Brain hormone CRF linked to heart disease and stroke
Salk Institute researchers announce synthesizing corticotropin releasing factor CRF a brain hormone tied to stress responses and linked to heart disease high blood pressure and stroke. They isolated the substance from sheep brains and say synthetic CRF could help study and eventually treat stress related conditions.
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Solidarity congress backs Walesa vow for free elections
In Gdansk Solidarity leaders gave Lech Walesa a mandate to pursue a “dictatorship” to strengthen the federation and press for free national elections. Rioting erupted in Konin as about 1,000 demonstrators clashed with police, hurling rocks and firebombs. The Kremlin denounced the congress as an anti socialist, anti Soviet orgy amid Soviet maneuvers near Poland.
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Guerrilla Attacks Kill Guard Relatives in El Salvador
An army spokesman reports guerrillas shot and hacked to death about 40 relatives of National Guard troops in Usulatan and Chalatenango. Villagers in Jucuapa and Villa Dolores were identified as kin and executed with machetes. Independent confirmation was not available. At least 60 people died in El Salvador’s political violence in the past 48 hours.
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Filibuster blocks busing bill in Senate
The Senate failed to end a filibuster over strict anti busing measures in the Justice Department authorization bill. A 57 to 33 vote left the 60 vote requirement unmet, blocking two key amendments that would curb busing distances and DOJ suits to force busing beyond the nearest school.
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Nationwide crime up 9 percent in 1980 year
FBI report shows 1980 crime index rising 9 percent with 13 million offenses nationwide. Murder rate up 7 percent to 23,044 cases, firearms common. Southern states lead in offenses. Violent crimes up 11 percent and property crimes 9 percent while regional patterns and age data are noted.
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Crime Prevention Conference to Be Held in Iowa
Gov. Robert Ray announced Iowa will host the first state crime conference on October 6-7 in Des Moines. More than 800 participants from all 99 counties will discuss drug and alcohol abuse consumer fraud juvenile delinquency prevention and employment programs. Iowa's 1980 crime rate rose 10 percent from 1979 and FBI data show a 10.6 percent rise in serious crime.
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Reagan aide vows action on federal loan deadbeats
Edwin Harper of the Office of Management and Budget and Senate committee members pledge to curb delinquent debt in federal loan programs. Harper cites nearly 200 billion dollars owed and 19 percent of 175 billion debt past due or uncollectible as the hearings into fraudulent farm disaster loans continue.
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Teachers Strike Widens Across Nation Hits 350000 Students
Philadelphia walkout closes schools for 213000 students as part of a coast to coast dispute. In Elgin Illinois 1300 teachers walk out affecting 25000 students while disputes extend from New York to Washington state Rhode Island New Jersey and Michigan over salaries and budgets.
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