New Diagnostic Machine Aims to Cut Stroke Risk
In New Haven Connecticut Temple Radiology Group has bought the nation s only digital subtraction angiography unit to image heart blood vessels. Dr Gerald Freedman a Yale associate professor says the device allows rapid imaging to reduce stroke threat in high risk patients and capture heart motion for clearer results.
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Temple Radiology Group
Adwanead Ananah
Gerald Freedman
Freedman
Yale University
Downtown Kansas City Christmas decorations in doubt
Downtown Kansas City will go without Christmas decorations this year due to money concerns. Merchants say funds are tight, with Mayor Berkley noting resources are being directed to economic development. The remark followed a prior year’s last minute drive that raised about 10,000 dollars to keep lights up.
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Kansas City
Fred C. Rivers
Merchants Association of Greater
Richard Berkley
Bearded Quest for LaPlace’s 100th Birthday
LaPlace marks its centennial with a beard contest inviting 300 prominent men to appear in top hats and period facial hair on December 17. Judges will award trophies for best beards while a jail parade targets the beardless. those without facial hair face incarceration or a $25 fine to fund the celebration.
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Clown
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Joe
Lucia
Winter Park eyes brick streets return in nostalgia push
City commissioners schedule a December hearing on stripping asphalt to reveal bricks in Winter Park Florida older neighborhoods. Public works say hand labor will be needed to lay bricks as machines may damage the underlying layer and bricks are no longer manufactured. The plan aims to slow traffic and improve drainage though critics warn of bumpy roads and practical challenges.
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Orlando
George Haddad
David Currie
Public Works
Joe Compton
David Harden
LA Warns on Plague Risk From Woods and Pets
Los Angeles County officials caution that outdoor outings can spread bubonic plague due to close contact among people, pets, and wild rodents. While 39 cases have appeared in the West with six deaths this year, LA remains unscathed. California reports one case in Shasta. A recent plague finding in a ground squirrel at Griffith Park prompted expanded testing around the Hollywoodland Campground, though no further cases have been found and the site stays open.
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Shasta County
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Griffith Park
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Beirut blast and U S air force criticism amid Lebanon fighting
Former Israeli air force generals condemned the U S bombing raid as lacking experience. A car bomb in west Beirut killed at least 10 and injured 84, as Marines faced heavy fire from hills overlooking the camp and retaliated with artillery and tanks. Unclear who fired on Marines, with Druse rebels and Shiite allies involved in the fighting as Lebanon’s civil conflict continued.
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Page al
U.S
Benny Peled
Mordechai Hod
Lebanon
West Beirut
Druse
Jones
Walid Jumblatt
Syria
Phalangees
Septemer
Soviets pledge support to Syrians in Lebanon
The Soviet Union denounced the U S retaliatory attack on Syrian anti aircraft positions in Lebanon and said it will provide moral and material aid to Arab forces opposing American and Israeli troops in the Middle East. Kremlin spokesman Leonid Zamyatin framed the bombing as aggression and urged Arab states to act, noting about 7,000 Soviet troops are in Syria.
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Lebanon
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Europe
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Zamyatin
United States
Israel
Syria
Bear fundraising bears toast to charity in Liverpool
Thatcher and Princess Anne assistants share space with over 150 bears at a charity show in Liverpool raising about 1500 for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Other displays feature notable owners and figures from British society.
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Princess Anne
Woolton
Engand
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Liverpool
Duke of Westminster
Marquis of Bath
Countess Mountbatten
Social Democratic Party
David Owen
Sir Harry Secombe
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