Newark Firefighter Dies in Rescue Attempt Hero's Funeral Planned
Marcus Reddick 26 a seven year veteran died after a 35 foot fall while saving Angela Ubeda 67 from a third floor fire. He cushioned her as they fell with Reddick under her. Fire officials call the death a hero's funeral. In Miami singer Connie Francis was taken to a mental health center after an incident at the Grand Bay Hotel.
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Newark
N.J
Marcus Reddick
University Hospital
Reddick
Angela Ubeda
Caufield
Miami
Connie Francis
Miami Mental Health Center
Miami Fire and Rescue Squad
Grand Bay
Fire Department
Cristy Hickman
Paul Guzman
Ms. Francis
Pilar Espinosa
Fort Lauderdale
Boston Prudential Center Fire Forces 1500 Evacuations
An eight alarm blaze at the 52 story Prudential Center in Boston spread without sprinklers. 1500 workers fled 40 plus smoke filled floors while 24 were injured and six remained in hospital overnight.
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Boston
Prudential Center
Rajneesh Leaves India for Nepal Commune Tour
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the controversial guru deported from the United States in November, departed New Delhi for his Himalayan Nepal commune. He told reporters he has no fixed plans to settle there and may return to India to explore sites for a permanent commune.
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New Delhi
India
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Guru
United States
Nepal
Sandinistas Close Catholic Radio
The director of a Roman Catholic radio station blamed human error for not broadcasting most of a year end speech by President Daniel Ortega, triggering a government decision to close the station in Managua.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Woman Cremated Under Friend's Name
In Morristown New Jersey a burn victim survived a house blaze thought to kill Nancy Kniep. For two days doctors and family believed the guest Paul Underwood and Mary Underwood died, but the survivor spoke the name Mary revealing mistaken identity and identifying herself as Mrs Underwood.
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Morristown
N.J
Mary
Nancy Kniep
Paul
Mary Underwood
Missing U S Air Force F15C Vanishes Off Iceland
An F15C fighter jet on a training mission vanished near Keflavik Iceland at 9 20 a m 80 miles southwest of Iceland with the pilot presumed dead NATO said a search was launched but no trace of the aircraft was found and no survivors reported
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Keflavik
Iceland
NATO
Fridthor Eydal
Khmer Rouge claim Cambodian strike over Takeo capital
Cambodian communist resistance says Khmer Rouge forces overran Takeo city in Takeo province killing 15 Vietnamese and wounding 25. It claims destruction of police HQ and a training school during a Christmas attack and reports no casualty figures for its fighters. Separately in Atlanta about 2,500 prostitutes are sought for a federal AIDS study with CDC hiring a prostitution advocacy founder to recruit subjects and conduct tests and interviews.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
Takeo Province
Takeo
Khmer Rouge
Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control
Hendersonville Twin Heaviest Wrestler Slips Requiring Extra Aid
Benny McCrary a 39 year old listed in the Guinness Book as one of the world’s heaviest twins slipped on mud and gravel leaving his home needing a large team of EMTs and volunteer firefighters to move him to the hospital. His 743 pound brother Billy died in 1979 from motorcycle injuries. The twins formerly performed as tag wrestlers Billy and Benny McGuire.
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Hendersonville
N.C
Benny McCrary
McCrary
Henderson County
Missouri Supreme Court Grants Execution Stay for Gerald Smith
Gerald Smith, condemned for murder, won a stay of execution until January 15 from the Missouri Supreme Court. He had been set to die in the gas chamber next Monday rather than spend life on death row.
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Jefferson City
Gerald Smith
Missouri Supreme Court
Public wants more AIDS tests poll says
Virginia Beach AP survey by Gallup shows broad public support for AIDS blood testing and job bans for homosexuals in several occupations. Fifty-five percent oppose food handling by homosexuals, 49 percent oppose teaching, and 53 percent oppose doctors, with stronger testing support across regions.
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Virginia Beach
Gallup
Christian Broadcasting Network
George Gallup Jr
Company Sends Its Bill To Startled Customer
Ted Odder received a December telephone bill for about thirty five thousand dollars in a nine inch high invoice delivered in a shoe box. Southern Bell says the bill was an internal record of toll free complaints and requests directed to Boca Raton customer service.
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FT. Lauderdale
Fla
KRS
Ted Odder
Odder
Southern Bell
Boca Raton
College enrollments fall slightly in fall of 1985
Washington AP reports that over 12 million students enrolled in U S colleges and universities last fall, down 1 percent from 1984. Part time enrollment held steady while full time dropped 2 percent as the 18 to 24 cohort declined 2.6 percent.
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Washington
U.S
First woman with artificial heart wakes from coma
Mary Lund, 40, of Kensington, the first woman to receive the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, awoke from a coma 16 days after surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Doctors say her condition is critical but improving with a survival chance over 50 percent as she regains movement and reacts to hearing about the implant.
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Minneapolis
Mary Lund
Frederick Gobel
Gobel
Lund
Kensington
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Baby Moses Goes Home After Heart Transplant
Loma Linda California AP Baby Moses the youngest and longest lived newborn heart transplant recipient has returned home at four days old when the infant was released in good condition with no signs of infection or rejection. Surgeon Dr Leonard Bailey notes the case highlights both scientific progress and donor heart scarcity for newborns. Baby Moses was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome the same condition that affected Baby Fae who received a baboon heart in 1984 and died 2042 days later.
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Loma Linda
Calif
Moses
Leonard Bailey
Bailey
Baby Moses
Baby Fae
Emergency numbers listing from Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a public service. The paper notes its publication background by Aiken Communications Inc and lists its postal address in Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Aiken, S.C
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