Baby Fae surgeon vows to try again after death
Dr. Leonard L. Bailey said the baboon heart transplant opened new vistas for children and he plans to attempt another transplant. The infant, a month old, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center after kidney failure following the procedure. Bailey told reporters the family urged him to continue, though another transplant won’t be soon.
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Gazette Wire
Loma Linda
Calif
Fae
Leonard L. Bailey
Bailey
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Governors dispute federal report of budget surpluses
Midwestern governors led by Kansas Governor John Carlin challenge a forthcoming federal study that projects large state surpluses. They warn the model is faulty and could push Congress to shift expensive programs to states. They seek a meeting with Treasury Secretary Regan.
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Judy Daubenmie
Cozette
Lincoln, Neb
Kansas
John Carlin
U.S. Treasury
Donald Regan
National Governors’ Conference
NGC
Regan
Treasury
Libyan ex-pm Bakoush reported killed in exile
Libya claims former prime minister Abdel-Hamid Bakoush was killed by death squads after four days missing. JANA and Tripoli Radio say he “sold his conscience” to enemies of Arabs. Egyptian officials and security forces offered no confirmation as reporters found heavy guards at his Cairo home.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
JANA
Tripoli Radio
Abdel-Hamid Bakoush
Khadafy
Bakoush
Middle East
March’s Exit Pass Kept By April’s Finances
A pithy editorial notes how March’s quiet departure contrasts with April’s heavier costs and budgets affecting households and businesses, implying April brings higher prices and strain.
Iowa to begin issuing blue steel vanity plates in 1986
Iowa plans new blue background steel license plates starting 1986 with a 1986 date stamping. Vanity plate applications open December 1. new staggered renewals align with owners’ birth months. Linn County prefixes shift from D to O on the 1986 plates. Plate cost remains $1.50 to mail, steel is cheaper than aluminum.
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Linn County
Ruth Skluzacek
Des Moines
Shultz hails Chernenko arms talk shift as positive
Secretary of State George Shultz calls Chernenko's nuclear arms priority a positive statement and says private diplomacy should start to yield real results. Chernenko signals readiness to move toward normal relations if Reagan administration words hold, but cites no summit within six months.
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Washington
Konstantin Chernenko
Reagan
NBC News
Chernenko
Moscow
George Shultz
Shultz
Associated Press
Witnesses Offer Brain Injury Drug Influence in Cedar Rapids Shooting
Expert witnesses testified that Cedar Rapids officer Rick Gail may have acted from brain damage or prednisone effects when he shot and killed Larry Meyer on February 10, amid a $13 million suit by Meyer's parents. Neuropsychologists described a possible impulsive, shoot first personality and heightened stress reactivity.
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Roland Krekeler
Vette Cours
Rick Gail
Larry Meyer
Gail
Cedar Rapids
Ted McLeod
U.S. District Court
Meyer
Alvin
Barbara. McLeod
James O’donnell
Inverness
Nils Varney
Iowa City
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James Smith
Leroy Cauley
Jacksonville
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Cauley
Leonard Bailey
Marion
Bridge City
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