Grandmother’s visit revives gravely ill boy in Los Angeles
A 9 year old with a brain tumor nearly deathly ill woke when his grandmother, from Lebanon, arrived at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She spoke to him in Arabic and he opened his eyes, leading to improved condition and a new round of experimental therapy. The Make A Wish Foundation and Red Cross arranged the visit.
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Lebanon
Roger Soliman
Children’s Hospital of
Edith Anderson
Anderson
Khadiya Hassan Naanouh
Red Cross
UPI
Khadiga Hassan Naanouh
Katharine Hepburn
Ladies’ Home Journal
China agrees to arms sales and first U.S. destroyer visit since 1949
Washington reports a package to modernize the Chinese fleet including sonars torpedoes gas turbine engines and a Gatling gun. A port call by three American destroyers to Shanghai is planned for April as finalized details are arranged. The deal follows Defense Secretary Weinberger's 1983 approval.
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U.S
Washington Post Service
Washington
United States
Shanghai
Administration
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Peking
U.S. Navy
Indian Coast Guard detains Sri Lankan patrol boat in Palk Strait
In the Palk Strait, the Indian Coast Guard captured a Sri Lankan navy patrol boat as it fled Indian waters after attacking Indian fishing boats and stealing shrimp. The incident follows increased Sri Lankan patrols amid Tamil insurgent activity between Tamil Nadu and Jaffna.
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India
Indian Coast Guard
Palk Strait
Tamil Nadu
Jaffna
Melanesian separatist leader killed in New Caledonia
In Noumea police killed Melanesian independence leader Elio Madoro and his lieutenant Marcel Nonaro after a day of rioting. A state of emergency was declared as 1,500 protesters clashed with police injuring 26.
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Noumea
New Caledonia
High Commissioner
Elio Madoro
Marcel Nonaro
Yves Tual
France
U S rejects pressure as kidnappers hold Americans in Beirut
U S State Department vows not to be driven from Lebanon amid Islamic Jihad demands. Father Lawrence Jenco, 50, of Catholic Relief Services, was seized in West Beirut. other captives include Jeremy Levin, John Buckley, and Benjamin Weir. U S seeks release through Lebanese intermediaries. Amal militia had freed others.
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Washington
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Beirut
United States
Lebanon
Islamic Jihad
Lawrence Jenco
Alan Romberg
Romberg
Jenco
Catholic Relief Services
West Beirut
Jeremy Levin
Cable News Network
U.S
John Buckley
Benjamin Weir
Amal
Nabih Berri
Berri
Love letter from heart transplant recipient in therapy session
William Schroeder, an artificial heart recipient, wrote a personal love letter to his wife Margaret during an occupational therapy test. Humana Hospital Audubon spokesman Bob Irvine withheld details of the note’s contents.
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William Schroeder
Schroeder
Margaret
Bob Irvine
Humana Hospital
Audubon
Louisville
Irvine
FDA and aspirin makers pledge safer labeling warnings
The FDA announced voluntary labeling changes from large aspirin manufacturers to warn about a possible link to Reye’s Syndrome. Health Secretary Heckler urged cautions against giving aspirin to children with influenza or chicken pox without doctor approval. Major firms Bayer Bufferin Excedrin and Anacin are involved. Plough Inc. also agreed to cooperate.
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Food and Drug Administration
Health and Human Services
Margaret Heckler
Aspirin Foundation of America
FDA
Foundation
Bayer
Plough Inc
St. Joseph
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