Neighbors recall odd Behavior of killer Patrick Sherrill
Oklahoma City AP report details how Patrick Sherrill, known as Crazy Pat, loomed in camouflage, tailed neighbors, and was linked to pet mutilations and stalking before the Edmond post office massacre. Neighbors report years of unsettling conduct, peering through windows and disturbing radio signals.
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Oklahoma City
Pat
Patrick Sherrill
Charles Thompson
White House
Sherrill
Thompson
Edmond
Washington
Willy Brannon
Brannon
She
Soviet Officials Raise Toll From Chernobyl Disaster
Moscow officials disclosed 31 deaths and 135000 evacuations linked to the Chernobyl accident. They cited human error in the No 4 reactor as the root cause and noted ongoing questions about reactor safety and plant location.
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Moscow
Chernobyl
Andranik Petrosyants
State Nuclear Energy Committee
Petrosyants
Valery Legasov
Kiev
Legasov
Politburo
Leonid Ilyin
Workers Kill Protected Birds In Wichita Shooting
U S Fish and Wildlife Service probes the mass killing of up to 300 federally protected purple martins by Wichita Sedgwick County Health Department staff who mistook them for starlings. About 50 shots were fired at the Windsor at Cedar Brook complex after noisemakers and lights failed to disperse the birds. Special agents and officials discuss permits as purple martins remain perched amid inflatable owl decoys.
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Wichita, Kan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wichita-Sedgwick
Health Department
Terry Tarr
The
Wildlife Agency
Audubon Society
Sponge Patent May Be Medical Research Coup
Researchers report the red bearded sponge Microclona prolifera mimics human inflammatory processes. The sponge’s cell clumping parallels human white cell clumping in arthritis and other diseases, leading to a patent for testing anti inflammatory drugs. Col laboration with Moseley Waite and Philip Dunham aided the finding and patent.
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Woods Hole, Mass
Gerald Weissmann
New York University Medical Center
Weissmann
Moseley Waite
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
N.C
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole
Waite
Philip Dunham
Syracuse University
Colleges Flunk Test Of Kansas Seniors
A Kansas survey shows 58 percent of last year's National Merit semifinalists will leave the state for college this fall. Most would not attend a state university even with a $2,000 annual scholarship offer, as brain drain concerns prompt state lawmakers to seek solutions.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Legislative Research Department
Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Carolyn Rampey
Research Department
Wichita Eagle Beacon
U.S. 81
Ms. Ramsey
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Oklahoma Air National Guard
American Cancer Society
Red Cross
Non
Mrs. Brannon
Don
Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Flynn
Ilyin
Soviet Union
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna
Austria
Moses
Earth
First National Bank OF Ottawa
F.d.1.c
Uae
Jerry
Wy Yeung
Tevenhon
Indian Lanes Bowl
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