Hospital gloves prone to leakage endangering workers
Studies released show vinyl and latex gloves used in hospitals allow blood to penetrate. Infection control nurse Jane DeGroot-Koselcharoen and colleagues at Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Madison Wisconsin led the research highlighting risks of AIDS hepatitis B and other viruses from glove leakage.
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Los Angeles
Jane DeGroot-Koselcharoen
Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
Madison
Wis
Man drives bus into theater in Ithaca
A man who said he was a born again Christian drove his converted school bus into the theater lobby in Ithaca after viewing The Last Temptation of Christ. Stanley Watin, 49, of Etna, was charged with second degree criminal mischief a felony by Ithaca police.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Stanley Watin
Etna
David Barnes
Walesa Rejects Meeting as Talks Stall in Poland
Walesa and the government clash over talks with Solidarity. Walesa refused to meet interior minister Czeslaw Kiszczak and would not permit personnel changes as delegates faced objections before the planned discussions on Poland’s future. Riot police dispersed student demonstrators in Johannesburg and Cape Town ahead of segregated local elections amid boycott calls.
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Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Union
Walesa
Czeslaw Kiszczak
Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Gazette
Ves
Soviet ships join effort to free two Arctic whales
In Barrow Alaska two Soviet ships an icebreaker and a cargo vessel join an American ice crushing tank to breach a 35 foot high ridge and a 18 inch thick ice field. Greenpeace coordinated rescue alongside NOAA experts and Eskimo guides with a giant Archimedian Screw Tractor to carve a passage to freedom for two California gray whales.
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Los Angeles Times
Barrow
Alaska
Arctic
California
Ron Morris
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Greenpeace
U.S
Freedom
Gary Hufford
Hufford
Robert Lewellen
Prudhoe Bay
Helicopter crash kills eight in California during anti-drug mission
An Army National Guard UH-1H helicopter crashed on a night Operation Border Ranger anti-drug program near Mountain Springs Grade 70 miles east of San Diego. It struck a power line, killing five lawmen and three guardsmen aboard, as investigators probe the matter.
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Ocotillo
Calif
Army National Guard
Border Ranger
Southern California
National Guard
Steve Mensik
United States
Mexico
Interstate 8
Mountain Springs
San Diego
Mensik
Klan factions ordered to pay marchers
Federal judge in Atlanta awarded 950 500 dollars to 50 civil rights marchers attacked during a 1987 Forsyth County brotherhood march led by Klan factions. The verdict covers rocks and bottles thrown at the King birthday event that sparked a much larger subsequent rally nearby.
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Los Angeles Times
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Brotherhood
Forsyth County
Federal District Court
Charles Moye Jr
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S. bars entry of some Nicaraguan officials
President Reagan issued a proclamation barring entry visas for most Nicaraguan government and Sandinista officials, excluding those linked to UN or international bodies. Family members are exempt. The move deepens a diplomatic rift after Nicaragua expelled U.S. diplomats last year.
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United States
Reagan
White House
United Nations
Managua
U.S
Richard Melton
Nicaragua
Carlos Tannermann
Roman Popadiuk
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Reagan Signs Law Creating Department of Veterans Affairs
President Reagan signed legislation establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs as a Cabinet level agency to give veterans a voice at the highest level. The act, effective March 15, creates a formal voice for veterans alongside other Cabinet departments, highlighting the VA’s growing budget and status.
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America
Reagan
National War College
Fort McNair
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
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