Dust Bowl Dust Storms Roar Across Upper Midwest
Fires sparked by drought and 60 mph winds raged across Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa with a death blamed on a fire near Dodge Center. Minnesota saw 42 new fires and a 5000 acre blaze near Mille Lacs as arson and fences may have started several blazes.
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WHO to send team to Africa to trace green monkey disease
The World Health Organization said four to six specialists will fly to Sudan and Zaire within days to identify a viral haemorrhagic fever linked to green monkeys that has killed over 300 people. Earlier cases traced to Marburg in 1967, with no serum available and unclear transmission. Death typically occurs seven to fourteen days after onset. symptoms include fever, body pain, vomiting, and bleeding.
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Dead Water mystery studied by scientists across Atlantic region
UPI reports mid Atlantic state and federal researchers met to investigate a dead water area reaching Delaware Bay last summer. The 2 000 square mile bloom killed surf clams lobsters and marine life. causes remain unresolved with theories of sludge dumping runoff and algae induced oxygen depletion.
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UPI
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New York City
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Sandy Hook
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Parkinson's breakthroughs eyed at Tarbox Symposium
Dr. Donald B. Calne of the National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke said researchers may soon have better Parkinson's drugs. He noted current meds only ease symptoms, with life extension of five to ten years but risks like an on off reaction and adverse effects.
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National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and
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UPI
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Greek lawyer convicted over miracle cancer cure scheme
Athens civil court jailed lawyer George Kamateros for eight months for illegal practice of medicine after he sold Cos water a radioactive mineral powder mixed with water as a cancer cure. He distributed the solution to patients on Cos and around Athens until government bans halted its distribution.
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Greece
UPI
George Kamateros
Cos
Island
Las Vegas Forecast Sunny and Mild With Light Winds
The Las Vegas forecast calls for sunny days and clear nights with mostly gentle winds. Today's high near 85 and low around 55, with humidity around 33 percent and a fair air quality index of 23.
Personal income rises while GNP outlook unchanged
UPI reports September personal income up 0.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.322 trillion dollars. Wages and salaries drive most of the rise though farm income falls for the third straight month. inventories increase 2.7 billion in August but are not seen boosting real GNP beyond 4 percent or less in the third quarter.
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UPI
GNP
Ford Administration
Commerce Department
Commerce
Maynard Comiez
Department
Giant Birthday Card Rolls To White House
A Pennsylvania junk dealer traveled 26000 miles to collect 21686 signatures and delivered an eight pound 766 foot long birthday card to the White House for the bicentennial. He plans a 3000 pound 10 foot high bell made from donated keys brass objects.
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Bob Hope
Henry Fonda
Dennis Weaver
Nelson Rockefeller
Alabama
George Wallace
Henry Jackson
Tom Bradley
Los Angeles
Abraham Beame
New York
Richard Daley
Chicago
Frank Rizzo
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