Transplant recipient completes 3000 mile bike trip to San Francisco
Jim Hayes who had a heart transplant finished a two month journey covering 3000 miles to San Francisco on Wednesday to show a transplant recipient can perform as well as any other. Also, up to 18 million in improper black lung payments went to dead or divorced wives of disabled miners over an average of nearly seven years, per Social Security Commissioner Svahn.
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Jim Hayes
San Francisco
Social Security
John Svahn
Svahn
Social Security Administration
Barbara Stanwyck Burglarized in Beverly Hills Jewelry Heist
A masked burglar struck Barbara Stanwyck at her Beverly Hills home Tuesday, hit her, and forced her into a closet before stealing about 5000 dollars in jewelry. The 74 year old actress received minor wounds and was treated at Cedars Sinai Hospital.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Beverly Hills
Cedars Sinai Hospital
Key Communicators Network launched in Cedar Rapids schools
The Cedar Rapids Community School District started a 300 person Key Communicators network to improve links between schools and the community. Members will receive regular informational mailings and act as resources for others in schools and neighborhoods.
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Cedar Rapids
Soviet Submarine Runs Agground Near Swedish Base
A 250 foot Soviet Whiskey class submarine with 54 crew members grounded about four miles from the Karlskrona base in Swedish waters. Sweden protested Soviet violations, refused tow requests, and sent salvage ships as a flotilla gathered nearby under watch by helicopters and coast guard craft.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Navy
Bertil Lagerwall
Karlskrona
Baltic Sea
Lagerwall
Coast Guard
Baltic
Identi
U of I Receives $8 Million NIH Grant for Research Center
Iowa City The University of Iowa Hospital Clinical Research Center won an $8 million federal grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund its 20th anniversary operations through 1987. Center director Dr. Barry M. Sherman leads 73 ongoing projects studying diseases from diabetes to inherited eye conditions.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Hospital
National Institute of Health
U of I
William DeCesare
Congress
NIH
DeCesare
Barry M. Sherman
Deer leaps through barber shop window in Iowa City
A three point buck jumped through the plate glass window of Friday's Barber Shop at 217 North Gilbert Street in Iowa City causing interior damage. Police followed the deer eastward after it fled along Ralston Creek and later had to destroy it due to severe injuries. The incident prompted notification of the Iowa Conservation Commission and transfer of the animal to the fire department.
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Iowa City
Jefferson Street
Gilbert St
Ralston Creek
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa City Fire Department
Vesely sued day before his sentencing in Iowa City case
A $252,500 civil suit was filed in Johnson County District Court by Arlene Kay Palmer Laura Vesely’s sister administrator seeking $100,000 for wrongful death plus up to $150,000 for loss of services and $2,500 for funeral costs against Robert Vesely 32 who faces sentencing for voluntary manslaughter in Laura Vesely 31 death. Vesely held on $50,000 bond and to be sentenced at 2 30 p m today.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Robert Vesely
Laura
Vesely
Arlene Kay Palmer
Riverside
Laura Vesely
Palmer
Antoinette Fiala Jolley
Laser beam injures copilot as pilot avoids crash
A 21 year old Encino man, Michael Archer, allegedly used a laser on a police helicopter over the San Fernando Valley, injuring the co pilot’s retina and momentarily blinding the pilot. Archer was arrested for interfering with an officer and released on bail. Authorities review possible aviation law violations and laser sources. The incident prompted police and FAA interest and highlighted potential dangers of laser light shows.
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Los Angeles
Tom Brooks
Michael Archer
Encino
San Fernando Valley
Federal Aviation Administration
Lee Lorenzo
Brooks
Ronald Reuser
Dan Bibber
Reuser
Archer
University of California-Los Angeles
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