Shuttle crews practice satellite retrieval during Florida weather scare
At Cape Canaveral NASA astronauts Fa bian Ride and Thagard released and recovered the 15 foot SPAS satellite five times in a space ballet aboard Challenger. Weather clouds threaten a Friday landing with Edwards AF Base as possible backup and Reagan canceling plans to attend.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Florida
Reagan
White House
NASA
Challenger
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Edwards
John Cox
Thagard
Zip Zimmerman
Cape Kennedy Space Center
Senate panel endorses stronger cigarette warning label
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee approved a single strong warning to replace the general label. It states that smoking causes cancer, emphysema, heart disease, may complicate pregnancy and is addictive. The vote was 15 to 1 with discussion of advertising warnings to come.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate Committee On Labor and Human Resources
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Senate
House
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Orrin G. Hatch
Rutah
AMA rejects dioxin danger claims with public education push
The American Medical Association argued there is no scientific evidence that dioxin contamination poses an imminent danger. It approved a publicity campaign to counter news reports, accusing media coverage of turning dioxin into a witch hunt and harming residents in contaminated areas.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
AMA
House of Delegates
Eight die as plane crashes into Alabamian neighborhood
A twin engine Cessna 421 crashed in a residential area of ATMORE after losing power in one engine. Eight aboard were killed. no ground injuries occurred as the plane tore through a pine grove and exploded, narrowly missing mobile homes. Police chief called the city lucky. FAA said the pilot reported engine failure while en route Pensacola to St. Louis.
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Atmore
Ala
Bill Smith
Continental United States
Federal Aviation Administration
Jack Barker
Atlanta
Pensacola
Fla
St. Louis
Reagan blasts Congress over 1984 budget plan
President Reagan attacked Congress over taxes and spending for 1984 calling their budget a layaway plan and pledged to veto budget busting bills. He spoke before the National Federation of Independent Business two days after negotiators reached an $858.9 billion House Senate compromise budget for next year.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
National Federation of Independent Business
House
Senate
Rebels in Lebanon offer truce to Arafat amid clashes
Beir ut reports say rebel Saed Mousa known as Abu Mousa urged PLO chief Yas ser Arafat to accept a democratic dialogue to end the mutiny in Lebanon. Fighting in Tripoli left 10 dead and 27 wounded as Syria is urged to withdraw and Habib prepares new diplomacy. Arafat denies Syrian tank involvement.
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Lebanon
Saed Mousa
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Tripoli
Jihad Saleh
Washington
George Shultz
Philip Habib
Mideast
Syria
Damascus
Habib
Morris Draper
Mousa
Abu Mousa
Hammara
Bekaa Valley
Fatah
PLO
Israel
Beirut-Damascus
Khalil Wazir
Baalbek
Killer sentenced to death in mass murder case
George Banks, a former prison guard convicted of killing 13 people including five of his own children, was sentenced to death by the jury in Wilkes-Barre. Banks, who turned 41 on the day, had said in pretrial interviews he expected the death sentence.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
George Banks
Banks
Baby receives liver transplant at Minnesota hospital
A baby girl from Wichita Kansas received a liver from a brain dead child at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. The operation left her in critical but stable condition. Dr John Najarian called it a major milestone after the transplant team successfully removed her from the operating table.
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Minneapolis
Julie Bohrer
Wichita
Kan
University of Minnesota
John Najarian
Thatcher Plans to Push Economic Policy and Union Curbs
Queen Elizabeth opened Parliament as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government outlined continued economic policies and steps to curb union power. The Speech from the Throne reaffirmed NATO support and modernization of Britain’s nuclear arsenal, with few specifics beyond prior campaign pledges.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Britain
Court strikes down Jersey redistricting ruling on population equality
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision voided New Jersey's plan to elect 14 House members, ruling that even a 0.69 percent population variance can violate equal protection. The ruling cautions broader use of population equality in redistricting, potentially affecting other states and timing for new maps.
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Supreme Court
New Jersey
Drawing Board
House of Representatives
William Brennan
Brennan
Wyoming
U.S. Postal Service
Georgia
Alpha Stephens
Twiggs County
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