Two Navy battleships to be mothballed
The Navy plans to mothball the Iowa and the New Jersey to save money, leaving Wisconsin in the Atlantic and Missouri in the Pacific as active battleships. The Iowa, damaged in the April 19 explosion that killed 47 sailors, would be repaired before mothballing. The plan may shift due to political pressure from New York City.
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Iowa
New Jersey
Defense Department
New York City
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Pacific
Missouri
Norfolk, Va., Navy Yard
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Long Beach
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Elderly grandmother killed by two part pit bulls in Los Angeles
Los Angeles police say 70 year old Marjee Lilly died after a 30 minute attack by two part pit bull dogs owned by her grandson Clarence Hubbard. Authorities will not euthanize the animals until investigations and a 10 day rabies quarantine are completed. The grandson sought their destruction. officials plan quarantine and review of possible negligence. Gov. Deukmejian floated possible pit bull ownership legislation.
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Los Angeles
Marjee Lilly
County Usc Medical Center
Alan Kerstein
San Diego
Clarence Hubbard
Lilly
Hubbard
City Department of Animal Control
Michael Burns
Burns
Kerstein
George Deukmejian
Bush hails Columbia crew after shuttle spins from faulty signal
President Bush called the Columbia astronauts a superb crew and invited them to the White House after a ground signal error sent the shuttle into a slow spin. Commander Brandenstein manually overrode navigation and stabilized the craft as controllers corrected guidance, with no danger to the five astronauts.
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Fla
Bush
Columbia
White House
Dan Brandenstein
Brandenstein
Mission Control
Bob Castle
Oat bran study questions cholesterol benefit claim
A Boston study found cholesterol drops on high oat bran diets mainly because participants ate less saturated fat and cholesterol. Researchers note no inherent cholesterol lowering in oat bran, while some experts defend oats as beneficial. Detroit report lists the 1986 Camaro as the most stolen vehicle nationwide, with later Camaros high in theft rankings due to part interchangeability.
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Boston
Frank M. Sacks
Fred Shinnick
Quaker Oats Co
Hospital
Janis F. Swain
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Detroit
General Motors Corp
CCC Information Services Inc
Chicago
CCC
William Geen
Convicted killer Gerald Smith executed by Missouri
Gerald Smith, 31, of St. Louis, was put to death by lethal injection in Potosi at 12:09 a.m. for the 1980 beating death of his former girlfriend Karen Roberts. Smith had told a newspaper he believed she gave him a venereal disease. His wife Lynn watched, signaling with a V and mouthing I love you, as the state carried out its sentence.
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Gerald Smith
Missouri
Smith
St. Louis
Dick Moore
Missouri Department of Corrections
Karen Roberts
Ms. Roberts
Lynn
C. John Pleban
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