New Flu Strain Detected As Vaccine Goes Out
The CDC reports six influenza cases in the United States this season including three in Texas one in New York and two in Hawaii. Early analysis links the viruses to the Taiwan flu a new strain alert issued in August. A vaccine to combat the strain is expected to reach doctors by month end per Dr Karl Kappus.
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Atlanta
U.S
Centers For Disease Control
Texas
New York State
Hawaii
CDC
Taiwan
Asia
Karl Kappus
Doctors Endorse Storing Your Blood
AMA backs autologous blood transfusion to lower infection risks in surgery. Dr Ira Friedlander notes stored patient blood reduces exposure to hepatitis AIDS and other diseases. Policy, adopted in June, appears in today JAMA edition.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Ira Friedlander
AMA
Council On Scientific Affairs
Journal of the American Medical Association
Friedlander
Weekend warms with scattered rain chances noted
A 30 percent rain chance tonight with lows in the mid 60s. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 80s with a 20 percent rain chance. Details appear on Page 5A.
Deaths of local residents listed with page reference
Obituary notices list Robert Adams Aiken J Herbert Black Jr Barnwell Horace Grant Ruby Jones Gloverville Luise F Lepp Aiken Walter O Banion Langley Rev James Roberson Graniteville William H Strickland Sylvania Ga with details on page 12A
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Robert Adams
Aiken
J. Herbert Black Jr
Barnwell
Horace Grant
Ruby Jones
Gloverville
Luise F. Lepp
Walter O’banion
Langley
James Roberson
Graniteville
William H. Strickland
Sylvania
Aiken Plant Keeps Owens-Corning Fiberglass Alive
Owens Corning announces recapitalization affecting both the Aiken and Jackson plants. The Jackson facility will close by February 1987, while Aiken faces three options including possible expansion. Plant Manager Robert Hrubala says the Aiken site remains viable and economically justified.
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Aiken
Owens-Corning
Jackson
Wickes Corp
Hrubala
Jacobsen Flies Home After 17 Months in Captivity
Freed hostage David Jacobsen returned to the United States from West Germany aboard a C 141 aircraft, greeted by President Reagan at Andrews Air Force Base after 17 months in Lebanon. He thanked the German people and hospital staff, and will have follow up tests in Huntington Beach California.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
David Jacobsen
United States
Reagan
Lebanon
Jacobsen
Rhein-Main Air Base
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
U.S. Air Force Hospital
Wiesbaden
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Wiesbaden Hospital
Huntington Beach
Calif
White House
Rea
Job Growth Offset By Job Loss
The Labor Department reports the economy added about 349,000 jobs after seasonal adjustment to match a 360,000 labor force rise, keeping unemployment near 7.0 percent. Over the past year 2 million entered the labor force, about 75 percent of them women, while payrolls rose by 298,000 in a separate survey.
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Washington
Labor Department
Unemployment Rate Reported by Department of Labor
The October seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is reported by the US Department of Labor. The release notes the current percentage of the workforce without work and trends compared with prior months.
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US Department of Labor
Employment Groups See Unchanged Whites and Mixed Changes
The report shows Whites at 6.0 percent unchanged while Blacks drop to 14.4 percent from 14.8 and Hispanics fall to 10.5 percent from 11.1. Teen-agers decline to 17.6 percent from a higher earlier figure.
October job gains split across sectors in 175k rise
The October employment picture shows 175,000 new jobs in business and hospital services and in retail trade while the household survey indicates most growth, about 228,000, was in part time work.
Rights Groups Push Kennedy for Thurmond Judiciary Chair
Civil rights and civil liberties groups urge Edward M. Kennedy to assume the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 100th Congress. They favor his aggressive, confrontational style to push a liberal agenda, while noting Senator Biden remains an ally and could head Labor and Human Resources if Kennedy declines.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
D-Mass
Joseph Biden Jr
Delaware
Biden
Labor and Human Resources Committee
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
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