Smoking linked to higher heart attack risk in young women
New studies in JAMA indicate women under 50 who smoke have up to ten times the risk of heart attack versus non smokers, with 65 percent of such attacks potentially preventable if smoking stops. A separate report links smoking to reduced brain blood flow and possible stroke risk.
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New York
Journal of the American Medical Association
Lynn Rosenberg
Boston University School of Medicine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Parachutists Jump From Crocker Center in Los Angeles
Two parachutists leapt from the 54 story Crocker Center. One landed in a building office on the 36th floor and was arrested for felony vandalism after injuring hip and knee. the other escaped. Police noted glass risk to the public. BASE group had earlier faced a restraining order.
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Los Angeles
Crocker Center
Mark Strayhorn
San Gabriel
South Grand Avenue
County Usc Medical Center
James Beebe
Music Center
Frank Spangler
BASE
Raids in Chile arrest 117 as anti-government tension grows
Police in Renca made a pre-dawn raid arresting 117 in a crackdown amid rising unemployment and anti Pinochet sentiment. Rights groups say such actions intend to deter demonstrations and suppress dissent in poor neighborhoods.
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Santiago
Chile
Renca
Augusto Pinochet
Lima
Peru
Director William Putch dies at 60 in Syracuse
William Putch husband of actress Jean Stapleton died of a heart attack at Crouse Irvine Memorial Hospital. He was 60 and had been directing a revival of The Showoff starring Stapleton.
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Syracuse
N.Y
William Putch
Jean Stapleton
Two Afrikaner students jailed for treason in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg two 23 year old Afrikaner students, Carl Niehaus and Johanna Laurens, were sentenced for high treason after a police spy uncovered their work with the underground African National Congress. Niehaus received 15 years, Laurens four years, with the judge noting her lighter part in the conspiracy.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
African National Congress
Carl Niehaus
Johanna Laurens
Niehaus
Congress
Laurens
A.P. Myburgh
Police End Six Day Strike In Corona
Police in Corona return to duty after a six day strike that saw officers flee across state lines to dodge a back to work order. Citizens greet officers with waves and handshakes as service resumes.
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Fred Biggs
Lake Havasu
Ariz
Biggs
Arizona
Corona
Calif
Commonwealth splits over Grenada invasion at New Delhi meeting
Leaders from Africa the Caribbean and Eastern Caribbean states clash over the U S invasion of Grenada as Zimbabwe and Zambia condemn the action while Caribbean nations defend it calling it a rescue mission. Eastern Caribbean states announce a regional security force and Thatcher agrees to aid in training.
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Los Angeles Times
New Delhi
India
Grenada
Commonwealth Nations
Zimbabwe
Zambia
U.S
Caribbean
Robert Mugabe
U.N
South Africa
Angola
Reagan
Eugenia Charles
Dominica
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Jetliner engine explodes on takeoff at Redding
United Airlines Boeing 737 Flight 1163 aborted takeoff near the runway after a front-end gas turbine engine component failed and exploded. The aircraft returned to the terminal with 69 passengers and five crew members aboard. no injuries were reported. A replacement engine will be flown in from San Francisco for repairs.
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Redding
Calif
United Air Lines
Victor Hansen
Hansen
San Francisco
United
Larry Fleshman
Two labor leaders convicted of perjury in Donovan inquiry
Two former labor leaders from Queens were found guilty of lying to a grand jury investigating Labor Secretary Donovan. Louis Sanzo and Amadio Petito were convicted of perjury and obstruction but acquitted of conspiracy. Sentencing set for January 12. each faces up to five years.
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New York
Raymond Donovan
Louis Sanzo
Blasters
Amadio Petito
Donovan
U.S
Mark A. Costantino
Brooklyn
Sanzo and
Petito
Queens
Schiavone Construction Co
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