Adolph Caesar, Color Purple Actor, Dies at 52
Adolph Caesar, known for A Soldier's Story and The Color Purple, died after a heart attack Thursday while on set for Tough Guys in Los Angeles. He was 52 and died at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center. Spielberg remembered him as a gentle soul with a crusty surface.
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Famed painter Georgia O’Keeffe dies at 98 in New Mexico
Santa Fe reports the death of Georgia O’Keeffe at 98. Experts call her the most important woman artist America has produced. A pioneer of modern art, she won the Medal of Freedom in 1977. Her best known works feature flowers and landscapes, often using rocks and animal bones as subjects.
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Bremerton mayor ordered kidney injury fined by jury
A Kitsap County jury ruled that Secretary Carol Shreeve suffered a kidney loss caused by former Bremerton mayor Gene Nelson’s order restricting restroom trips in 1982. The city must compensate Shreeve for the injury and related damages.
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Budget fight as Reagan plan faces Senate rebuff
Washington AP report says Senate Budget Committee rejects Reagan's 1987 budget after hours of debate. Lawton Chiles says he will vote against it and Danforth condemns the process as an exercise in president-bashing. Miller welcomes congressional tweaks to the plan.
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Senate OKs planning for bullet ban in gun law revision
The House Judiciary subcommittee on crime approved a compromise gun control bill to revise the 1968 act. It would end the interstate ban on rifles and shotguns while preserving the current ban, with Senate and House differences to be resolved in conference. Rep Mario Biaggi pushes to extend the ban to armor piercing bullets, defined by seven metal types, with possible five year prison terms for possession or use during a crime.
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Reagan to address nation on aid to Nicaraguan rebels
President Reagan planned a nationally televised speech to rally public support for funding the U S backed guerrillas opposing Nicaragua's leftist government. He announced the plan Thursday before meeting about two dozen House Republicans, but no date was set.
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Diet focus urged to cut cancer risk says Iverson
Iverson tells Ohio Nutrition Council that research should shift from smoking to diet, citing fiber to lower colon cancer risk and fat reduction to curb other cancers. He notes the NIH funded 122 million study on a low fat diet and cites recent death tolls from lung, colon, breast, and prostate cancers.
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