In Brief Oak Ridge nurse, inmate attack, and Belfast shootings
James Earl Ray, stabbed 22 times in a prison law library, is discharged from Oak Ridge Hospital and moved to Brushy Mountain Penitentiary infirmary. Attorney Mark Lane considers suing Tennessee for Ray's protection. In Belfast, two British soldiers are wounded in Londonderry, while a gunfight in Falls Road causes no injuries. IRA supporters say nationalist prisoners at Maze will join a hunger strike for political status.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Oak Ridge Hospital
Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
Ray
Mark Lane
Tennessee
Londonderry
Lanemore Road
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Falls Road
IRA
Maze
Tokyo anti nuclear protest greets Midway carrier return
About 24 000 demonstrators gathered in a Tokyo park to protest the U S aircraft carrier Midway s return to Japan after a three month Southeast Asia patrol. They argue the 51 000 ton carrier carries nuclear weapons on port visits in violation of a Japanese government ban.
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Tokyo
U.S
Midway
Japan
Kyodo News Service
7Th Fleet
Southeast Asia
Temperatures Garden Sass Yesterday's Fortunes
Gus Garden remarks that yesterday's fortunes have dwindled into today's petty cash, framing a sharp shift in outlook as the local scene reflects on prior gains fading to minor sums.
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Garden
Gus Garden
Carlin proposes 1.5 billion budget with highway emphasis
Governor John Carlin outlines for July 1982 start a 1.5 billion state budget with an 85 million boost for highways funded by transportation taxes. He stresses a new three budget system for 51 agencies and a shift to use severance tax revenues mainly for education while seeking overall a balanced plan amid possible changes.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Carlin
Parents cleared of mistreatment in custody battle over conjoined twins
In Danville Illinois a judge ruled state custody must be retained for two deformed Siamese twins at least temporarily after finding neglect at Lakeview Medical Center but no neglect by their parents Dr Robert Mueller and Pamela Schopp The twins Scott and Jeff born May 5 joined at the waist sharing a lower digestive system and three legs face ongoing treatment and a July 8 custody hearing with the children to remain at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital for tests to assess possible separation.
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Danville, Ill
John Meyer
Meyer
Scott
Jeff
Lakeview Medical Center
Danville
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Lakeview
Robert Mueller
Pamela Schopp
World’s first test-tube twins born in Melbourne
The world’s first test-tube twins were born in Melbourne at Royal Victoria Hospital. Twin Stephen weighed just under 5 pounds and Amanda 5 pounds 5 ounces. Stephen required heart surgery for a major blood vessel defect and was in satisfactory condition after treatment. Amanda and the mother Radmila Mays were listed in good condition. The birth was filmed for British television.
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Melbourne
Australia
Radmila Mays
Rodney
Royal Victoria Hospital
Stephen
Amanda
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