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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1988

Page

7

Seven Year Old Girl Electrocuted Saving Mother in Pennsylvania

In Claridge Pa a 7 year old girl Tara Zyhowski died after touching a charged electric fence while helping her mother Karen Zyhowsk i collect grass clippings for horses. State and local investigators noted a reverse wired device and a 100 volt fence caused the fatal shock. Neighbors recalled Tara warned a younger sister and another child to stay away as she acted to free her mother.

Claridge Tara Zyhowski Penn Township Karen Zyhowski Michael Brajdich Diane Kmetko Roxanne Holmes Gerry Mattern Cyril Wecht Zykowski Michael Paden Tara

Go software far more complex than chess says Go masters

San Francisco The New York Times notes Go, a 3000 year old game, is deemed far harder to program than chess by developers. Hewlett Packard engineer David Fotland argues Go requires modeling human thought, as the 19x19 board and 361 intersections yield about 10 to the 761st power of possible moves versus 10 to the 120th for chess. The International Go Congress offers a 1.3 million prize for a winning Go program.

San Francisco China David Forland Hewlett-Packard Fotland International Go Congress

Teen undergoes new treatment for brain tumor

An 18 year old from Wolbach High School receives a five step therapy combining external and internal radiation with surgery and chemotherapy for a malignant brain tumor. Doctors report preliminary tests show median survival extended to about 87 weeks.

Omaha, Neb Michael Anderson Wolbach High School Kevin Shewe Omaha Clarkson Hospital Shewe Anderson

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