Balloonist survives as balloon fouls power lines in Roanoke
Richard Davis a balloonist from Rocky Mount North Carolina and an unidentified Hardee’s employee escaped serious injury after the balloon snagged power lines near Roanoke Virginia. The lines burned through cables dumping the gondola about 25 feet to the ground during a Sunday balloon competition.
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Richard Davis
Rocky Mount
N.C
Hardee’s
Hamburger Chain
Roanoke
Reagan signs order mandating drug testing for federal workers
President Reagan declares federal workplace a model in his anti drug push and signs an executive order requiring drug tests for federal employees in sensitive positions. The move could affect up to 1.1 million of 2.8 million civilian workers, with penalties for positive results. The Drug Free America Act of 1986 seeks 894 million dollars for 1987, funding law enforcement, schools, treatment, and research.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Reagan
U.S
Congress
Prison term cost out at $32 536
A MICAH Corp study released in Des Moines claims Iowa’s eight prisons cost 65.3 million dollars, 13.8 million more than state figures, and that the average cost per inmate per year amounts to 24 463 dollars with a typical sentence of 32 536 dollars for 16 months.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Micah Corp
Iowa
MICAH
Iowa Department of Corrections
Robert Freeman
Freeman
Social workers warn Iowa child abuse system at brink of collapse
Iowa City social workers at a news conference call for up to ten million dollars more annually for case workers to handle rising abuse reports. They say physical and sexual abuse and neglect go underprotected as cases rise 38 percent in six years and the child welfare workforce declines 20 percent.
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EL Moines
Iowa
Towa
Dan Reece
Iowa City
Reece
Lowa
Paris bomb hits police HQ. 1 dead, 51 injured in terror campaign
A bomb exploded at Paris police headquarters near Notre Dame on Monday killing one and injuring 51 as three imprisoned comrades are sought. Premier Chirac rushed to the scene amid anti-terror measures and widespread false alarms across the city.
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Los Angeles Times
Paris
Jacques Chirac
Notre Dame Cathedral
Ile de la Cite
Seine River
Shultz Plans South Africa Visit Amid Sanctions Dispute
Secretary of State George Shultz tentatively aims to visit South Africa next month to demonstrate U S interest in ending apartheid and will travel to eight African nations over 10 to 14 days. The trip would include a short stay in South Africa, not a negotiating session, as Congress debates new sanctions opposed by the Reagan administration.
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Bernard Gwertzma
New York Times
Washington
George Shultz
South Africa
State Department
Reagan Administration
Congress
Shultz
Senegal
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Zaire
Kenya
Zambia
Botswana
Larry Speakes
White House
Reagan
Novel receptor blockade blocks cold virus entry
Scientists report a new approach to preventing common cold infections by blocking virus attachment to nasal cell receptors. In lab tests rhinoviruses failed to infect human cells, and in chimpanzees the same method stopped infection. Volunteers received antibody nose drops and faced deliberate exposure to the virus to test protection.
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New York Times
York
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