Maine man clings to buoy 27 hours and lights lighter
Robert Curtis of Waldoboro Maine set out to dig clams on North Haven Island and lost his 15 foot runabout. He clung to a whistle buoy for more than 27 hours after the boat took on water. He used a cigarette lighter to keep warm and was rescued by the Coast Guard with his fiancee Denise Reed watching.
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Robert Curtis
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Curtis
Waldoboro
North Haven Island
Coast Guard
Beirut kidnappers seize Saudi consul in Beirut
Unidentified gunmen abducted Hussein Farrash the Saudi consul general in Beirut as he traveled to work in West Beirut. Six men in three cars forced the driver to stop fired on the vehicle wounding him and took Farrash away near the Saudi embassy amid regional tensions.
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Gazette Wire Services
Beirut
Lebanon
Hussein Farrash
Izzat Assaf
Raoche
West
Farrash
Assaf
Casablanca
Saudi Arabia
Rubber flippers for Lucky the turtle surgery success story
In Islamorada Florida a 350 pound loggerhead named Lucky received rubber front flippers after a shark attack left her flipperless. Surgeon Dr Patrick Barry reported the 34 hour operation went perfectly and she swam immediately. If all goes well, scientists plan a Valentine’s Day sea release. The Amputees' Support Group in Dayton Ohio named Lucky their 44th member. Flippers donated by Goodyear and Howmedica cost 200000 to develop and produce.
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Islamorada
Fla
Florida Keys
Patrick Barry
Miami
Lucky
Motecumbe Key
Ohio
Dayton
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Howmed
Shultz seeks dialogue with Soviets on any level
Secretary of State George Shultz tells Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko the United States is ready to talk on any level to curb nuclear arms and reduce European tensions. He urges renewed talks and proposes a six point plan to increase information exchanges between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations.
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Sweden
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United States
Europe
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Tass
East Germany
Soviet Union
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Washington
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Germany
Gromyko
NATO
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Vienna
Reagan
U S rejects idea of abandoning Geneva talks for private channels
U S arms control negotiator Paul Nitze said the Reagan administration considered but rejected leaving the Geneva talks on medium range missiles in Europe. He said Washington will keep studying ways to lure the Soviets back to negotiations and may act to ease their return without concessions. Reagan invited Moscow back and faced questions on domestic politics as he plans a January 29 decision on reelection.
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U.S
Paul Nitze
Reagan
Geneva
Europe
Nitze
United States
Soviet Union
Switzerland
Moscow
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Robert Ownby Found Dead at Fort Sam Houston
A tentative ruling declares death by own action in the Jan 11 foundering of Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Robert Ownby, 48, at Fort Sam Houston. A note on his body claimed he was punished for crimes by the U.S. Army.
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San Antonio
U.S. Army
Air Force officer missing amid possible defection in New Mexico
Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr. disappeared from Kirtland Air Force Base after a mission to test AWACS radar systems. Investigators are checking for defection as five months pass. Hughes, 33, failed to report Aug 1 and was declared missing Aug 10 and a deserter Dec 9. Capt. Carol Northrup officials say the inquiry continues with no confirmed leads.
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N.M
Air Force
Carol Northrup
Kirtland Air Force Base
William Howard Hughes Jr
Kirtland
Netherlands
Hughes
Northrup
Suspect in Fort Wayne editor killings hangs self in jail
An 18-year-old charged with killing Fort Wayne News-Sentinel editor Daniel Osborne, his wife Jane, and their son Ben reportedly left a note saying I haven't killed nobody before hanging himself in his jail cell with torn mattress cloth. Mayor calls for grand jury probe into the death, stating the case is critical to community well being. Police say Perry confessed to the trio's beating deaths. bodies found Sept. 19 in the Osborne home. No motive was suggested by authorities.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Calvin Perry III
Perry
Zhao urges superpowers to cut nuclear arms
Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang appealed to the Soviet Union and the United States to agree on drastic nuclear arm reductions. He warned the arms race is "white-hot" and said major cutbacks could pave the way for global disarmament. He spoke to Canada's Parliament in a historic address.
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Canada
Zhao Ziyang
China
Soviet Union
United States
Zhao
CIA plot alleged to aid rebels in Nicaragua
Defense Minister Humberto Ortega accused a U S Army helicopter shoot down last week of part of a CIA Sierra Plan to strike into Nicaraguan airspace and back anti Sandinista guerrillas in Honduras. The helicopter, Jan 11, landed near the Nicaraguan border and pilot Jeffry Schwab of Joliet Illinois was killed by what the Pentagon called hostile fire.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Humberto Ortega
CIA
U.S
Food price hike plan revised by Polish government
Warsaw authorities announced a 10 percent average increase in food prices starting January 30. Government spokesman Jerzy Urban said the move reverses a previously proposed higher price peg. He noted the concession responds to public outcry and the rise may lift the cost of living by up to 3.5 percent, instead of the 7 percent jump under the November plan.
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Warsaw
Poland
Jerzy Urban
Reagan plan for space station to be announced next week
President Reagan is expected to unveil in the State of the Union a plan to build a manned space station in Earth orbit with permanent rotating crews. NASA officials promote the station as a science lab and manufacturing hub, while critics warn of costs between 8 and 20 billion dollars. The Defense Department CIA and NAS space science panel mostly oppose or hesitate. A Congress study notes the Soviet progress in space stations, intensifying U S efforts.
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Washington Post
Washington
Reagan
White House
James Beggs
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Station
NASA
Congress
Defense Department
CIA
Space Science Committee
National Academy of Sciences
Office of Technology Assessment
Soviet Union
Soviets
United States
Americans living longer but facing higher health care costs
The 1982 U S health report shows infant mortality down and life expectancy up to 74.5 years while health care expenditures reach 322.4 billion. Blacks average 69.3 years life expectancy versus 75.1 for whites, prompting a task force on Black Minority Health led by Margaret Heckler to address disparities.
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Washington
U.S. Health
Department of Health and Human Services
U.S
Margaret Heckler
Health and Human Services
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