Rats regrow severed optic nerves in lab study
Dr. Roger Morrell of the Neuroscience Research Foundation reports rats regrew severed optic nerves and formed connections with brain visual areas. He notes neurons can navigate to targets and stop appropriately. Morrell, at AAAS session on brain transplants, suggests memory improvement from brain cell transplants could come in three to five years for Alzheimer's patients.
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Chicago
Roger Morrell
Neuroscience Research Foundation
Southfield
Mich
Morrell
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Boy saves mother after attacker slashes her throat
In Seaford New York a 6 year old boy untied himself from ropes and called emergency services after an unknown assailant cut his mother Virginia Kelley across the throat. Police report she remains in critical condition at Nassau County Medical Center in the ICU.
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Seaford
N.Y
Michael Kelley
Virginia
Nassau County Medical Center
Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds And Cold Townwide
Cloud cover decreasing tonight with chilly temperatures in the low 30s. Tomorrow partly cloudy skies and a high around the low 50s. Details continue on Page 12A.
Local Obituaries Notice Summary
Death notices listed Beatrice Frazier in North Augusta Benny Lee Knight in Trenton Dolores Lawlor in Albany Georgia Robert C. McClain in Lynchburg Virginia B Keith Shull in Anderson Annie Sizemore in Buffalo and Lucille Stofer in Clemson Details appear on Page 5A.
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Beatrice Frazier
North Augusta
Benny Lee Knight
Trenton
Dolores K. Lawlor
Albany, Ga
Robert C. McClain
Lynchburg
B. Keith Shull
Anderson
Annie H. Sizemore
Buffalo
Lucille C. Stofer
Clemson
Those Ugly Dogs Have A Beauty to Melina Ammatuna
Melina Ammatuna adores wrinkled Char Pei dogs and sees beauty where others see ugliness. The feature profile highlights her appreciation for the rare breed and her reasons for valuing their distinctive look.
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Melina Ammatuna
Lessie Price Breaks Ground as Aiken's First Woman Councilor
Lessie Price, long active in state and local politics, becomes Aiken City Council's first woman. The Blackwell native, who helped campaigns for Richard Riley and Nancy Stevenson, says she aims to serve, not seek distinction, by working with men and tackling community needs as an elected official.
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Blackwell
Aiken
Lessie Price
Aiken City
County Faces Shortfall in Aiken County Revenues
Aiken County Council hears six month finances show spending about 1 million dollars over revenues. State and federal funds are down. they urge General Assembly to pass Local Government Finance Act to allow extra taxes. Overtime and sheriff department costs cited as budget pressures.
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Aiken
Barnes
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Judicial and Public Safety Committee
Aiken City Council Election Precinct Results Report
Precinct No Findley Price 237 91 shows Aiken council results with absentee votes noted. Each candidate received 15 absentee votes and totals break down across several coded entries. The fragment lists multiple candidate or precinct tallies and a final sum of 10992 with zeros and letters interspersed.
Price Edges Findley For Council Seat In Aiken
Democrat Lessie Price narrowly defeats Republican Etta Findley by 85 votes to win the Aiken City Council seat. Price gains 1 240 votes 51.58 percent while Findley has 1 155 votes 48.04 percent turnout was about 16 percent with a canvas planned Thursday at 10 a.m. in the City Council chambers.
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Lessie Price
Etta Findley
Aiken
Willar Hightower
Hightower
Aiken Municipal
Gates says CIA avoided scandal facts during Contra aid period
President Reagan's CIA nominee Robert Gates told the Senate Intelligence Committee that agents avoided learning about Iran arms money diverted to the Contras to dodge violating the aid ban. He said officers were instructed to stay clear of anything related to Contra support to minimize risk and avoid crossing permissible bounds.
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Washington
Reagan
CIA
Robert M. Gates
Iran
Congress
Gates
Senate Intelligence Committee
David Boren
Dokla
William J. Casey
Capiitel Hill
Sen
Richard Cohen
Maine
Casey
Cohen
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USCA
Peters
Reese Sore Reed
Abby Areer
Ginny Southworth
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Findley Price
Price
Findley
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