Boy gives heart away in California transplant
In Patterson California 15 year old Felipe Garza Jr died after a brain burst and his heart was donated to Donna Ashlock 14 in San Francisco as an act of love. The organs also benefited others as kidneys and eyes were given to recipients. Donna’s condition improved to good after the transplant.
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Felipe
Maria
Donna
Sanchez
Garza
Modesto
San Francisco
Presbyterian Hospital
J. Donald Hill
Nancy Millhouse
Lavish wedding debts linger for Hoekstra daughter
In Chicago area and Lake Forest the Hoekstra family faces unpaid bills from a September wedding for Tami Rose Rocha. Vendors claim $50 000 in flowers and other services, with totals estimated up to 500 000. The Hoekstra firm filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy November 4.
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Washington
Carol Reed Hoekstra
Tami Rose
Juan Jose Rocha
Mexico City
Hoekstra-Rocha
Victor Abdow
Friendship Flower Shop
Alice Conway
Entertainment America
Hoekstra
Conway
NRC probes accident at Kerr-McGee plant in Oklahoma
NRC sent a team to Webbers Falls Oklahoma to supervise soil removal and road scrubbing after a leak from a Kerr McGee uranium processing plant released nearly 15 tons of a mildly radioactive gas. One worker died from hydrofluoric acid exposure and over 100 people were examined with five still hospitalized.
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Webbers Falls
Okla
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Kerr-McGee Corp
Oklahoma
Space shuttle Columbia launch scrubbed again at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral, Florida AP reports the remodeled shuttle Columbia faced a last minute countdown stop due to a bad switch blocking a fuel valve. It delays its return to space by at least a day after a prior near-miss on December 19. The new liftoff target is 6 05 a.m. CST today.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U S Delegation Talks In Hanoi On MIA Search Efforts
A high level U S delegation met Vietnamese officials in Hanoi for three hours to discuss accelerating the search for Americans still listed as missing in action. Both sides kept details private. Vietnam promises to resolve the MIA issue within two years.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
Budget Proposal Sparks Redefinition of Local and Federal Roles
Washington officials expect large cuts in housing and community development programs in the upcoming budget proposal. States and cities brace for a sharp reallocation of responsibilities between local, state, and federal governments.
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Washington
Julie Duffy hides pregnancy on Newhart set
Actress Julie Duffy who plays Stephanie on Newhart says her pregnancy will not be written into the CBS show. She plans to rely on clothing and notes the last six or eight episodes require more creativity. Duffy spoke from home with husband actor Jerry Lacy.
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Julie Duffy
Stephanie
Impala Platinum fires 20000 workers as union walkout lingers
In South Africa Impala Platinum Holdings fires 20000 black workers after a five day strike over pay and warns the remaining 10000 to return to work or be dismissed. The action occurs in the Bophuthatswana homeland amid apartheid tensions as a U S congressional delegation visits Johannesburg.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
U.S
P.W. Botha
Impala
Gary Maude
First suits filed to shut down toxic waste dumps
The Justice Department filed the first of several suits seeking to stop a Gary Indiana Conservation Chemical Co plant from handling hazardous wastes and to force a government approved closure plan. The EPA says more suits and inspections of many dumps follow. The Indiana site previously spilled cyanide and PCB contaminated oil.
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Washington
Department of Justice
U.S. District Court
Conservation Chemical Co
Illinois
Gary
Ind
Conservation Chemical
Colombia Lifts Maximum Alert Near Nevado del Ruiz
government ends maximum alert in Honda Guayabal Ambalema areas after a decline in seismic activity while Chinchina and Mariquita remain under alert. authorities warn that a new eruption and mudslides could still occur and tens of thousands remain at risk in the Armero Valley region.
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Bogota
Colombia
Nevado del Ruiz
Victor Ricardo
National Emergency Committee
Andes
Honda
Guayabal
Ambalema
Chinchina
Mariquita
Ricardo
Carlin ousted as postmaster general
Paul N. Carlin was removed as postmaster general and replaced by Albert Casey. Casey, former chairman of American Airlines, will advise the board as Carlin moves to a board role. The change comes after clashes over workforce size and cost controls amid a fragile fiscal year.
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Washington
Paul N. Carlin
Postal Service
Board of Governors
American Airlines
Albert Casey
Carlin
Quasigovernment Corporation
van H. Seagraves
Business Mailers Review
Casey
Reagan Administration
James C. Miller III
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American Spectator
J. Gordon Coogier
New Republic
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Walter Mondale
Gazette Wire Services
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Mich
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George Bowser Jr
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Los Angeles Times
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Lindale Mail
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