Stormy cycle crash spawns a tense vigil
Cindy Butterfield waits at Mercy Hospital as her husband Terry Butterfield lies in a coma after a tree felled by a thunderstorm crushed his motorcycle on 15th Street SE. Patricia Nolan, Cindy’s mother, was treated for injuries and released from University Hospitals.
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Kurt Rogahn Gazette
Cindy Butterfield
Mercy Hospital
Terry
Washington Ave. SE
15Th Street
Cindy
Patricia Nolan
Fifth St. SE
Nolan
University Hospitals
Iowa City
South Africa declares nationwide state of emergency
President Botha unleashes almost unlimited police powers nationwide to quell civil strife. Detentions without charge, warrants unnecessary, censorship authorized, and mass arrests target anti-apartheid activists as troops seize media and mobilize reservists.
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Los Angeles Times
Johannesburg
South Africa
Pieter Botha
Botha
Weekly Mail
13A. S. Africa
Reagan declares SALT II dead and seeks a better deal
President Reagan said SALT II limits no longer exist and pledged to pursue a different arms control regime with the Soviet Union. White House aides stressed restraint remains possible, while Congress debated SALT compliance and future steps.
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Washington Post
Washington
Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Edward Djerejian
Capitol Hill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
SALT
Stuntman Joe Bilbride Makes Fiery 12th Floor Balcony Jump
Dallas stuntman Joe Bilbride, 28, plunges from a 12th floor condominium balcony into an air bag during filming of No Safe Haven. He says the 80 foot leaps are all the same, fast and high, and earns $5,000 per jump.
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Joe Bilbride
Dallas
Bilbride
AIDS Forecasted as Top Ten Killer by 1991
A federal Public Health Service report warns AIDS could rank among the ten leading causes of death in 1991 with about 54 000 deaths. The study projects 145 000 Americans could be ill with AIDS and seeking treatment annually in five years with medical costs between 8 and 16 billion dollars.
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Washington Post
Washington
America
Federal Public Health Service
United States
Donald Ian MacDonald
Department of Health and Human Services
Panama leader tied to drugs and murder report
Senate Intelligence Committee details Nixon era options to immobilize Panama officer Gen Manuel Noriega then chief of intelligence. No action taken. NYT reports U S agencies collected evidence of Noriega’s drug money laundering and arms support to guerrillas. Officials voice concern.
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Panama
New York Times
Washington
Nixon
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Panama Defense Force
Senate Intelligence Committee
John E. Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Ingersoll
Senate
Noriega
Department of Justice
Reagan Administration
Congress
Administration
Elliott Abrams
Fat's where it's at as town quits diet challenge
In McCool Junction Nebraska residents weigh in showing a net loss of 704 pounds from 98 participants, far from Mullinville Kansas which dropped 2231 pounds with 209 participants. Some residents formed exercise groups and walked or biked as the challenge neared its end.
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Cecool Junction
Neb
Kansas
Mullinville
Kan
McCool Junction
Kathy Chrisman
Jo Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Norm
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