Governor orders probe after records warehouse collapse kills worker
In Ewing Township New Jersey a warehouse collapse released cartons of government documents killing one state worker and trapping another for two hours. Rescue teams bored a concrete wall to reach the buried workers. The injured worker remained hospitalized in guarded condition as Gov Kean ordered investigators findings forwarded.
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Ewing Township
N.J
New Jersey
Harold Spedding
Thomas H. Kean
Pan Am rehiring laid off hero of hijacking
Pan Am brings back Spicer Lung, the Houston catering manager who overpowered a would be hijacker, after laying him off July 25 in cost cutting. Airline vows to find him a new position as Alfredo Ayala, 29, a Cuban national, faces charges of attempted air piracy and interference with a flight crew with a $200 000 bond.
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Pan Am
Spicer Lung
Lung
Mike Clark
Miami
Alfredo Ayala
Kilpatrick Bypasses Heart Surgery in Virginia
Columnist James J. Kilpatrick underwent triple coronary artery bypass surgery at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. Doctors said he is in stable condition and could be released in five to six days after urgent but successful operation.
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Charlottesville
James J. Kilpatrick
Helaine Patterson
Kilpatrick
Ivan K. Crosby
University of Virginia Hospital
Crosby
Thatcher retinal surgery deemed a complete success
Windsor England Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher underwent an operation on a detached retina after an earlier laser treatment failed. Ophthalmic surgeon Richard Packard said the procedure was totally successful and Thatcher, 57, was very cheerful as she began recovery at Princess Christian hospital near Windsor.
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Windsor
England
Margaret Thatcher
Richard Packard
Princess Christian
Berkshire
London
Packard
Buffalo police search for missing bank bag with cash and gold
A small black bank bag containing about $32,000 in cash traveler's checks and gold items. Khalid Rashid of Thornhill Ontario reported losing the bag on Buffalo's west side after placing it on his car and forgetting it. The bag held $20,500 in traveler's checks $4,000 in U S currency about 3400 in German marks 500 in other currencies eight gold pipes worth 3500 a gold lighter 250 and personal papers.
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Buffalo
West Side
Khalid Rashid
Thornhill
Ont
Rashid
U.S
Butter Fire Turns Hamburg Street into Yellow Road
In AMBURG West Germany a warehouse fire melted thousands of tons of butter flooding parts of Hamburg with three feet of yellow ooze. A 22 year old man was arrested and confessed starting the blaze in a 32000 square foot warehouse holding 5700 tons of butter and 4500 tons of other foods. Firefighters worked over ten hours destroying the building as it threatened collapse. By late yesterday areas of the city center remained flooded and risked the sewage system. No injuries were reported.
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Amburg
West Germany
Centrol
Hamburg
Wisconsin sticker fiasco leaves renewals peeling off plates
Madison Wis drivers complain of blue license renewal stickers that fail to stick. Henry Ellingson of the Transportation Department says hundreds report peeling stickers due to insufficient glue and that replacements are available from vehicle registration offices as Wisconsin plans a switch to a new supplier next year.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Henry Ellingson
Transportation Department
Ellingson
Motor Vehicle Division
State Patrol
Indiana quints born five babies in one delivery
Four of Suzanne Gaither’s quintuplets born in Indianapolis were thriving after a six week premature birth. Ashlee Charlene, the smallest at 3 pounds 13 ounces, was in critical condition on a respirator. The babies, delivered by Caesarean section, marked Indiana’s first quintuplets and the ninth living set in the nation.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Suzanne Gaither
Ashlee Charlene
Ashlee
Indiana University Hospital
Wendy Wiseman
Indiana
Johnson
Woman Gives Up Son to Join Navy
A 27-year-old Oklahoma City mother surrendered custody of her 8-year-old son so she could enlist in the Navy. District Judge James B. Blevins appointed the roommate as legal guardian. Navy officials cite single-parent status as a liability, noting custody cannot be regained once in the service.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Navy
James B. Blevins
Marine Corps
Edwin B. Smedberg III
U S cites new yellow rain attacks in SE Asia
The United States presented UN evidence of four new illegal yellow rain attacks in Southeast Asia, traced to Soviet support. Blood samples from Hmong in Laos, Cambodian women, and a Lao fighter, taken at refugee camps in Thailand, point to fungus-based tricothecene toxins used as chemical weapons.
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United States
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Cambodia
Laos
U.N
State Department
Thailand
GM to fight government's X-car suit over 1980 brake defect
The government seeks a recall of 1.1 million 1980 X-cars including the Chevrolet Citation Pontiac Phoenix Buick Skylark and Oldsmobile Omega and a $4 million fine. GM denies concealing the defect and vows to contest the Justice Department suit filed in Washington. The case cites rear wheel lockups causing accidents and 71 injuries and 15 deaths. Recalls in 1981 and 1983 are deemed inadequate.
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Washington
UPI
General Motors Corp
U.S
William Weber Jr
Detroit
Justice Department For the Traffic Safety Agency
Weather forecast and current conditions across the nation
Cloudy tonight giving way to sun and lower humidity tomorrow with highs around 80 to 85. Widespread thunderstorms and rain affected the lower Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley and across parts of the Southwest today. Winds peaked near 61 mph in Marseilles Illinois and several regions reported showers and thundershowers.
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