Gun lobby wins round in House on gun control votes
In Washington the House defeated two Hughes amendments aimed at curbing gun rights while backing Rep. Volkmer’s NRA supported bill. votes 248-176 and 242-177 rejected interstate handgun sales and transportation limits, signaling momentum for easing 1968 Gun Control Act provisions.
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Harold Volkmer
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Volkmer
John Dingell
D-Mich
NRA National Board
William Hendon
N.C
America
James Traficant Jr
Ohio
Pittsburgh man with Jarvik heart dies after lung infection
A 43yearold factory worker from East Liverpool who received the Jarvik7 artificial heart on March 22 at Presbyterian University Hospital died Wednesday from complications of a lung infection, hospital spokesman Tom Chakurda reported.
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Greek cargo ship sinks near Suez after explosion
The 1,830 ton Alaska II sank 40 miles off the southern entrance to the Suez Canal after a tremendous explosion. A spokesman said the ship may have hit a mine. Two crew members were reported missing. The vessel was sailing empty from Jidda to Suez to load oranges.
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Egypt
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Jidda
Saudi Arabia
Overseas Reefer Carriers Maritime Company
Piraeus
LaRouche alleges Reagan aide drug laundering links
Lyndon LaRouche pressed new claims that President Reagan's chief of staff Donald Regan is involved in drug money laundering. He accused the Soviet and international drug networks of targeting him and said bankers should be jailed. The White House called the charges groundless.
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Lyndon LaRouche
White House
Reagan
Illinois
LaRouche
Donald Regan
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
AIDS vaccine mouse study sparks hope for human use
Researchers modify a smallpox vaccine to include HIV envelope protein, aiming to provoke immunity. Bernard Moss of NIAID notes success in mice and plans to test in monkeys. human trials far off. Myron Essex of Harvard calls the concept promising and cites envelope protein as the right target.
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Bernard Moss
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda
Nature
Moss
Myron Essex
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston
Essex
Pattern seen in 4 Atlanta killings
A police task force investigates the deaths of four elderly Black women found in Atlanta apartments since March 1. Gracie Hill was found Wednesday with asphyxiation suspected. the earlier victims were smothered or suffocated, their apartments ransacked and some sexually molested. No arrests have been made.
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Morris Redding
Gracie Hill
Redding
Spelman College
Georgia Tech
Fulton County
Randy Hanzlick
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