British SBS Marines on South Georgia Island in covert role
British Defense Ministry confirms Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron landed on South Georgia last Thursday to assess Argentine troop strength and positions. Officials note SBS secrecy but suggest covert wet drop by C 130 or water entry to locate potential amphibious landing sites as Britain contemplates a broader Falklands campaign amid regional tensions.
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London
South Georgia Island
SBS
Atlantic
South Georgia
South Atlantic
Falkland Islands
Britain
Falklands
Ministry of Defense
Noticias Argentines
Dramatic rescue at Palisades cliff near Cedar Rapids
A nighttime cliff rescue at Palisades Kepler State Park pulled an injured San Antonio man, Joe Trevino, from a 35 foot fall to the water edge. Trevino, with possible head and arm injuries, was taken to St Luke's Hospital as Linn County responders faced thick brush and darkness to hoist him to safety.
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Palisades-Kepler State Park
San Antonio, Texas
Joe Trevino
Trevino
St. Luke’s Hospital
Anthony Tamayo
Carlos Isaac
Roy Tamayo
San Antonio
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Anthony
Sheriff's Department
Mount Vernon/Lisbon
Treveno
Bomb designer turned solar energy consultant speaks at Luther College
Ted Taylor, Los Alamos scientist in the late 1940s, helped refine fission bombs then became a anti nuclear activist and solar adviser. He told Luther College listeners about disillusion with nuclear war while recalling early fascination with explosions and his youth.
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Iowa
Decorah
Ted Taylor
Los Alamos
N.M
United States
Enrico Fermi
Taylor
Luther
Hospital Billing Quip Sparks Private Room Debate
A humorous line notes that regardless of private room charges the hospital provides only a semi private gown, reflecting patient care costs and hospital attire norms without endorsing any policy.
Drunken South Korean policeman kills 62 villagers then dies
A 27-year-old officer Woo Kum kon armed with carbines and grenades killed 62 villagers and wounded about 20 before killing himself near Kungyu village in Uiryong County, 200 miles south of Seoul. He seized weapons from a reservist arms depot and roamed villages in a 10 minute volley, with total casualties rising as reports settled.
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Seoul
South Korea
Woo Kum-kon
KBS Radio
Woo
Kungyu
Uiryong
KBS
Virus Found in MS Patients Prompts New Research
Doctors in Texas report finding a virus in patients with multiple sclerosis and two other nervous system diseases. The Lancet article notes years of verification and calls for extensive further work before linking the virus to MS. About a quarter million Americans have MS with 10,000 new cases yearly.
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New York
Texas
Lancet
National
Opinion lets counties centralize vote counting
Iowa counties using electronic voting machines may set up a central counting center instead of canvassing at each precinct. The attorney general notes the central counting center law prevails over precinct canvassing due to being newer, altering how ballots are counted and delivered for processing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Julie F. Pottorff
Tion
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12A
Gazette Wire Services
Argentina
Nicanor Costa Mendez
Organization of American States
Washington
Reagan
South American
Buenos Aires
Leopoldo Galtieri
Margaret Thatcher
Palisades
Gazette
Linn County Sheriffs Department
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Mike Schoneboom
Schoneboom
Duane Crock
By Mark Plenke
Luther College
Newsee
U.S
By Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines Bureau
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