Engineers say signal urged slow approach before Amtrak crash
Conrail engineer R L Gates testified he prepared to slow and proceed through a track juncture when a signal ordered him to stop moments before an Amtrak collision that killed 15 and injured over 170. NTSB member Joseph Nall cited Gates and brakeman Edward Cromwell as giving forthright interviews.
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Chase
Conrail
Amtrak
R.L. Gates
Joseph Nall
National Transportation Safety Board
Nall
Gates
Edward W. Cromwell
NTSB
Blood Test Helps To Predict AIDS
Boston doctors say blood tests can identify people infected with the AIDS virus likely to progress to AIDS within months. Dr. B Frank Polk notes better prognostication for physicians, while acknowledging limited patient options. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, seeks to explain varied disease progression among the infected.
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Boston
B. Frank Polk
New England Journal of Medicine
Weather Outlook Sunshine Gives Way to Clouds and Rain Chance
Today's sunny skies shift to cloudy conditions with a 20 percent chance of rain tomorrow. Tonight's low near 35 and tomorrow's high in the upper 50s. Details on Page 5A.
Deaths from Greenwood to Charleston in brief notice
Deaths listed: Dollie S Lake Greenwood Eugene Lindsay Aiken Levi Morris Bath Myrtle L Noggle Tignall Woodrow J Outts McCormick Roy G Scott Camden Julia Stewart Clearwater Tilde Stewart Augusta August O Stohmeyer Charleston Thelma H Vance Aiken. Details on Page 6A.
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Dollie S. Lake
Greenwood
Eugene Lindsay
Aiken
Levi Morris
Bath
Myrtle L. Noggle
Tignall
Woodrow J. Outts
McCormick
Roy G. Scott
Camden
Julia Stewart
Clearwater
Tilde Stewart
Augusta
August O. Stohmeyer
Charleston
Thelma H. Vance
Du Pont rebutts EPA on Savannah River waste tanks
Du Pont Co replies to charges from the Environmental Policy Institute that more than 50 large high level waste tanks at the Savannah River Plant risk hydrogen explosions. The 100 page report prepared for the Energy Department defends plant safety and counters the July institute study.
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Savannah River
U.S. Department of Energy
Environmental Policy Institute
Savannah River Plant
New SRP Facility Safe For Environment
DOE finds no significant environmental impact from a planned Savannah River Plant Fuel Production Facility. The plant will recycle used uranium fuel, process up to 16 metric tons yearly, reduce waste and emissions, and create about 186 permanent jobs plus 200 construction posts at peak. Construction may start soon with completion expected in 1989.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River
DOE
SRP
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Carl Nandrasy
Defense
Nandrasy
Norths cash role in Contras over two year covert aid period
The AP reports Oliver North controlled cash and funds to back the Contras during 1984 and 1985 while directing an NSC aid network. Sources say money passed through North office, with a safe storage at Christmastime 1984 and later steps involving private donors and possible Iranian arms diversion.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Oliver L. North
North
National Security Council
Associated Press
NSC
Nors
Reagan
Richard V. Allen
Allen
Beirut Airport Shelling Triggers Fireball Destruction
Beiruts airport endured a 45 minute shell assault as a Boeing 707 of Middle East Airlines burned after a shell hit during refueling. An airport employee was injured and operations halted while fighters from rival militias exchanged blame for the strike.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Christian East
Chamoun
An-Nahar
Bashir Gemayel
Amin Gemayel
East
Middle East Airlines
Middle East
Reagan Cleared to Leave Hospital After Prostate Surgery
President Reagan will be discharged from Bethesda Naval Hospital at midday and return to the White House on an abbreviated schedule. Doctors call his recuperation excellent with post operative signs normal and say he can set his own pace in resuming duties.
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Washington
Reagan
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Army
John Hutton
Hutton
Oval Office
Donald T. Regan
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