British Army Major fatally shot in Germany amid IRA attacks
In West Germany Maj. Michael John Dillon-Lee of the Royal Artillery was fatally shot while driving home with his wife near Dortmund. Hours earlier in England, two masked men shot a British soldier at Lichfield City station, wounding two others. Officials tie both incidents to IRA violence.
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Minivan rear-seat probe as 2-year-old dies in crash
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary evaluation into 1986 to 1989 Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers after a Pennsylvania crash killed a 2-year-old. Chrysler cooperates but denies known rear-seat defects. Six complaints span three crashes with four injuries and one death.
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Tornadoes Kill Two as Midwest Severe Storms Sweep South
Severe thunderstorms spawned about 10 tornadoes from Minnesota to Texas killing two people and injuring 19. A twister near Iraan Texas caused nine car wrecks with fourte en injuries including two state troopers. A house collapse added five injuries. Other tornadoes hit Wyoming Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota per the National Weather Service.
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Fax tap helps bust $50 million numbers operation
Investigators claim to have disrupted a mob led gambling ring in Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island by tapping a fax line. Police and prosecutors say 40 people were arrested at 17 fronts and two apartments, with $50,000 cash, 80 slot machines, computers and phones seized.
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Doe appeals for help as rebels close on Monrovia in Liberia
President Samuel Doe urged international aid to stop the rebel invasion while promising not to seek reelection. Rebels control Buchanan port and close the distance to Monrovia, with 2,100 Marines aboard 6th Fleet ships en route. The capital faces shortages of rice power outages and no water as evacuation plans begin for Americans.
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Medical boards face resource gaps and backlog problem
Washington AP draft report finds state medical boards are strengthening in discipline but often lack staff money and legal power to protect the public from malpractice. Case backlogs persist and investigations are hampered by limited authority, though progress is noted. Since 1986 many states require reporting against physicians by boards hospitals and insurers. actions rose 29 percent from 2,019 to 2,597 between 1985 and 1987.
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Genentech reports AIDS vaccine protects chimps
Genentech says a vaccine protected chimpanzees from the human AIDS virus marking a potential step toward human testing. Officials caution the finding is not a breakthrough and human trials require FDA approval before further research.
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Weather outlook zones 1 to 17 Kansas Douglas County
Weather summary for multiple zones: tonight mostly clear with lows ranging 45 to 55 mph. Sunday varying sun and clouds with highs from mid 70s to around 80. Winds west to northwest 10 to 25 mph with gusts. No precipitation expected.
Local forecast and Clinton Lake report summary
Tonight mostly cloudy with a low 53 and northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Sunday partly cloudy with a high 75 and northwest winds 20 to 25 mph, then Sunday night partly cloudy low 56 and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Monday partly cloudy with a slight chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms and a high 77. south winds 10 to 15 mph. Official readings show high 81, low 64, overnight low 69 and precipitation 0.01 inch. Clinton Lake at 8 a.m. reports temperature 68, take levels 877.48 feet, normal 875.5 feet.
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Travel outlook across states with weekend warmth and storms
Missouri sees tonight scattered thunderstorms southeast with lows in the 50s to 60s and Sunday showers northeast and highs in the 70s to around 80. Nebraska fair tonight with 40s west and 50 east, sunny Sunday and 70s. Oklahoma fair tonight through Sunday with highs in the upper 70s to upper 80s and 50s to mid-60s lows. Colorado sunny statewide through Sunday with 70s to mid-80s east and 50s to 60s mountains. mountains 30s to upper 20s. Road contacts for Kansas included.
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