Nurse's aide wins state's largest Lotto jackpot
Deloise Singletary, a nursing home aide from Cambridge, claims Maryland's $5.5 million Lotto prize, the state's largest lottery win. She bought a one dollar ticket and learned the result after confirming the numbers with two lottery vendors. The winner plans to educate her children and seek a new home and car, while her mother battles illness. The prize pays $276,913 yearly for 15 years after tax with federal and state withholdings expected to cut the take.
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Stockholm talks open with calls for nuclear restraint
Shultz and Gromyko opened the Conference on Confidence and Security Building Measures and Disarmament in Europe in Stockholm with calls to reduce nuclear weapons and expand a global chemical weapons ban. Palme urged a verifiable pact and warned progress would ease European fears. The event aims to last at least two years, focusing on trust and stability rather than nuclear issues.
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Milk Diversion Program details and signup guidance
The column outlines the 1984 dairy Milk Diversion Program with ASCS meetings, signup deadlines, and contract rules. It explains minimum and maximum diversion percentages, quarterly payment mechanics, and a worked example showing accumulated reductions and payments across a 15 month period. It emphasizes submitting milk history, planning reductions, and collecting records for eligibility and payments.
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1000 Ducks Swept Over Niagara Falls Disastrous Toll
In dense fog and 10 below near Niagara Falls, over 1000 merganser ducks were swept over the falls. Surviving birds crowded an ice bridge on the gorge while others with injuries couldn’t be rescued. Officials compare to the 1928 swan disaster.
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Buffalo Museum of Science
Buffalo
Michael Jackson dominates the American Music Awards with eight wins
Michael Jackson collects eight American Music Award honors in Los Angeles, including favorite male vocalist in both pop and soul. Thriller named favorite pop and soul album, Billie Jean favorite pop single, Beat It favorite pop and soul video, plus a Merit Award. Lionel Richie hosts as others praise Jackson’s record year.
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Alabama
Teddy Gentry
Barbara Mandrell
Kenny Rogers
Dolly Parton
Miss Mandrell
Pat Benatar
Daryl Hall
John Gates
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Aretha Franklin
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