absentee ballots. Town tradition weighs the honor and accuracy of early voting.
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Bush
Iowa
New Hampshire
Walter F. Mondale
Dixville Notch
N.H
George Bush
Richard Gephardt
Robert Dole
Jack Kemp
Pete du Pont
Alexander Haig
Pat Robertson
Gephardt
Paul Simon
Neil Thlotson
Dixville Noten
Dixville
Tillotson
Tom
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Ronald Reagan
Balsams
Boston
Quebec
Gail Barba
PLO threatens world attacks after Cyprus killings
The Palestine Liberation Organization warned of attacks on Israeli targets worldwide in retaliation for the killings of three PLO officers in Limassol and the bombing of the Sol Phryne ferry. The group blamed Israel, vowed revenge, and claimed adherence to the Cairo Declaration on halting external operations.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Marwan Sayyali
Mohammed Sultan
Mohammed Buheis
Limassol
Cairo
MIT Studies American Industry Productivity Report
MIT Commission on Industrial Productivity reports firms lose ground to foreign rivals due to poor management lack of cooperation and focus on short term profits The study notes the U S economy remains highly productive but could be surpassed if reforms are not pursued Key figures include Michael L Detourzos director of the Laboratory for Computer Science and Nobel laureate Robert Solow The commission was formed in December 1986 by MIT President Paul E Gray and comprises 18 MIT scientists engineers and economists
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Boston
MIT Commission On
U.S
American Association For the Advancement of Science
United States
Michael L. Dertouzos
Computer Science
Massachusetts ‘Institute of Technology
Commission
MIT
Paul E. Gray
Robert Solow
Logging Trucks Still Suffer Bad Reputation
Edgefield letter to the editor praising repaved roads drew sharp pushback from a local logging firm owner and many in the forestry industry. Foresters, agents, farmers, loggers, and processors questioned the impact of a call to keep log trucks off the road amid ongoing logging series.
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Edgefield
Highway Department
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Jarryd Talbot
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Nashua
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Priscilla Boatwright
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