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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1984
Page
2
TEL AVIV AP Prime Minister Shimon Peres convened a coalition Cabinet to discuss his eight day US trip and plans to withdraw Israeli troops from southern Lebanon. The move aims at ending occupation begun after the 1962 invasion as Cabinet weighs a quick decision.
Washington AP report cites government data that women accounted for 23.2 million hospitalizations versus 15.6 million for men in the nation’s non federal hospitals last year. Officials attribute higher female visits to deliveries during childbearing years, while men tend to stay longer once admitted.
Nicolae Ceausescu arrives in West Germany for a three day visit with plans for a meeting with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Hans-Dietrich Genscher calls the trip a contribution to continuing East West dialogue.
In the final session, Congress added about 8.3 million acres to the federal wilderness program, bringing total lower 48 add ons to 32.2 million acres. The measures protect 88.6 million acres overall, including over 6 million acres in national forests that will be off limits to logging and mining.
Stockholm AP reports the 1984 Nobel Prize in medicine went to immunologists Niels K. Jerne Georges J F Koehler and Cesar Milstein for theories on immune system development and monoclonal antibodies. Jerne 82 based in France and Basel colleague Koehler 38 Milstein Cambridge University have ties to Basel and Cambridge. Each prize carries 196000 dollars.
Leftist rebel leaders Ruben Zamora and Guillermo Ungo prepare for peace talks with President Jose Napoleon Duarte in La Palma after arriving from Panama. Duarte plans to travel with supporters while observers note the event as a cautious first step toward renewed negotiations amid a wary, security-conscious atmosphere.
DETROIT AP United Auto Workers ratified a three year contract with General Motors after a tight vote 138410 to 102528 turnout 62.2 percent. Ford agreement keeps plant closures ban for four years while providing aid for workers displaced by automation and outsourcing in a tentative pact reached Sunday morning.
AMA reversed stance, opposing in court a congressionally mandated Medicare fee freeze for physicians. The move challenges public opinion on doctor charges while arguing Congress lacks authority over a single federal program. The policy retroactively covers rates from July 1, taking effect October 1.
Walt Rostow will testify in the Libel suit brought by Gen. William E. Westmoreland against CBS over The Uncounted Enemy The Vietnam Deception. Rostow is a former Johnson aide and UT Austin professor. Westmoreland alleges CBS aired a false portrayal of enemy strength during the Vietnam War.
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