Little people face life in a world built for tall folks
In Chapel Hill 4 foot 1 inch Lee Kitchens recounts daily adjustments needed by dwarfs as 50 parents attend a meeting by Human Growth Inc to discuss treatments and coping strategies. Kitchens and wife Mary 3 feet 11 inches illustrate adaptation from extended plane pedals to altered car controls.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Mommie
Lee Kitchens
Richardson
Tex
Kitchens
United States
Mid-Atlantic States
Human Growth, Inc
Human Growth
Little People of America
Mary
Southern Methodist University
Texas Instruments, Inc
Dallas
Texas Women’s University
Hertz
Growth Hormone Treatment Faces Shortage and Hope
Dr Judson Van Wyk and Dr Louis Underwood of UNC pediatrics treat about 15 children from NC SC and VA with injections of human growth hormone from pituitary glands. Supply limits therapy to roughly 300 US children. Kitchens describes a five year 24000 dollar annual research plan to boost gland collection and understanding growth disorders.
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Judson K. van Wyk
Louis Underwood
University of North Carolina Medical School
Department of Pediatrics
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
United States
Kitchens
Human Growth, Inc
Anti-Tax Atmosphere Hurts NC Schools
North Carolina school superintendent A Craig Phillips warned the anti tax mood has left public education in deep financial trouble. He told the NC School Boards Association in Charlotte that desegregation shifts and anti tax sentiment create confusion and that local boards can improve the atmosphere by speaking up.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Craig Phillips
North Carolina School Boards Association
Phillips
Four Die In Fire In House In Petoskey Michigan
Harry Carl and his wife returned to a blaze that trapped their four children Melanie ten Deborah nine Edward seven and Erin who would have turned two next month. Deputies said the 13th home fire in Emmett County in 1 days and one of three reported overnight. Firefighters faced water shortages as a motorist reported the 2 03 a m blaze five minutes after patrol passed. The bodies were recovered hours later. Sheriff Richard Zink said investigators continued as neighbors recalled routine rides with the family.
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Petoskey, Mich
Harry Carl
Emmett County Sheriff’s Department
William Boland
Carl
Boland
John Everett
Melanie
Deborah
Edward
Erin
Out Of Control Brush Fire Sweeps San Bernardino County
A 20 mile long brush and timber fire driven by 60 mph winds drove 2000 residents from homes in San Bernardino National Forest. The blaze charred over 50000 acres, destroyed 36 homes, and forced evacuations in Running Springs Smiley Park and nearby areas. Governor Reagan declared a disaster area.
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San Bernardino
Calif
San Bernardino National Forest
Bill Maker
U.S. Forest Service
Jack McCurnin
Forest Service
Ronald Reagan
San Bernardino County
Smiley Park
Big Bear Lake
California
Cucamonga
General Motors Waits For Vote In UAW Talks
GM negotiators stay on call as 65 local plant agreements remain unresolved while the UAW prepares a yes vote among its 394000 striking members on a tentative national contract. If ratified by Friday, formal notice would follow and production could resume by December 1. the proposed deal would lift the average wage to over five dollars an hour.
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Detroit
APY
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
United States
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Yvonne Baskin
Associated Press
Mattel Wingy
Swingy
Big Red
Es Gibson
Cloniger DR. Thomasville
Richard Zink
Robert L. Brecheisen Sr
Church Ave
Ates
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