Soviet finds human error caused Chernobyl disaster
Soviet authorities at a Politburo meeting blamed a series of gross breaches of operating rules for the April 26 Chernobyl accident. 28 dead and 203 irradiated, with 100000 evacuated and costs around 2 billion rubles. Four high level officials fired and a new ministry of atomic power engineering created to raise management standards.
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Moscow
Chernobyl
Politburo
Tass
Ministry of Atomic Power Engineering
Yemelyanov
Yevgeny Kulov
Alexander Meshkov
G.A. Shasharin
Ministry of Power and Electrification
Anatoly Mayorets
Mayorets
Nine cities narrowed in 1984 Democratic convention site search
Democratic leaders trimmed the IX Center from eight prospective sites for the 1984 convention, keeping Atlanta Houston New Orleans Washington New York and Kansas City as finalists. Detroit and Brock Park were dropped due to hotel room shortages and access concerns. Leaders stressed nonpolitical factors in the decision while Southern strategy debates continued.
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Washington
Brook Park
IX Center
Detroit
Selection Committee
Brock Park
Cleveland
Atlanta
Houston
New Orleans
New York
Kansas City
Marion Barry
Sidney Barthelemy
Jimmy Carter
White House
Lindy Boggs
D-La
Weather outlook with showers and cooler turns planned
Outside mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms today. Not as hot with a high in the mid 80s and a 50 percent rain chance. Tonight partly cloudy cooler and less humid with a low near 60. Monday, partly cloudy and very pleasant with a high 75 to 80. Details on Page A-3.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Ohio River Valley
National Weather Service
Kennedy wedding in Hyannis Port draws 1000 crowd
Caroline Kennedy wed Edwin Schlossberg at Our Lady of Victory in Centerville, wearing a tulle veil and white orchids. Gray dawned over a crowd of more than 1,000 as Best Man John Kennedy Jr. and Jackie Onassis appeared moved by the ceremony attended by luminaries and family.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Caroline Kennedy
America
White House
Edwin Schlossberg
New York
Kennedy
Church of Our Lady of Victory
Centerville
Schlossberg
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
John F. Kennedy
John Kennedy
Onassis
Mae Schlosberg
Heat eases as storms roll in with cooler temps ahead
A hot weekend yields a turning point as scattered showers and heavy storms push temperatures from the 90s into the mid 80s. Forecasters expect cooler evenings and a return to 60s overnight, with Monday highs in the 75 to 85 range. Paramedics treated several heat victims at Sheffield Lake Community Days, including a Lorain man hospitalized after a possible heat stroke and a 44 year old Canton woman labeled dizzy.
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Donald Manilla
St. Joseph Hospital
Sheffield Lake
Shoreway
Canton
Lorain Community Hospital
Anthony Durda
Cincinnati
Durda
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Kansas
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Landow
Royko
Saeaere
Hyannis
Sen
Edward M Kennedy
Long
Church
Art Buchwald
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbreath
Arthur Schlesinger
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
John Culver
D-Iowa
Carly Simon
Rose Kennedy
Edwin Schlossberg Inc
New York City
Chester
Massachusetts
Library Board
Conservation Commission
Museum Commission
Marie L. Morrisey
Board of Selectmen
Columbia University
Carolyn Kennedy
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