Researchers warn of potential huge outbreak of immune deficiency
San Francisco based doctors report Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome spreading beyond homosexual men to heterosexual men and women. Dr. Harold Jaffe of the CDC notes cases may double every six months with 665 reported since 1981 and 270 deaths. (AP)
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National Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
University of California
New England Journal of Medicine
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San Francisco General Hospital
Jaffe
New York City
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
FDA approves sale of synthetic insulin by Eli Lilly
The FDA cleared synthetic human insulin produced by bacteria for sale under Humulin, with phased rollout planned within two months. Lilly reports letters to 260000 doctors and manufacturing at Indianapolis and Liverpool, UK, after UK approval last month. The product matches animal insulin in effect, with no shown therapeutic improvement.
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Washington
FDA
Faye Peterson
Hallmark founder Joyce Hall dies at 91 in Kansas City
Joyce Clyde Hall founder of Hallmark Cards died in his sleep at age 91 in Kansas City. He built a postcard business into the world’s largest greeting card company and led Hallmark for 56 years before stepping aside in 1966 when his son took over.
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Kansas City
Joyce Clyde Hall
Hallmark Cards Inc
Hall
Hallmark
J.C
Donald J. Hall
Remains of Four Servicemen Identified by Army Experts
Army experts identified the four American servicemen among remains returned by Vietnam. One casualty, Navy Petty Officer Donald P. McGrane, lost June 19, 1967, over North Vietnam, is named among the identifications. The bodies were transported from Hawaii for burial.
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Army
Pentagon
Hawaii
Navy
Donald P. McGrane
North Vietnam
McGrane
Waverly
Iowa
U.S
Hanoi
Defense
Air Force
Texas Education Official Allows Venereal References in Textbooks
Texas Education Commissioner Raymon Bynum ruled that publishers may reference venereal diseases in school textbooks. The decision, announced in Austin, permits inclusion of medical terms and related health education content within approved curricula.
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Bynum
Austin, Texas
Raymon Bynum
Girl Taken From Witches Covent Case Moves To Father
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered Purdy Rachel Tran two to be removed from a Altadena mansion where her mother and five women residents practiced witchcraft. The court cited the danger posed by five roaming pit bulls and granted custody to father Tuan A. Tran.
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UPI
Purdy
Rachel Tran
Superior Court
Altadena
Robert A. Schnider
Tuan A. Tran
Rioting in Maiduguri Leaves Hundreds Dead
BBC reports about four days of clashes in Maiduguri Nigeria between Muslim zealots and police. About 250 Muslims and 100 police officers died, with reinforcements sent and a six hour police onslaught ending the rioting.
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UPI
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British Broadcasting Corp
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Kaduna
Chad
Iran Pressured as Arabs Prepare Iran War Mediation Bid
Al Riyadh reports Saudi leaders threaten a broad boycott of Iran if Algeria’s bid to end the Iran Iraq conflict fails, citing the Algerian ambassador in Kuwait who says mediation will resume despite a prior setback.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
al-Riyadh
Kuwait
Jaruzelski denounces U.S. sanctions on Poland
Polish leader Wojciech Jaruzelski reacted angrily to U.S. sanctions and Reagan's revocation of Poland's most-favored nation status. He told the Communist Party Central Committee that Poland will not be treated as a locked reservation and warned against penalties.
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Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Texas
PAP
Jaruzelski
Communist Party Central Committee
Reagan
Mother pleads as boy missing in Belfast kidnappings
Sheila Farrell appeals on radio after her 16 year old son Eamon Farrell vanishes from West Belfast amid a wave of abductions and attacks. Police treat a coded call from Ulster Freedom Fighters as serious while paramilitary groups threaten sectarian retaliation. In Armagh a Protestant militiaman’s body is found and the IRA says it shot 55 year old Thomas Cochrane last Sunday.
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Northern Ireland
Ulster Freedom Fighters
Eamonn Farrell
Sheila Farrell
Farrell
Irish National Liberation Army
IRA
Armagh
Border
Irish Republican Army
South Armagh
Thomas Cochrane
Two survivors recount yacht sinking and shark danger
Two survivors Bradford Cavanagh and Deborah Scallings spoke after a hurricane storm sunk the 58-foot ketch Trashman 100 miles southeast of Morehead City. Five crewmen fled to a six-man life raft as sharks swarmed. three died, one sailor deliriously climbed overboard to go to a store, and another died from exposure. The two exhausted survivors were rescued by the Russian freighter Olenegorsk and taken to Cartaret General Hospital.
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UPI
Coast Guard
Roger Gibson
Bradford Cavanagh
Rowley
Mass
Deborah Scallings
New Orleans
Olenegorsk
Cartaret General Hospital
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Maine
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Cadama Corp
Wilmington
Del
Gibson
Zodiac
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