Supreme Court to rule on patents for living organisms
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether living organisms may be patented in two cases from General Electric and Upjohn. Government argues broad implications for genetic research if living forms are patentable. The term will include appeals over oil-degrading bacteria and an antibiotic producing microorganism.
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Patent Appeals Court
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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General Electric Co
Board of Appeals For the Patent and Trademark Office
Malcolm Bergy
Upjohn Co
Ohio
Moderate drinking linked to lower heart attack risk study
A Harvard led study of 1,100 men finds that about three beers two glasses of wine or two highballs daily may reduce coronary death risk versus abstainers. An accompanying editorial urges caution acknowledging 17 million alcoholics in the country.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
W.P. Castelli
National Heart Institute
Harvard Medical School
Parachutist dies in mid-air collision at Balloon Rally
Jay Curlee, 25, a veteran with 500 plus jumps from Chapel Hill, collided with Don Carrington during the National Balloon Rally near Love Valley North Carolina. Curlee died after tumbling 3000 feet, while Carrington, a Raleigh resident, sprained a hand and landed safely as both parachutes functioned.
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Chapel Hill
Don Carrington
Raleigh
Carrington
Arthur Patterson
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Jack Koontz
County Line Volunteer Fire Department
Arab fund urged to back Connally in Kuwait paper
Kuwait's independent Al Anbaa calls for an Arab fund to back Republican John Connally's campaign. The editorial praises his stance against American support for Israel and notes his policy favoring Israel's withdrawal from occupied Arab lands to aid peace efforts.
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John Connally
America
Israel
Connally
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Iran Oil Workers Threaten Supply Cut Over Extradition Stand
Tehran Radio reported Iran's ousted shah is hospitalized in New York as a political ploy. The Oil Workers Union warned of halting deliveries to the United States to press the U.S. government on extradition. Iran ships about 900000 barrels daily, roughly 12 percent of U.S. consumption, amid broader regional tensions.
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Leftist Guerrillas Kill National Guard Official in El Salvador
In Santa Ana, Jose Antonio Castillo, chief of investigations for the national guard, was ambushed and killed by gunmen. The People's Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for the slaying and for bombings that damaged La Prensa Grafica Hoy and the Bank of America building, injuring three.
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Carter budget deficit eyed with no tax cut plan
President Carter advisers forecast fiscal 1981 deficits between 10 and 15 billion dollars without tax cuts, far smaller than this year’s 35 to 40 billion gap but disappointing as the election nears and balanced-budget hopes fade. Strike hits Caterpillar plants. 40 thousand workers walkout across six states. Aspin says no U S intelligence agency spied on Andrew Young. Young confirms no report on the PLO meeting was seen.
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China Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng Visited Britain Trade Talks Begin
London hosts Hua Guofeng with a ceremonial welcome and a Thames hovercraft trip as Britain pitches exports under a six year 14 billion economic deal. Trade discussions with Prime Minister Thatcher focus on expanding Chinese purchases of Harrier fighters and other British goods.
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Hua
West Germany
Claridge’s
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Tower of London
China
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Begin seeks new West Bank site for controversial settlement
Prime Minister Menachem Begin says Israel will relocate a disputed Jewish settlement judged illegal by the Supreme Court as part of a solution to the domestic crisis. He calls the situation complicated and says the government is looking for a new site in the West Bank.
Soviet Union detonates underground nuclear test signals detected
The Energy Department reported seismic signals indicating a Soviet underground nuclear explosion over the weekend. Spokesman Jim Cannon said the event occurred at 10:17 p.m. CDT Saturday at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Area in Siberia. Stockholm’s Upp Sala Seismological Institute confirmed a very powerful blast early Sunday.
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Soviet Union
Department
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Semipalatinsk
Siberia
Uppsala Seismological Institute
Stockhom
Sweden
Revolutionary Army Breaks Self-Imposed Truce
The Revolutionary Army carried out its first reported operations since pledging to back the new civilian military junta that seized power from President Carlos Humberto Romero in a bloodless coup on October 15. No immediate reason for violating the truce was given.
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Revolutionary Army
Carlos Humberto Romero
Kennedy campaign officially begins
Senator Edward Kennedy formed a Kennedy for President Committee and opened a national campaign headquarters in Washington to pursue the 1980 Democratic nomination. Campaign manager Stephen Smith announced the setup as Kennedy works Capitol Hill duties. filing with the FEC was planned later.
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UPI
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Carter
Kennedy
Senate
Capitol Hill
Stephen Smith
Joseph Kennedy
John
Robert
Smith
White House
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