Interferon Shows Pain Relief in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Interferon injections relieve pain and swelling in stubborn rheumatoid arthritis cases in about two thirds of patients not helped by standard therapies. Researchers caution further safety and efficacy testing is needed before broad use. The study notes a potential non cancer use for Bioferon and Biogen’s interferon as work advances for arthritis treatment.
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Cambridge, Mass
Seth Rudnick
Biogen
Bioferon
U.S
Cambridge
Notable local deaths listed in South Carolina area
Obituary notices record the deaths of Mrs. Maybell Key of Aiken Mrs. Ruby Lockhart of Graniteville William A Seigler of Edgefield Mrs. Essie Cain of Aiken Carl A Lowe of Rock Hill and John E James of Shelby North Carolina.
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Maybell Key
Aiken
Ruby Lockhart
Graniteville
William A. Seigler
Edgefield
Essie Cain
Carl A. Lowe
Rock Hill
John E. James
Shelby, N.C
Ship Hijackers Reach Truce on Achille Lauro Off Port Said
The Achille Lauro hijackers, aboard 400 plus passengers, agreed to abandon the ship after radio talks with a Palestine Liberation Organization envoy. The vessel remained anchored 15 nautical miles off Port Said as negotiations continued with no confirmed hostage deaths and Israel Prisoner demands pressed.
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Port Said
Egypt
Palestine Liberation Organization
Abu-Khaled
Achille
Achille Lauro
Suez Canal
Israel
United States
White House
Larry Speakes
U.S
Reagan
Associated Press
Israel Warns of Hijack Plot Tied to Terrorist Training
Israel warned Italy more than six months ago that terrorists might be trained for hijacking a ship. The Los Angeles Times cited an unnamed Israeli military source saying groups were undergoing specialized high seas piracy training. The warning reached intelligence services of friendly nations, including Italy, amid the Achille Lauro crisis with 400 hostages aboard.
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Los Angeles
Israel
Italy
Los Angeles Times
Times
Achille Lauro
Senate agrees to vote on deficit reduction amid deadlock
In Washington a marathon Senate session ends with a pact to allow a vote on a deficit cutting amendment to attach to a debt limit bill. The plan, backed by Gramm Rudman Hollings, faces House opposition led by Speaker ONeill who calls it a fraud.
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Senate
Washington
Reagan
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Phil Gramm
R-Texas
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Congress
Youthful Defector Becomes U S Citizen in Capitol Hill Oath
Soviet born Walter Polovchak, who ran away from parents in Ukraine as a child to seek life in the United States, took his citizenship oath Tuesday night in a Washington ceremony. Now 18, he received a congratulatory letter from President Reagan and spoke of freedom after years of legal wrangling to stay in America.
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Washington
Walter Polovchak
United States
Soviet Union
Polovchak
Capitol Hill
Soviet Ukraine
Chicago
U.S
West
Reagan
America
Liberty Institute
Freedom Federation
Julian Kulas
Kulas
Bob Dornan
R-Calif
Samantha Smith
Samantha
Yuri Andropov
Dornan
Charles P. Kocoras
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