Three Americans Die in Tehran Highway Ambush
Urban guerrillas killed three Americans in a Tehran suburb as their car was stopped and sprayed with machine gun fire. The victims were 43 year old Rockwell International Californians William Cottrell Jr. Robert Krongard and Donald Smith. Iranian authorities attributed the killings to Islamic Marxists, linking the method to past attacks on U S. personnel in Iran and noting a crackdown that led to executions of guerrillas this year.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
Rockwell International
Autonetics
Rockwell
Anaheim
Calif
William Cottrell Jr
Los Gatos
Robert Krongard
Sunnyvale
Donald Smith
Yorba Linda
United States
Kayhan
Scientists create functioning gene at MIT
MIT researchers led by Har Gobind Khorana report creating an artificial gene that functions in living bacteria, marking a milestone in genetics. The effort contrasts with recombinant DNA work and could lead to new disease therapies and engineered genes, though safety concerns prompted a Cambridge ban on related Harvard lab work.
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Cambridge, Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Har Gobind Khorana
Alfred B. Sloan
MIT
San Francisco
American Chemical Society
Cambridge
Harvard University
Korana
Khorana
MIT scientists report functioning artificial gene in E. coli
MIT researchers describe creating a complete functioning gene with start and stop signals in E. coli, a milestone beyond the first incomplete artificial gene. They caution humans or mammalian genes are far off, stressing similar basic molecular processes across life forms. Funding came from NIH NSF the American Cancer Society and the Sloan Foundation.
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Khorana
MIT
Hans- Joachim Fritz
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
American Cancer Society
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Maddox Nominated by AIP at Convention for President
Lester Maddox declared as a segregationist after being chosen the American Independent Party nominee. He criticized former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter and spoke at the convention where Maddox won on the first ballot with 177 votes.
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Lester Maddox
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
American Independent Party
Maddox
Master faker Tom Keating confesses forging 2000 works
British artist Tom Keating, 59, admits painting about 2000 forgeries over 25 years aimed at discrediting dealers. He says X ray clues, his signature, and deliberate mistakes reveal the hoaxes. He named Goyas, Rembrandts, Gainsborough, Renoirs, Turners, and Degas as subjects.
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London
Tom Keating
Keating
Times of London
Samuel Parker
Times
Geraldine Norman
London University
Goldsmith College
Chessie backs off on demands in hostage case
Chessie System Inc may not honor promises made to secure hostages release after Ashley Leach an unemployed Vietnam veteran with a shotgun and pistol seized the firms Terminal Tower office in Cleveland. Leach demanded better veterans benefits and is charged with extortion kidnapping and felonious assault. R C McGowan a Chessie VP and hostage said promises were made under duress.
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Cleveland
Chessie System, Inc
Railroad Holding Company
Ashley Leach
Huntington
W.va
Chessie
Vietnam Veterans
Leach
R.C. McGowan
B&o
Chesapeake and Ohio
PCBs Found in Mothers Milk Across Ten States
Federal health officials report measurable PCB levels in mothers milk from ten states with average fat concentrations around 2.1 ppm and higher readings in North Carolina Maryland New Jersey and Michigan. EPA FDA and HEW officials warn potential risks while awaiting more data.
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Washington
David Ball
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Environmental Protection Agency
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
North Carolina
New Jersey
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
George Wirth
Special Chemicals
EPA
Office of Toxic Substances
Ball
J. R. Allen
University of Wisconsin
Food and Drug Administration
John R. Wessel
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Lewis Hopkins
Air Force
Paul R
Royal Navy
Parker
Cornelius Kreighoff
Constable
the Haywain
Lisbon
Ohio
Columbiana County
Garland Strong
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