Vaccine toward cancer prompts cautious optimism
SAN DIEGO AP Scientists near a vaccine against the Epstein Barr virus the suspected cancer trigger show encouraging animal results and may offer a path to prevent certain cancers. Mayo Clinic microbiologist Gary R. Pearson notes human tests could begin within a few years and a vaccine may prove feasible for targeted cancer types.
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Watt hails selection of Ruchelshaus
Interior Secretary James Watt praised William Ruckelshaus as a team player for the Reagan administration on environmental issues. Watt defended the administration’s record and attributed criticism to a campaign of hatred, while noting Ruckelshaus’s commitment to policy goals.
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William Ruckelshaus
Reagan
James Watt
Watt
Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Israel hedges on U S plan amid Lebanon talks delay
U S envoy Philip Habib returns to Israel to press speedier withdrawals from Lebanon with Beirut accusing Israel of hedging on U S compromise proposals. Lebanon says Israel asked to keep forces in south Lebanon while talks stall on pulling out 30,000 Israeli troops and 40,000 Syrian plus 10,000 Palestinian forces.
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Philip Habib
Israel
Lebanon
Beirut
Habib
Amin Gemayel
Drug grannies freed after nine years in Australian prison
Florice Bessire and Vera Hays, both 65 to 66 from La Pine Oregon, were released from Parker Center for Women in Canberra after nine years. They were arrested in 1977 for hashish found in a Mercedes camper crossed into Australia. The hashish valued at about 12.5 million dollars. They boarded Qantas Flight 3 to San Francisco via Honolulu, with reporters kept back as they left.
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Canberra
Australia
Oregon
Florice Marie Bessire
Vera Todd Hays
la Pine
Ore
Gareth Evans
Parker Center For Women
Qantas Airways
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hawaii farmer of the year indicted for growing illegal weed
Mike Strong, 35, of Kilauea on Kauai, faces a felony drug charge after grand jury indictment alleging possession of more than 2.2 pounds of marijuana. Strong, named Hawaii's farmer of the year by the Federal Soil Conservation Agency, is a papaya grower who represented Hawaii at a U S Soil Conservation Service seminar in Arizona.
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UPI
Kauai
Mike Strong
Kilauea
Strong
Federal Soil Conservation Agency
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Arizona
Inflation back in its cage says Reagan
Inflation cooled with a 0.2 percent drop in consumer prices in the latest government report. Gasoline fell 6.7 percent and fuel oil 4.7 percent while food and housing held steady. Medical care rose 0.8 percent, and overall 1983 is seen matching last year’s 3.9 percent rise as prices trend toward lower inflation. President Reagan hailed the news as progress in taming inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
White House
Reagan
Relief bill OK expected despite complex dispute
Congress moves toward final approval of a $4.6 billion recession relief package to aid hunger shelter public works and unemployment across states. The measure includes $325 million for food and housing, over $400 million for social programs, and $1 billion in local government grants with $375 million for public service jobs. House and Senate votes endorsed the framework, but a dispute over fund distribution stalled final action.
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Reagan
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Senate
Veterans’ Administration
Forest Service
Park Service
White House
Snowbound nation braces for last blast of storm
Weather across the nation tightens as light snow from the Rockies reaches the central Plains and a heavy snow belt endures in the Lake Erie region. Gusty winds threaten crops in the Carolinas while blizzards and icy conditions cause crashes from New York to California. Officials warn of floods receding in the Northeast and anticipate several days before homes damaged by floods can be reoccupied. Local storms trigger road hazards and power concerns as residents endure near-record winter conditions.
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Sacramento
Priscilla Foster
Cleveland
Joe Kaschalk
Parma
Weather: Cold tonight with scattered precipitation and snow
Forecast calls for a cold night with a low near 10 and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Scattered rain and light snow continue across the region with a deadly January storm in Ro seville and Citrus Heights.
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