First U S test-tube twins born weeks apart in Norfolk
Shirley and Robert Kheel’s newborn boy and Alyce and Steven VanWie’s infant girl share a birthday and rank as the sixth and seventh test-tube babies in the United States. Both conceived at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and delivered within about an hour of each other at Norfolk General Hospital.
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Steven VanWie
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University of Southern California
Louise Brown
Elizabeth Jordan Carr
Toledo man completes cross country Greyhound trip
Mark Walker 26, legally blind in one eye, rode 9300 miles on a Greyhound bus across the United States for 239 dollars. He says he literally lived on the bus, with 30 stops, reading and taking photos as he met fellow travelers. His longest layover was in New York port authority, shortest a 20 minute Calgary stop. Walker, a University of Toledo media center supervisor, returned home after ten days on the road.
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Alberta
Grandmother sued over pool death in Kentucky
Bobby and Dinah Lockhart sue Wilma Faye Lockhart in Fayette Circuit Court for nearly 3 million claiming negligence around a swimming pool. The parents allege code violations for inadequate enclosure contributed to the drowning deaths of Jeffrey, 4, and Jeremy, 3, five months earlier.
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Deaf mother charged after throwing two sons from bridge
Philadelphia police filed a murder charge against Knarvie Walden, 30, who tossed her sons, 7 and 6, from the 130 foot City Avenue Bridge into the Schuylkill River. Walden was rescued and hospitalized in guarded condition with internal injuries, while son Kavan’s body was recovered and Carl’s body remained missing as Marine Unit searched the river. Detective Francis Miller noted no motive was found.
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Brady attends Sound of Music at Wolf Trap Farm Park
White House press secretary James Brady made a public appearance days after hospital discharge to see The Sound of Music at Wolf Trap Farm Park near Washington. He was joined by his wife Sarah and is a survivor of the March 1981 Reagan assassination attempt.
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Justice Dept ends probe into congress page sex allegations
The Justice Department ended its probe into claims that Congress members engaged in homosexual activity with teenage pages due to lack of evidence. Associate Attorney General Rudolph Giuliani said the department would assist the House Ethics Committee, which continues its own inquiry.
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