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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1986
Page
3
An 11 year old student at Meadows Elementary in Lisle Illinois was suspended for 10 days after bringing Mace into class and spraying it, injuring 31 people who were taken to hospitals. Deputy Chief Jim Simon of the Lisle Fire Department described the incident and its panic in the fifth grade room.
Vice President George Bush had stitches removed from his left cheek a week after minor surgery to remove a skin cancer lesion, with no complications reported by his spokesman.
Marlin Fitzwater said the vice president had no complications after surgery done with a local anesthetic last Thursday. A separate Woodworth case ended with a 3766 settlement to Walter M. Godwin, the ex police chief who claimed mayor and officer conspired to arrest him for spitting on a sidewalk. Another AP report from Bossier City notes a deadly fire at Bossier Medical Center with one confirmed death and about 50 evacuated.
Eight men faced charges for a scheme to obtain anti aircraft missiles and weapons for the Irish Republican Army. Two of the accused, including four Bostonians, were arrested after more than a year of efforts. Bail hearings for the Boston defendants are set today, with detention hearings for the rest Friday.
Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Rajaie-Khorassani, 50, was accused of shoplifting a $99.99 raincoat at Alexander's in New York on May 7. Store security stopped him, the FBI identified him, and he was released two hours later on diplomatic immunity with no charges filed.
Los Angeles based reports cite varying estimates on cancer deaths from the Chernobyl disaster. John Gorman forecasts up to 23,000 Soviet deaths and 32,900 cancer cases in Europe, while Cochran and Von Hippel project about 5,128 deaths from a wider 51,280 cancer cases. Gardiner of Physicians for Social Responsibility suggests outcomes may lie between these figures.
Washington AP The National Research Council Space Science Board urged balanced launch fleet combining manned flights and unmanned rockets. It said diversifying avoids a single accident crippling civilian and military space efforts while Congress pressed a 2.8 billion dollar bill for Challenger replacement.
Gov. George R. Ariyoshi signed a bill July 1 that defines aloha spirit as kindness unity humility and patience and ties it to state decision making. Law aims to capture Hawaii tourism appeal while noting potential legal implications for officials, with officials cautioning against overreach.
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