St Patrick myth vs fact confronts St Patrick Day legends
The article debunks common St Patrick myths noting St Patrick was born in Scotland in 372 A D and not Irish. It recounts his mission in Ireland, the shamrock symbol, and a tale of snakes, while highlighting a modern Irish celebrate tradition carried on by Joe A Melvin of Murphysboro and his family.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
St. Patrick
Patrick
Scotland
Calphurnius
Maun
Ireland
Mann
Clementine
Murphysboro
Joe A. Melvin
Melvin
Joe K. Melvin
Donovan
Office of Management and Budget
U S Reneges On Talks In Geneva Space Arms Debate
Soviet negotiator Viktor Karpov accused the United States of backing away from the agreed approach to arms talks in Geneva. He cautioned that Washington does not seem prepared to bargain seriously on banning weapons in space, one of three topics under discussion since January.
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New York Times Moscow
Geneva
United States
Viktor P. Karpov
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Karpov
Washington
Associated Press
George P. Shultz
Anatoly Dobrynin
State Department
Shultz
Dobrynin
Earth
Outer
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
U.S
Joseph Lehman
Hussein presses U.S. for talks with Jordanian Palestinian delegation
Jordan's King Hussein said progress toward reviving Middle East peace hinges on U.S. acceptance of a joint Jordanian Palestinian delegation. He demanded PLO inclusion and praised Yasser Arafat for signing the Feb. 11 accord, signaling a possible impasse with Reagan’s rejection of direct U.S.-PLO talks without Israel.
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New York Times
Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Middle East
United States
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Arafat
Palestinian Organization
Reagan
Hosni Mubarak
Egypt
Mubarak
Washington
Israel
Anna McGee off respirator after heart transplant
Anna man Mike McGee, 30, who received a heart transplant at Barnes Hospital in St Louis, was taken off a respirator and listed in critical but stable condition. He remains in intensive care for two to five days and could leave in two to three weeks if no complications arise. The five hour operation was completed by 4 a.m. Friday.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Anna Man
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Mike McGee
Barnes
John Miller
McGee
Robert
Anna
Mary
R. Morton Bolman
Bolman
Alistic
Barman
MccGee
Pittsburgh
Menard Correctional Center
Chester
Miller
William Whiting
Minor miracle as 15 year old survives 40 minutes underwater
New York doctors call Diedra Silverman’s survival a minor miracle after 40 minutes underwater in a van crash that killed four other youths. Eighteen days later she has recovered about 95 percent from coma and memory loss and celebrated her 15th birthday with cake and family.
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New York
Diedra Silverman
Donovan successor faces fence-mending with labor
The next labor secretary will inherit a pile of unfinished work including repairing relations with organized labor after Raymond Donovan's resignation amid a fraud and larceny case. Possible successors include Kay McMurray James Miller John N Erlenborn and Edward Rollins. Labor leaders doubt leadership change will ease tensions as new proposals target contractor hiring, wage rules, and homework bans across several industries.
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New York Times
Washington
Raymond J. Donovan
Reagan
Donovan
New York
Labor Department
Kay McMurray
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
James Miller
Federal Trade Commission
John N. Erlenborn
R-Ill
White House
Edward Rollins
Labor
Department
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