Atwater Faces Aggressive Brain Tumor Treatment
Republican Party chairman Lee Atwater, 39, is under a new treatment plan for a brain tumor, deemed more serious than first thought. Atwater, at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, will receive implanted radioactive isotopes after months of daily radiation since its March 6 diagnosis, with doctors labeling the astrocytoma as persistent and potentially fatal yet potentially curable.
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B.J. Cooper
Republican National Committee
Cooper
Sony apologizes for Pearl Harbor date error in VCR manual
Sony Corp. acknowledged apologizing after a Boca Raton man complained that an owners manual used the date Dec 7 1941, the Pearl Harbor attack anniversary, to explain setting a VCR date. Sony said the mistake was unintentional and is reviewing procedures in Tokyo and the printing process.
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Edelheit
Boca Raton
Fla
Pearl Harbor
Jason Farrow
Sony
U.S
Park Ridge
United States
Farrow
Tokyo
Ken Iwaki
More women turn to sterilization in rising rates
A government study shows nearly one third of women aged 35 to 44 had surgical sterilization by 1988, up from 16.6 percent of all women 15 to 44 since 1982. The highest 32.5 percent rate is among ages 35 to 44, while male sterilization rose slowly from 6.1 to 7.0 percent.
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Washington
William D. Mosher
National Center For Health Statistics
Center
Department of Health and Human Services
Mosher
Ryan White Near Death On Life Support In Indianapolis
Ryan White 18, an AIDS advocate and hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from contaminated blood products, was reported near death on life support in Indianapolis. His mother and sister stayed at his Riley Hospital bedside as the nation recalls his 5 ½ year battle and his role in shifting views of AIDS and casual contact.
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Ryan White
Carrie van Dyke
State Board of Health
White
Riley Hospital For
Kokomo
River oil slick disrupts Pittsburgh area supplies and industry
A landslide near Freeport ruptured a 10 inch pipeline releasing up to 300,000 gallons of diesel, gasoline, and kerosene into the Allegheny River. The spill fouled water intakes, forced factories and the hospital to shift to paper plates, and prompted water conservation for about 400,000 people while authorities limned barge access and water trucking operations.
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Freeport
Coast Guard
Pittsburgh Water Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Carrie Deitzel
Daily Juice Products Inc
Verona
Bob Rivett
Tarlker ‘Meks
Allegheny Valley Hospital
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