Israeli Troops Withdraw From Sidon in Lebanon
Israeli forces pulled back from Sidon ending occupation of a 190 square mile swath along the Mediterranean and Awali River. Lebanese crowds cheered as soldiers and armored cars entered the vacated area. The move opens a three phase plan to remove all troops by the summer with fears of sectarian violence and renewed clashes in south Lebanon.
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Sidon
Lebanon
Awali
South
Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Rashid Karami
Nabih Berri
Amal
South Lebanon
Karami
Berri
Israel
Halim Fayyad
McDowell County Faces Snow Make-Up Day Crunch
McDowell County interim superintendent Bennett Church warns students will struggle to compensate for eight January and February snow days with the required 180 instructional days by June 8. Preston County tally tops 20 days and Buchanan County Va reaches 21. State rules allow limited make-up time. Easter days may not fully cover losses.
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Mary Wasilewski
Daily Telegraph
McDowell County
Bennett Church
McDowell
Preston County
Buchanan County
Church
State Board of Education
State Department of Highways
Mercer County
Jack Martin
Martin
Tazewell County
Frank Cosby
Mail Costs Go Up Today
The cost of mailing a letter rises from 20 to 22 cents, the first first class rate increase in 32 years. Postcards go to 14 cents, parcel post up 11.4 percent, with overall rates up about 9 percent. Postmaster Paul Carlin hopes the next rise may be years away.
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Washington
Paul Carlin
Postal Service
Bob Hooding
Hooding
Kicking the Habit Smoking Rates Decline Since 1965
The air has cleared since 1965 when smoking was labeled a health hazard. New data from 1980 show 38 percent of men and 30 percent of women smoke, down from 52 percent and 34 percent in 1965.
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U.S
Man Made Heart 3 Implant Planned At Humana Audubon
Murray P Haydon a 58 year old retired autoworker patient in Louisville set to receive the third permanent artificial heart. Dr William C DeVries leads the operation at Humana Hospital Audubon an experimental procedure amid cautious optimism. Haydon suffers from ideopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and has lost weight recently as his condition worsens. Doctors say he is the best implant candidate yet though the elderly age limit affects potential transplant options.
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Louisville, Ky
Murray P. Haydon
Humana Hospital Audubon
William C. DeVries
Haydon
Jerome Lacy
Lacy
Allan M. Lansing
Humana Heart Institute International
Hayden
Schroeder
Humana
DeVries
Lansing
Haydon Lacy
Audubon
Bob Irvine
Irvine
Ford Motor Co
Kentucky
Humana Hospital
Louisville
Left
Virginia
Chronology of Prior Implants in Artificial Heart History
Timeline outlines key milestones in permanent artificial heart implants. Dr William C DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7 in Barney Clark at the University of Utah Medical Center in December 1982. Clark dies in March 1983 after a 112 day course with the device. Humana Heart Institute announces DeVries move to Louisville in 1984 to pursue research and later gains FDA approval to perform implants at Humana Hospital Audubon. William Schroeder, 52, of Jasper Indiana, becomes the first patient to use the Hermes portable device in November 1984 following a 62 hour operation.
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Louisville
William C. DeVries
Barney Clark
University of Utah Medical Center
Clark
Humana Heart Institute International
DeVries
Humana
Food and Drug Administration
Humana Hospital
Audubon
William J. Schroeder
Jasper
Ind
Schroeder
Landfill Restrictions Spark Mercer County Controversy
Mercer County protests over new landfill rules say access limits risk turning land and streams into dumping grounds. Bluefield officials oppose hours that restrict dumping to weekdays and Saturday, with concerns of toxic waste and higher costs amid federal mandates and local liability fears.
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Mercer County
Butch Joyce
Bluefield
Fred Burton
Mercer County Health Department
Board of Health
Mercer County Commissioners
Burton
Joyce
L. E Joyce Company
Commission
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