New clot dissolving method could save heart attack victims
Chicago AP reports a UCLA led team at Cedars Sinai has developed a catheter based technique to dissolve coronary clots. Injected medication induces a body enzyme to dissolve the clot, reopening blood flow. The approach aims for quick action within hours to save heart muscle and reduce death from coronary thrombosis, with broader use expected in about two years.
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Chicago
Develo
William Ganz
Ucla Medical School
Ganz
Journal of the American Medical Association
Cedars-Siani Medical Center
Los Angeles
Lawyer Blames Prison Riot on Poor Living Conditions
Lafayette officials who ignored court orders to improve security and living conditions at the Lafayette Parish prison are blamed for a seven hour standoff in which 28 inmates seized two jailers. Attorney Cliff Remm said better security could have prevented the melee. no one was hurt as jailers Ivory Celestine and Wilbert McComb were freed after negotiations and a siege by 60 officers.
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Lafayette
Lafayette Parish
Cliff Remm
Acadiana Legal Services
Bill Vincent
Ivory Celestine
Wilbert McComb
Michael Minzey
Remm
Jerry J. Grayson
Carlo Listi
Nathan Stansbury
First National Bank
McComb
Celestine
Minnelli suffers second miscarriage near Reno hospital
New York AP reports entertainer Liza Minnelli, 34, lost the baby she expected in May during a mid second trimester pregnancy loss at a Reno area hospital on New Year’s Eve. Dr Robert Stitt said there was nothing wrong with the baby and she may conceive again. Minnelli previously miscarried in December 1979 and plans to return to New York after a short rest.
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New York
Liza Minnelli
Earl Wilson
New York Post
Miss Minnelli
Reno
New
Post
Robert Stitt
Welfare director refuses salary in Burrillville Rhode Island
John Nolan Jr. says he does not work hard enough to deserve pay and refused his pay as welfare director. He was elected in November vowing to take only one thousand of ten thousand dollars. Nolan argues the job should be part time or eliminated while town officials seek legal guidance.
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Burrillville
R.I
John Nolan Jr
Nolan
Irving I. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Internal Revenue Service
Unhappy New Year fires claim 31 in nine states
The Associated Press reports 31 people died in fires across nine states on New Year’s Day. Fatal blazes included a New Brunswick New Jersey home where 911 delays hindered response, a Readfield Maine farmhouse tragedy, Kingsbury New York mobile unit, and a Brooklyn apartment blaze.
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Associated Press
New Brunswick
N.J
Kingsbury
N.Y
Readfield
Maine
Howard Foster Jr
George Seamon
Leo Harkins
Criticism grows on Brzezinski from Carter aides
United Nations ambassador Donald F. McHenry faulted Zbigniew Brzezinski for taking too large a role in policy. He said Brzezinski spoke out inappropriately and sent mixed signals on Carter administration foreign policy. Other former officials echoed the critique in a week of attacks as Brzezinski offered no comment.
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U.S
Donald F. McHenry
Zbiew Brzezinski
Carter
McHenry
Associated Press
Brzezinski
Vance
State Department
Playboy Magazine
Hedding Carter III
Cyrus Vance
Hodding Carter
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