Lung cancer death rate jumps with higher female toll
The CDC reports a 15 percent rise in overall lung cancer deaths from 1979 to 1988, with female mortality up 44 percent. In 1988, 126,000 Americans died from cancers of the lung, trachea and bronchus. Alaska shows the highest rate, while Utah is lowest. Smoking remains the primary cause, with radon and asbestos also contributing.
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Man Dozes in Sears Chair Triggers Alarm in Delaware
Olin Allen II, 64, nods off in an overstuffed rocker at a Sears in Wilmington. He wakes four hours later to locked doors as security and city police respond. No report filed and security notes his story as plausible. Allen cites dinner of Chinese food and his chair weakness as factors.
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No women Elks yet at national convention
At the 125th national convention in New Orleans the all male Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks voted not to admit women while approving changes to membership rules in reaction to a racial controversy in California. Delegates backed a two thirds lodge vote required for new members, tightening the prior three member rejection rule. The NAACP had threatened legal action over discriminatory policies.
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Donald D. Capelo
Coalinga
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Jonesboro
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Joanne Hoffman
Middletown
N.J
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
NAACP
Anatomy of a hurricane and its forming conditions
The text explains how differing wind systems meet near the equator to form a low-pressure band that can birth tropical storms and hurricanes. Warm equatorial waters and favorable wind patterns combine as air rises, condenses, and draws in more air, fueling the spiral storm that becomes a hurricane when winds exceed 74 mph, with an eye of calm air surrounded by very strong winds.
Right to Farm Laws Preserve Delaware Farmland Pressure Grows
Glasgow Delaware faces rising development near Muddy Run as 17 acre parcels appear for development and warehouse space nearby. A Governor panel warns farmland loss may accelerate over 25 years while nationwide states pursue right to farm protections and programs to preserve agricultural land by tax relief or purchasing development rights.
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Wilmington
University
Newark
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