How intelligent are gorillas and Koko’s talking signs
The author defends Koko the gorilla and her sign language. He contrasts Patterson’s claims with critics who doubt humanlike language in apes, noting Koko’s vocabulary, word recognition, and rhyming in signs. The piece likens skepticism to Clever Hans and argues for near humanlike linguistic ability in gorillas.
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Hans
Counting Horse
All Ball
The
Gorilla Foundation
San Francisco
Penny Patterson
Patterson
Herb Caen
Indiana University
Washington Post
Herbert Terrace
Columbia University
Clever Hans
Earth
Catholic leader plans to meet IRA panel sparks protests
John Hume, leader of Northern Ireland's moderate Catholics, said he will meet the IRA's ruling council and urge an end to violence. The announcement triggered protests from Irish and British officials and Protestant militants, as Dublin warned police would intervene if the meeting occurs there. The move could derail British plans for Catholic-Protestant talks.
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Northern Ireland
John Hume
Irish Republican Army
Hume
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Gerry Adams
Sinn Fein
IRA
Ireland
Dublin
Garret FitzGerald
Irish Republic
IRA Council
Britain
Tutu calls for end to racism in two years or sanctions
Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate, was enthroned as Johannesburg’s first black Anglican bishop. He urged dismantling apartheid within two years, warned of punitive sanctions, and offered to mediate with the outlawed ANC. Security tightened after death threats. no incidents occurred.
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Tutu
South Africa
Johannesburg
Desmond Tutu
St. Mary the Virgin
Ban on Dyes Delayed by Health Secretary Heckler
Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler postponed for two months any action on banning six color additives linked to cancer in animals. The delay, noted in the Federal Register, aims to assess whether the colorings used in food drugs and cosmetics should be banned under the law. A separate study urged FDA to bar sulfites in restaurants due to allergy deaths. Rep. Ted Weiss accused Heckler of illegally extending the additives’ market life.
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New York Times
Washington
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Margaret Heckler
Heckler
Federal Register
Food and Drugs
Ted Weiss
D-N.y
FDA
Norfolk Busing Case Could End Desegregation Efforts
Civil rights groups warn a Norfolk ruling to end busing might reverse Brown v. Board of Education and pave the way for resegregation. Judge MacKenzie approved the plan as a non discriminatory response to white flight and the case now tests courts on when to exit school governance.
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New York Times
Norfolk
Young Park
Supreme Court
William Bradford Reynolds
Justice Department
John A. MacKenzie
4Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Julius Chambers
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc
Gene R. Carter
Carter
Dangerfield Heckled After Saenger Change To Orpheum
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield faced heckling as a last minute move from Saenger Theater to the Orpheum sparked discontent among audience members with $17.50 seats honored on a first come basis. He briefly left the stage before returning as refunds were offered.
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Rodney Dangerfield
New Orleans
Saenger Theater
Orpheum Theater
Saenger
Orpheum
Dangerfield
Thief Abandons Car After Discovering Baby Passenger
A man stole Henvene Lindsey’s car in Chicago but abandoned it upon finding Lindsey’s 10 month old baby in the back seat. He then called the home of Jerry Lindsey and said he might be a thief but is no sadist, and provided the location of the car and child.
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Chicago
Henvene Lindsey
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