Aspirin Study Sparks Debate on Heart Attack Risk
A six year study of over 5,000 British doctors finds no evidence that aspirin lowers heart attack risk, contrasting with a separate American study of 22,000 doctors claiming a risk reduction. Experts say the British research lacks enough heart attacks to detect a small to moderate effect. The British study appears in the British Medical Journal while the U S study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Charles H. Hennekens
Harvard University
British Medical Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
U.S
Memo to Meese Tells of Bribe in Iraqi Pipeline Plan
A memo to Attorney General Edwin Meese III from a longtime friend described a bribe plan to a top Israeli official to deter Israel from interfering with a $1 billion Iraqi oil pipeline project. The memo, dated 1985, is under investigation by Independent Counsel James C. McKay.
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Edwin Meese III
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Reagan
Ed Meese
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FBI field offices questioned surveillance of opponents
FBI documents reveal field offices were instructed by headquarters to assess how much political activity could be monitored during a domestic surveillance campaign against opponents of U S intervention in Central America. The Denver and New Orleans offices questioned the clarity of guidelines, and a 1984 memo urged tight supervision to protect rights. A Center for Constitutional Rights release prompted Meese to review possible rights violations.
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FBI
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U.S
Kansas University
Lawrence
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New Orleans
Center For Constitutional Rights
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Organization
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Meese
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Kansas Day celebrates state at Riverside School assembly
Third graders Christine Berglund and Amanda Norris wait their turn to represent the state flower during a Kansas Day assembly marking the state's 127th birthday. Other schools planned activities including pioneer days demonstrations and band performances in buckskin attire.
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Riverside
Christine Berglund
Amanda Norris
Kansas
Senator says Panamanian has crime role
U S senator Alfonso D Amato accused Panamanian leader Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega of turning Panama into a giant criminal enterprise citing a drug smuggler saying he paid a 300000 dollar bribe. A grand jury heard from Jose Blandon as exiled opposition leaders pledged to bring Noriega down and see Panama democratic by 2000.
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U.S
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Alfonso D’amato
CBS This Morning
Noriega
Florida
Jose I. Blandon
D’amato
United States
Panama City
CBS
Roberto Eisenman
Noreiga
Panama
Kansas University Highlighted in Changing Times Best Value List
Changing Times magazine lists about 30 universities offering above average education at below average cost. A 13-member panel narrowed a preliminary list of 100 for tuition under 10500 private or 6500 public out-of-state, focusing on value and access.
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Kansas University
Changing Times
Nancy Henderson
Henderson
See Magazine
Downtown plan eyed after eight months of study
A 16 member Downtown Improvement Committee will urge pursuing a new $44.5 million downtown retail project named The Lawrence Concept. The plan marks the fourth attempt since 1980 to create a large scale retail center downtown. The city commission will receive the 10 page DIC report and discuss it at a 1:30 p.m. study session Wednesday in city hall.
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Massachusetts
Brown Perfect Against K State On Weekend Forecast
Cloudy Saturday with a high near 58 and a slight chance of afternoon showers. A four year battle to win Senate passage of a sweeping civil rights bill ended in a bipartisan victory tempered by an abortion rights amendment.
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Hi as opener tops for starting a chat study finds
A University of Alaska psychologist reports that in a poll of 650 men and 831 women the greeting Hi tops 200 opening lines for approaching someone of the opposite sex. Direct and innocuous lines work best, with caveats about context and adapting the line to the situation.
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New York
Social Science
University of Alaska
Chris Kleinke
Anchorage
Kleinke
Self
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