C R teen excels at defying odds
Chuck Burns has faced leukemia since age four and now risks a 1 in 176 shot at the international Soap Box Derby title in Akron. Doctors note improved survival rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, with five year survival up to 90 percent in some subgroups, offering hope to families like the Burns.
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Chuck
Munchkin" Burns
Akron
Ohio
Charles
Mary Burns
Eighth St. NW
Chuckie
C. Thomas Kisker
University of Iowa
French nationals rush to embassy in Tehran after clashes
Scores of French citizens in Iran gather at the shuttered French Embassy in Tehran seeking evacuation. Observers report brief openings at the gate for new arrivals while the consular section remains closed. Paris had urged evacuation over tensions linked to asylum grants for Iran’s ex president and a leftist leader.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
Francois Mitterrand
France
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Today's Chuckle Index
A witty quip notes that a genius is someone ahead of their era yet behind on their rent. The joke plays on timing and financial strain, framing intellect against practical life.
Reagan stands firm as PATCO strike widens
President Reagan maintains a tough stance against the 12000 air traffic controllers on strike and vows no concession. A Newsweek Poll shows majority approve of his handling, while PATCO president Poli says miscalculation led to the walkout and calls for negotiated end to the nearly week-long stoppage.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
White House
Gallup
Newsweek Magazine
Robert Poli
Professional
Poli
Ronald Reagan
PATCO
Organized Labor
Larry Speakes
California Mountain Ranch
France
New Zealand
United States
Speakes
Pickets Restricted at Cedar Rapids Airport Entrance
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to limit picketing by Local 312 of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization at Cedar Rapids airport. The order allows three pickets near the control tower and aims to protect air traffic operations while permitting informational picketing.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward McManus
U.S
Northern District of
Iowa
James H. Reynolds
Jon Gordon
Iowa City cartoonist Bloom County hits national stage
Berke Breathed, a 24 year old Iowa City native now living in Los Angeles, draws Bloom County which appears in 70 newspapers nationwide via The Washington Post syndicate. He dislikes reading the comic page but recognizes its broad reach as a communicative tool.
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Iowa City
Berke Breathed
Los Angeles
Texas
Breathed
Method
Bloom County
Washington Post
Gazette
Ashley Dashley III
Ted Turner
Atlanta
Bobbi Harlow
University of Iowa
University of Texas
Daily Texan
al Leeds
Washington Post Writers Group
Post
Hunger striker Mellwee dies as riots erupt in Ireland
Irish Republican Army guerrilla Thomas Mellwee dies on day 62 of a hunger strike in the Maze prison, triggering clashes in Belfast and Londonderry. He was the ninth to die, part of a protest tied to demands for prison rights and fall of the jailing policy.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Thomas Mellwee
Maze
Londonderry
Mellwee
Britain
Falls Road
Bellaghy
Ballymena
Kevin Lynch
Kieran Doherty
Messinee
Francis Hughes
IRA
Bobby Sands
Sands
Humphrey Atkins
Irish National Liberation Army
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Beverley Duffy
Times
Scheherezade
Faramarzi
Associated Press
Marion
State Farm
Weather
J. McCauley
Flansberg Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Catholic West Belfast
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