Louisiana executes mentally retarded man for 1981 rape murder
John Brogdon, 25, was executed in Louisiana’s electric chair for the Oct 7 1981 killing of 11 year old Barbara Jo Brown after a trial and appeals. He maintained calm, saying God bless you as he died at 12 12 a.m. amid multiple denials of appeals.
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State Pardon Board
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Savings bonds sales resume after debt limit extension
The Treasury announced that U S savings bonds sales resume following Congress approving a one week extension of the federal debt limit. The move ends a suspension since July 18 when wrangling blocked the debt ceiling hike. Banks and financial institutions can now resume selling bonds to the public.
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Giant gene linked to Duchenne muscular dystrophy found
New York AP reports researchers led by Arthur Burghes and Ronald Worton at Hospital for Sick Children Toronto say the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene is enormous and may be the largest human gene discovered. The study in Nature outlines how base sequence changes disrupt protein production and cause disease.
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Arthur Burghes
Hospital For
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Ontario
Canada
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Ronald Worton
Peter Ray
Nature
Rocks strike six vehicles on California freeway in LA
Six cars including a police cruiser had windshields smashed by rocks along a stretch of the Golden State Freeway in Los Angeles at 4:50 a.m. Police and CHP closed about three miles of the freeway for five minutes while they searched for suspects. no injuries were reported and it was unclear if rocks came from a vehicle or from bystanders.
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Good grades pay in Cleveland
In Cleveland, private sponsors would award scholarships to about 30,000 public school students in grades 7 through 12. An A in core subjects would be worth 40 dollars, B 20, and C 10. Scholarships would be held in escrow for up to eight years after graduation, usable for college or job training, beginning next January.
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Richard W. Pogue
Greater Cleveland
Weather outlook for Northeast Kansas and Clinton Lake area
The report shows today mostly sunny with highs around 98 to 100 across zones, light southerly winds, and clear nights with lows 65 to 70. Friday continues sunny with highs near 98 to 103, some zones humid, and no precipitation recorded.
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Navy ships to join Gulf convoy amid mine threat
The Pentagon plans expanded mine sweeping in the Persian Gulf next month while ordering current Navy warships to begin a return convoy for Kuwaiti oil tankers Bridgeton and Gas Prince. U S officials say eight RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters will be airlifted to Diego Garcia before joining Gulf operations.
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Adelman resigns as Arms Control Agency chief
Kenneth L. Adelman director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency submitted his resignation to President Reagan. He plans to join a think tank and write a syndicated column. Adelman, 43, leaves after U.S. negotiators agreed to a Soviet proposal for a world ban on intermediate range missiles while Moscow pressed for larger cuts in Star Wars. He praised the administration and noted the strong, professional staff and his wish to pursue Shakespeare studies.
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Washington
Kenneth L. Adelman
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Reagan
U.S
Adelman
White House
Europe
Eugene V. Rostow
United States
Alaska
Reagan Faces Third Recurrence of Skin Cancer
President Reagan will undergo further tissue removal at Bethesda Naval Hospital after tests showed a basal cell epithelioma on the tip of his nose. The procedure, under local anesthesia, follows a Wednesday extraction of about two to three millimeters of tissue and cancels a Camp David weekend trip.
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Washington
Reagan
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Camp David
Nancy
Leading Indicators Rise 0.8 Percent in June
The Commerce Department reported a 0.8 percent drop in the June index of leading indicators marking the fifth straight monthly gain. The June rise follows a revised 0.5 percent May increase and supports forecasts of moderate growth with no recession in sight. The economy’s performance comes as the GNP growth for the second quarter runs at 2.6 percent annual rate, with six month growth at 3.5 percent, and economists expect similar or slightly slower growth in the second half.
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Commerce Department
GNP
David Wyss
Data Resources Inc
Lexington
Mass
Wyss
Wright seeks changes to Senate Gramm Rudman plan
House Speaker Jim Wright calls for changes to the Senate version of the Gramm Rudman balance plan arguing it gives the president’s OMB too much power to cut spending. He says the remedy lies in House Senate talks after Senate debate and passage. The story notes the Supreme Court voided Gramm Rudman’s automatic cuts and outlines budget tensions between Democrats and President Reagan.
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