Emergency system fails in Union Carbide plant leak
In Institute West Virginia an emergency system failed in its first major test after a chemical leak at Union Carbide plant. Six employees and about 125 nearby residents reported lung eye nose and throat irritation from aldicarb oxime derived from MIC used to make pesticide. Thousands asked to stay indoors as a methyl isocyanate based cloud escaped.
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W. Va
Union Carbide
Sam Yu
India
ATES
Bhopal
Dick Henderson
AIDS Unit Planned At Sherman Oaks Hospital In L A
A new AIDS victims unit will open at Sherman Oaks Community Hospital in Los Angeles, with officials estimating about 20,000 new AIDS cases in five years amid a backdrop of about 135,000 people exposed in the region. The plan aims to mobilize hospital care through trained staff at the San Fernando Valley facility.
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Los Angeles
N. Marc Goldberg
Sherman Oaks Community Hospital
Sherman Oaks
San Fernando Valley
Richard Pryor
Will Rogers Quote Inspires Shared Laughter
A lighthearted line from Will Rogers about togetherness and enjoying jokes, inviting readers to seek good laughs and camaraderie during challenging times.
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Will Rogers
Japan Air Lines 747 Crash Sees 624 Feared Dead
Tokyo AP reported a Japan Airlines 747 with 524 on board crashed in mountainous Nagano region after signaling door trouble while attempting emergency landing. Initial reports suggested no survivors, with wreckage spotted near Mount Ogura and pilots confirming fire in the air.
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Tokyo
Japan Air Lines
Aountainous
Japan Broadcasting Corp
Self-Defense Force
Japan Alps
Paris
Japan Defense Agency
Mount
Ogura
Saku City
Isao Shimozaki
Nagano Prefectural
Tudor
Haneda
Osaka
Japan
Geoffrey Tudor
U.S
Yokota Air Base
Japanese Air Self Defense Force
Yokota
Joseph Cotton
Tal
ALS Nippon Airways
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Frederick Readies for 16-18 Babe Ruth World Series
Downtown displays greet eight regional teams for a week of play at McCurdy Field. Babe Ruth headquarters open at Sheraton Frederick, with princess reception and duties outlined. Teams arrive Thursday, host family housing arranged, and Friday banquet precedes weekend games and opening ceremonies.
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Frederick
United States
McCurdy Field
Sheraton Inn- Frederick
International
Babe Ruth
Cme Lucimers
Frederick County
Fredenck
Bill Rick
Debbie Caruso
Babe Ruth Office
Jamie Whipp
Princess Committee
Frederick Community College
Consumer boycott expands into South Africa's industrial heartland
The boycott against white businesses spreads from the eastern Cape to Pretoria and Johannesburg as security forces escort striking students to schools using rubber whips. Police report scattered rioting with dozens dead, hundreds injured, and a growing toll in Durban townships amid ongoing anti apartheid protests.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Durban
Indian Ocean
Mamelodi
Pretoria
National
Soweto
Ikageng
Potchefstroom
Umflazi
Cape Province
Cape Town
Kwa-Thema
Nonyamezele Mxenge
Deadly Fighting Flares Across Beirut After Kidnapping
In Beirut, Shiite gunmen kidnap 85 Christians triggering the fiercest two-month battle across the Green Line. At least 13 killed and over 75 wounded as mortars and rockets rain on both halves of the capital. Canadian? Not relevant.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Soha Chahio
Red Cross
American University
West Beirut
Middle East
Christian East Beirut
Drusé
Shiite Miliaamen
Witck
American University of Beirut
Wajed Doumani
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Honshu
Central Meteorological Agency
Pacific
Fukushima Prefecture
Nemuro
Hokkaido
Miyakejima
Meteorological Agency
Dublin
Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Martin Galvin
IRA
Galvin
Irish Northern Aid Committee
Noraid
Inside the News
Maryland
DEBE ee saeiyesessed sanseesnabeyedeesghe Business/Finance
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Japan Broadcasting
Kyodo
Nagano
Plame
Masami Takahama
Ciskei
Rayi
King William's Town
Mxenge
United Democratic Front
British Broadcasting Corp
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
P.W. Botha
Mandela
ANC
R.F. Botha
South African Institute of Rare Relations
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