Two Men End 261-Day Billboard Camp Winning Prizes
In Allentown Pennsylvania Michael MacKay and Ron Kistler climbed down from a billboard after 261 days, each winning about 30000 in prizes including a trailer and a car. WSAN and Love Homes Inc sponsored the stunt and Harold Fulmer matched prizes to end the contest.
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Allentown
Michael MacKay
Northampton
Ron Kistler
Coplay
Highway 22
Whitehall Township
MacKay
WSAN
Love Homes Inc
Harold Fulmer
Health of Andropov Deteriorates Amid Public Appearance
Reports from three independent sources say Yuri Andropov, 68, walked with a shuffle and needed aides at a Kremlin dinner for Mauno Koivisto. They describe a pale, tremoring right hand and inability to hold documents, amid hints of Parkinsons disease and other health issues.
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Moscow
Yuri Andropov
Andropov
Kremlin
Grand Kremlin Palace
Mauno Koivisto
Koivisto
Crane acquitted of drunk driving in San Francisco case
Rep. Philip Crane, 52, an Illinois Republican and 1980 presidential hopeful, was found innocent in Marin County Municipal Court after testimony he had up to six beers over five hours but remained capable of driving. He called the verdict a relief and condemned drunk driving while noting the case was a grim experience.
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San Rafael
Calif
Philip Crane
San Francisco
Marin County
Crane
Denver
Mike Duffiey
Duffiey
Kevin Jones
Stabbing Toll and Child Survivor In Chino Hills Attack
Four youths and two adults died at a rural Chino Hills home after a violent assault. An 8-year-old boy, Joshua Ryen, survived with severe injuries and is under guard in hospital. investigators delay further interviews to protect his health. Fingerprints are being checked as authorities probe potential suspects.
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Chino
Calif
San Bernardino County
Phil Schuyler
Joshua Ryen
Chino Hills
Los Angeles
Schuyler
Joshua
Loma Linda University Hospital
Utah Faces Century Trend Of Wetter Weather
Volunteers in Salt Lake City stuff sandbags as a weather expert warns Utah may see years of wetter conditions. The record snowpack melting triggers flooding along the Platte River in Colorado and Nebraska as state climatologist E Arlo Richardson predicts many catastrophic events over the next 50 to 100 years.
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Salt Lake City
Desert
Platte River
Colorado
Nebraska
E. Arlo Richardson
Utah
Eight Florida Sixth Graders Pass Teacher Certification Test
Eight sixth graders at a small private school in Winter Park, Florida, take the teacher certification exam and seven of eight pass the English and math sections designed for college graduates. One student misses the math portion by one question but answers correctly on another part.
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Winter Park, Fla
Florida
Families press for bodies of three guerrilla hangings
Parents of Semano Mosoioli Marcus Motatng and Simon Mogerane demand delivery of their sons bodies for burial as South Africa upholds a state claim to executed prisoners bodies. In Washington State Department officials report Afghan war casualties rising to about 15000 with 120000 Soviet troops in the country amid ongoing brutal bombings.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Semano Mosoioli
Marcus Motatng
Simon Mogerane
Washington
Afghanistan
State Department
East German Court Hears Life Term for WWII SS Officer
Heinz Barth, a former SS officer, was sentenced to life imprisonment by an East German court for his role in massacres of 734 villagers in France and Czechoslovakia during World War II. The case highlighted the potential for parole after 15 years, though officials offered no explanation for not pursuing the death penalty.
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Berlin
Heinz Barth
France
Czechoslovakia
Barth
Researcher loses post over questioned work on Clean Air Act
Dr. Wilbert S. Aronow, dismissed as director of cardiovascular research at Creighton University, faced termination after a scientists’ review cast doubt on his carbon monoxide related studies. He argued the experiments were sound and blamed business influence, noting his work linked smoking and air pollution to heart disease.
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Omaha, Neb
Wilbert S. Aronow
Aronow
Creighton University
Omaha
Reagan shifts on Soviet missile cuts plan
President Reagan signaled to top aides a revised arms control stance favoring firm warhead limits over deep missile cuts. A new ceiling of about 1,200 deployed ICBMs per side would replace 850, with Moscow and Washington currently at roughly 2,350 and 1,600 respectively.
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New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
Moscow
National Security Council
Commission On Strategic Forces
Brent Scowcroft
White House
Geneva
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
William S. Cohen
R-Maine
Town watches teens after hangings in Connecticut and New York
In North Salem New York teachers parents and psychologists monitor several distressed teens following two high school sweethearts who hanged themselves after watching the film An Officer and a Gentleman. The first death occurred May 14 in Danbury Connecticut with Cathy Ann Petruso age 17 and her boyfriend William Shott 17.
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North Salem
N.Y
Samuel Klassbrun
Four Winds
Westchester County
Cathy Ann Petruso
Danbury
Conn
William Shott
Shott
The Gazette Company announces daily Cedar Rapids edition details
The Gazette established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions priced by carrier and mail with weekly and yearly options. no mail in carrier areas. Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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Jackie Presser
Senate Labor Committee
Presser
Cleveland
Lawrence Eagleburger
U.S.S.R
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Skogman Ralston Insurance Inc
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