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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1986

Page

3

Reagan calls for U S Soviet adviser meeting to prep summit

A White House official said President Reagan wrote to Mikhail Gorbachev proposing a meeting of top advisers. Reports allege the goal is to plan the next superpower summit, with Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze to meet.

Washington White House Reagan Mikhail Gorbachev George Shultz Eduard Shevardnadze London Observer Washington Post Shultz Shevardnadze Gorbachev

Police block streets after fight in Cleveland

In Cleveland a large police cordon closed downtown blocks for over an hour after a fight among teens at a rap music contest spilled into the streets. Thirteen people were treated at St. Vincent Charity Hospital, mostly with minor injuries. one person had a fractured skull. Only two of the injured were to be admitted.

St. Vincent Charity Hospital Rita Jakupcik

Doctors protest tests of nuclear weapons rally on Capitol steps

White coated doctors from over a dozen states held a Code Blue rally on the Capitol steps urging Congress to stop funding nuclear weapons testing. Dr. Jack Geiger, a leader of Physicians for Social Responsibility, cited radiation victims from Chernobyl and urged immediate intervention to protect human life.

Washington Capitol Steps Congress Jack Geiger New York City University of New York Medical School Physicians For Social Responsibility Geiger Moscow Chernobyl

Arson Suspected in Fires at Michael Reese Hospital

Arson is likely in three fires at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago that forced removal of at least 15 patients but caused no major injuries. The largest blaze occurred in a storage room of the seven story main building and was brought under control within an hour.

Chicago Michael Reese Hospital Joe Brichetto

Wild Kingdom host R Marlin Perkins dies at 81

R Marlin Perkins, longtime host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, died Saturday at his home in St. Louis after a battle with cancer. The zoologist, who narrated the show for 23 years, championed wildlife protection and public awareness of endangered species. Perkins was born in Carthage Missouri and began his career at the St. Louis Zoo in 1926 as curator of reptiles.

ST. Louis R. Marlin Perkins Perkins Mutual of Omaha Jim Fowler Carthage Missouri St. Louis Zoo

Alan Jay Lerner dies of lung cancer at 67

Oscar and Tony winning lyricist and composer Alan Jay Lerner, famed for Camelot Brigadoon and My Fair Lady, died of lung cancer at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. He had been ill for five months and recently returned to New York for treatment.

New York Alan Jay Lerner Frederick Loewe Reagan Camp David Nancy All Americans Alan

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