Thirteen year old drives to hospital to save brother
In Glenwood Illinois Jeff Pederson a 13 year old who had never driven a car before jumped into the family 1974 Pontiac and raced five miles to St James Hospital Chicago Heights with his wounded 19 year old brother Scott after Scott fell through a glass storm door tearing open his chest and severing an artery. Jeff drove at speeds up to 80 mph guiding with one hand on the wheel and the other pressed to his brother’s chest. After surgery Scott was moved from intensive care and was reported doing well.
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Reagan seeks ways to ease sanctions on Poland and USSR
President Reagan weighs scaling back sanctions on Poland and the Soviet Union including the gas pipeline ban as leverage to push liberalization in Poland. Officials say action hinges on Polish moves like easing martial law and restarting talks with church and labor leaders while Western pressure grows.
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Conservative Leaders Warn Reagan Over Taiwan Arms Cutoff
A coalition of 28 conservative groups warned President Reagan that agreeing to any arms sales cutoff to Taiwan would trigger an "extremely acrimonious" backlash from millions of conservatives. They urged rejecting Haig's call for a joint communique with China, saying it could fracture the 1980 coalition.
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Reagan
Taiwan
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People’s Republic of China
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Safety rule urged after Ocean Ranger tragedy
A federal safety board urged the Coast Guard to require survival suits on all U S offshore drilling rigs in cold waters after the Ocean Ranger capsized off Newfoundland, killing eighty four. The Coast Guard said regulatory steps to mandate the suits have begun.
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U.S
Newfoundland
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World Huge arms cache found in El Salvador raid
National guardsmen raided a guerrilla hideout opposite a police station in San Salvador and uncovered a vast stockpile of arms and military supplies in a tunnel behind a false-front fireplace. Five people were held for questioning. The cache included C-4 explosives used in a January air base raid at Ilopango.
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el Salvador
National Guard
Ilopango Air Force Base
Ilopango
Five teens charged in fatal New Jersey derailment
Five teen age boys were arrested on juvenile delinquency charges after a Conrail six car train derailed at 60 mph into the A Zerega macaron i plant in Fair Lawn New Jersey killing the engineer John Duffy 50 of Park Ridge. One 14 year old passenger Joseph Sandora of Jersey City was seriously injured.
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UPI
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Conrail
Hoboken
John Duffy
Park Ridge
Joseph Sandora
Jersey City
Barnett Memorial Hospital Center
Paterson
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