Fort Wayne Flood Fest draws teen volunteers to John Cougar concert
Fort Wayne officials stage Fort Wayne Flood Fest 82 on July 3 for about 20 000 volunteers who helped during March floods that threatened homes and businesses. John Mellencamp known as John Cougar will perform with his band, donating time. Teens who helped sandbag signed waiver forms and can exchange letters at a local outlet for tickets.
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Center defends cough vaccinations in Atlanta
Atlanta coverage cites federal health officials stating the pertussis vaccine’s benefits outweigh rare risks. Dr. Reingold and Dr. Brink note any vaccine carries some risk but compare favorably to the disease. Center doctors say publicity over serious side effects overlooks the vaccine’s overwhelming protection.
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Centers For Disease Control
Edward Brink
Ceramic hip socket relief ends 28 year pain case
Cincinnati AP reports Gary Bumgarner became the first U.S. patient to receive permanent ceramic hip socket replacements developed in Germany on June 7. He plans to go home this weekend feeling better, as his spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda caused stunted long bones and misaligned joints leading to lifelong arthritis.
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Gary Bumgarner
Bumgarner
U.S
Germany
Dime Request Sparks Fatal Shooting in Pomona Parking Lot
Two teens asked for 16 cents to call home in a Pomona restaurant parking lot. An armed man refused, then opened fire, hitting 17 year old David C. Cobbes in the stomach as 16 year old Kenneth P. Torres fled. Cobbes remained in critical condition after surgery at Pomona Valley Community Hospital.
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Suspects plead in computer scam in San Jose court
Eight defendants including seven men and one woman entered innocent pleas in a crowded courtroom as AP reporters observed. Indictments named Hitachi Ltd and 17 others over alleged attempts by Japanese electronics firms to obtain IBM secrets, with $622000 paid to an FBI undercover agent and Mitsubishi linked to $26000. Bench warrants were withdrawn for nine Japan-connected suspects pending potential July 22 appearances.
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Blacker
Japan
Gregory Ward
Northeast Kansas Tonight and Weekend Forecast
Tonight brings thundershowers with southwest winds 5 to 10 mph and a low of 69. Saturday looks mostly fair with northwest winds 8 to 18 mph and a high near 89. Saturday night remains fair with a low around 65. Clinton Lake shows a temperature of 77, level 878.27 feet above mean sea level, near normal 875.5. Journal-World notes Thursday high 79, low 68, overnight low 70, precipitation .23 inch. Record highs and lows for the date are 104 and 50 in 1934 and 1924 respectively. Sunrise 6:00, sunset 8:53.
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Clinton Lake
Senate panel backs sweeping tax increases and compliance tools
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 98 billion package of tax hikes affecting health care costs, cigarettes, and telephone service while expanding anti tax-cheating powers. The plan, backed by the Reagan administration, aims to raise about 21 billion in 1983 and 98 billion over 1983-85, with shifts in medical expense deductions, casualty loss rules, cigarette tax, and phone levies. A new 10 percent withholding on most interest and dividends would be imposed, plus broker reports to curb underreporting.
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Ethics panel to investigate sex allegations in Congress
The House Ethics Committee will open a thorough probe into charges that members may have used official acts to solicit sexual favors from pages amid a Justice Department inquiry. Sources say the scope may involve two to ten representatives, with no names disclosed. House Speaker O Neill and Rep Stokes stress swift, fair action and removal if wrongdoing is proven.
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House
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Mass wedding in New York ties Moon record at MSG
Rev Sun Myung Moon and his wife presided over a mass wedding at Madison Square Garden in New York City attended by 2,075 couples. The brides wore white satin gowns, the grooms blue suits with red ties and white gloves, all vows exchanged as Moon set a new record. Participants must remain celibate for 40 days. reactions included a Montreal father’s anger at his daughter's involvement.
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New York
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Unification Church
Peter DiCenso
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Hijacker in Colombo taunts with fake bomb loot
Sri Lanka authorities and crowds watch Sepala Ekanayaka, a 33 year old accused drug trafficker, attempt to deposit about 297,700 in ransom money at Colombo banks after hijacking an Alitalia jet to Bangkok. He freed 263 hostages in a 32 hour siege demanding 300,000 and reunion with his Italian wife and son.
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Free
Indo-Suez Bank
Bank of Ceylon
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India
New Delhi
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Shuttle dodges space junk near Columbia mission
NASA reported Columbia passed 7.7 miles from a debris field from a Soviet booster as it orbited 186 miles above Australia during the fourth Space Shuttle test flight. Mission Control warned astronauts Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield to look for the object. they did not report sighting it.
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Calif
Reagan
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