Court OKs patents for new life forms
Court ruling upholds patentability of living organisms, affirming Chakrabarty's bacterium as a manufacture or composition of matter under existing law. Justices split over broader implications for living material and genetic engineering amid concerns about patent scope and safety.
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Oklahoma
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Georgia
Dobbs
Louisiana
Warren Burger
Congress
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William Brennan
Ment
Ananda Chakrabarty
Chakrabarty
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N.Y
1980 Legislature wraps up with political maneuvering on abortion
In Albany, lawmakers faced voter pressure and lobbyist threats as they advanced a heated abortion bill only to let it stall. The year saw deals to avoid a federal constitutional convention and a late push on gun, drunk driving, and school aid issues while postponing contentious topics like full value assessments and the death penalty.
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Assembly
Vincent A. Nicolosi
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Right To Life Party
Nicolosi
Albany
Right To Lifers
Soviet launches Gorizont solar satellite for 1980 Olympics
Moscow reports the Gorizont solar powered communications satellite was placed in orbit and is functioning normally. Tass said the satellite will enable television transmission of 1980 Olympic programs from competition sites. The craft features an independently oriented solar cell system.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Gorizont
Helicopter Crashes Off St Croix Killing Eight Missing
A Navy helicopter with eight aboard crashed into the Caribbean Sea off Frederiksted St Croix during a routine mission. No survivors are expected. searchers found debris and officials withheld names until next of kin are notified. The Storsky H-3 Sea King belonged to Flight Composite 8 based at Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
UPD
Navy
Caribbean
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Roosevelt Roads Naval Station
Puerto Rico
Fire forces evacuation of Hawaiiah Airlines DC-9 in Honolulu
A Hawaiiah Airlines DC-9 aborting takeoff at Honolulu International Airport erupted in an engine fire. All 131 passengers and five crew evacuated with six people sustaining minor injuries from cuts and bruises. The plane had been preparing for a non scheduled extra flight to Kauai.
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Hawaiiah Airlines
Kauai
Freighter Grounds Off Los Angeles Harbor
A British cargo ship ran aground while entering Los Angeles harbor for fuel. UPI reports five Coast Guard tugs, led by spokesman Tom Trandell, aided the 604 foot Fort Nanaimo carrying calcium phosphate and Preekwater, about 100 yards west of the harbor.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles Harbor
U.S. Coast Guard
Tom Trandell
Coast Guard
Fort Nanaimo
Preekwater
Orangutan Gambar Escapes At Seneca Park Zoo
A 425 pound male orangutan named Gambar escaped his cage at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester forcing about 50 spectators to shelter inside the main building. He moved about 75 feet before tranquilizer darts recaptured him within about a half hour, with officials citing the door as intact but the orangutan displaying great strength.
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UPI
Seneca Park Zoo
Gambar
Nick Gagliano
Zoo
Frank Velte
Parachutist Dies In Show After Equipment Failure
Parachutist Johnson died after a small pilot chute broke away, delaying reserve chute deployment. Both chutes opened moments before he hit the runway, prompting an Army investigation into the failure. Gardner Campbell described the descent live from the air show as spectators initially mistook it for a dummy. Johnson had served in the Army since high school. his brother said he loved what he did.
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Johnson
Gardner Campbell
WFVA
Army
J.J. Dellavecchio
Israeli Naval Unit Kills PLO Raiders Near Nahariya
Israeli naval patrol intercepted a speedboat carrying three PLO attackers heading from Lebanon. The boat was sunk after a three minute clash. one Israeli sailor wounded. Arafat claimed responsibility, while Begin's government denounced Europe’s PLO involvement as appeasement.
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Israel
PLO
Menachem Begin
Palestine Liberation Organization
Mideast
Yasser Arafat
Mediterranean
Nahariya
Achziv
Three arrested in scuffle at Klansmen's trial
In Greensboro North Carolina three Communist Workers Party members were taken into custody after a scuffle outside a Superior Courtroom where six Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazis faced trial for killings of five communist activists. CWP members were denied admittance as jury selection began and clashed near a security station. Greg Plante Tom Clark both of Durham and Willena Cannon of Greensboro were named by a CWP spokeswoman as the arrestees for disrupting the court.
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N.C
Communist Workers Party
CWP
Paul Bermanzohlen
Durham
Marty Nathan
Michael Nathan
Plane crash sparks 2500 acre forest fire in Colorado
About 240 firefighters with helicopters and slurry bombers battled a 2500 acre blaze in Crystal Lakes area after a rented single engine plane crashed on Black Mountain killing four aboard. Two summer homes burned while the fire edged toward containment though spot fires persisted. Weather and operations were focused on building firelines and controlling remote areas.
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Johnson
Idaho
Wyoming
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