First artificial heart implanted in woman functions well
Mary Lund, 40, of Kensington, received a scaled down Jarvik-7 artificial heart at Abbott Northwestern Hospital after acute viral myocarditis left her heart pumping only a third of normal. She remains in critical but stable condition on dialysis and a respirator as doctors monitor kidney function and potential transplant timing.
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Kensington
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Abbott-Northwestern Hospital
Frederick Gobel
Dixon
Mrs. Lund
Lund
Abbott Northwestern
Douglas County Hospital
Alexandria
Rubber workers warned job cuts loom in US industry
AKRON AP An industry analyst says 15 to 20 percent of U S rubber workers may lose jobs to make the sector competitive with foreign rivals. Six tire plants likely to close in two years include Goodyear in Cumberland Maryland and Gadsden Alabama Armastrong Natchez Mississippi Uniroyal Eau Claire Wisconsin and GenCorn Des Moines. The seminar sponsored by the Labor Department examined displacement programs and ways to save jobs including plant efficiency and air conditioning improvements. Ontario United Rubber Workers chief Milan Stone urged federal protection from imports. Barry Mason of the University of Alabama discussed GM Tuscaloosa plant cost cuts that saved at least 600000 annually and preserved 110 jobs.
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AKRON
U.S
Ludwig
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Cumberland
Gadsden
Ala
Armastrong
Natchez
Miss
Des Moines
Iowa
Uniroy
Barry Mason
University of Alabama
General Motors Corp
Tuscaloosa
Uncertain Snow Likely Amid Cold Weekend Weather
Forecast calls for highs near 26 with mainly cloudy skies and a 60 percent chance of precipitation today. Tonight remains cloudy with a chance of snow and low mid 20s. Monday brings partly cloudy skies with highs in the lower 30s and a 56 percent tonight precipitation chance. Botamer Florist open today noon to 5 p.m.
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Mortly Claudy
Botamer Florist
Beirut says three Lebanese spies arrested for Israeli bombings
State radio in Beirut reports three Lebanese men arrested and confessing to multiple bombings in Beirut and Sidon. The broadcast names Shafik Mneimneh and son Mahmoud, Jihad Hussein Turk, Kassem Najem, Abu George, and Mahmoud Awdeh as accomplices. Turk allegedly linked to the Beir el Abed 75 death toll. Militia actions and CIA ties referenced. Hezbollah figures cited.
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Lebanon
Israel
Shafik Mneimneh
Mahmoud
Sidon
Jihad Hussein Turk
Kassem Najem
Abu George
Mahmoud Awdeh
Radio
Turk
Beir el- Abed
Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
Hezbollah
Party of God
Boy survives lake fall after two hours underwater
A 10-year-old boy, Jeffery Goodale of Vineyard Haven, fell through ice on Lake Tashmoo while chasing a dog and was underwater about two hours. He was treated for hypothermia at Martha's Vineyard Hospital and then airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in critical condition. Jeremy Ghiloni, 9, died of heart failure after being pulled from an ice pond in Newark, Ohio, and was buried Saturday.
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Mass
Martha’s. Vineyard
Jeffery Goodale
Lake Tashmoo
Tisbury
Richard Clark
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Carol Labadini
Massachusetts General
Newark
Ohio
Jeremy Ghiloni
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Reyke Pos
Eteek Geresis
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Hazel Marie Breese
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