Sands Presses on Hunger Strike Amid British Pressure
Dying but defiant Bobby Sands argued with British Labour envoy Don Concannon during a 62 day hunger strike at Maze Prison. Concannon said Sands remains determined to win political prisoner status for IRA inmates while Prime Minister Thatcher rejects concessions. Sands' mother Rosaleen said there is no end in sight as protests and political maneuvers continue across Belfast and London.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Bobby Sands
Britain
Labor Party
TRA
Don Concannon
Sands
Irish Republican Army
Concannon
The
Maze
the Maze
John Paul II
William Philbin
Andersonstown
Philbin
London
Gay Eagle Scout sues for leadership reinstatement
A 15-year-old openly gay scout backed by the ACLU seeks more than $520,000 in damages and a court order reinstating Timothy Curran to the Boy Scouts so he can become a leader of younger boys. The Scouts say membership criteria are private and Curran’s expulsion followed a prom photo and statements. Curran, UCLA journalism student, founded a deaf troop and says he was a good scout and not immoral.
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Los Angeles
UPI
ACLU
Boy Scouts of America
Timothy Curran
Curran
Boy Scouts
Dave Park
Dallas
Park
Scouting
United States
American Civil Liberties Union
National Gay Task Force
Mt Diablo
San Francisco Bay Area
Susan McGrervy
Oakland
Skyline High School
Timothy
Virginia
UCLA
Scouts
Demineralized bone sparks new facial bone growth study
Harvard researchers report using demineralized bone from cadavers to induce real bone growth in humans. In Lancet, they describe 44 patients receiving facial and skull reconstructions with faster healing and better integration than traditional bone grafts. The process, osteogenesis, enables host cells to become cartilage then bone, even without existing bone contact.
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Harvard Medical
Judah Folkman
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Harvard University Medical School
Lancet
Folkman
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
UCLA
Harvard
Julie Glowacki
Children's Hospital
John B. Mullikan
Urist
Mullikan
Brooklyn Man Survives Double Bank Robbery Day
Arthur Terrell, 30, recounts a chaotic day in Dyker Heights. After cashing his paycheck at Manufacturers Hanover Trust, a robber hit the bank, Terrell walked away with his money, only to be robbed again elsewhere. A missed sneeze caused him to drop the cash from his check.
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New York
UPI
Arthur Terrell
Terrell
Brooklyn
Dyker Heights Secon
Mar
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Shore Road
Freight firms listed as drug fronts by witness
A witness identified Bernard Stella as operating Cape Air Fright and Transit Authority Inc as fronts for drug money. Carmen Angelo and Curtis Conley were named as suppliers, with Conley linked to Marsho. Ferenczy said he left Cleveland in May 1980 after news of Conley’s territorial drug war.
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Bernard Stella
Ferenczy
Cape Air Fright
Marsico, Transit Authority Inc
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Cleveland
Huntington National Bank
Linkous
Ronald Hawley
Hawley
Lisa Babcock
Marsio
Mondale applies to DC bar after White House years
Mondale seeks admission to the District of Columbia Bar as he joins a Washington law firm. The National Conference of Bar Examiners requests official verification of his past employment as vice president from 1977 to 1981, while White House counsel notes lack of records for verification.
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Washington
UPI
Walter F. Mondale
District of Columbia Bar Association
National Conference of Bar Examiners
Mondale
The
United States
White House
William H. Morris
Walter Frederick Mondale
Bar of
Minnesota
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Morris
Chicago
Syrian Israel clash sparks tense Lebanon stand off
Syria placed radar and missiles near Beirut violating a mutual understanding with Israel, while Palestinians warned of a southern Lebanon build up. Haig faced Senate scrutiny as Tass accused US-backed Israel of plans to carve a puppet Lebanon. The State Department weighs whether US aircraft used in strikes breached defense rules amid Syria’s missile deployment and helicopter losses.
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Syria
Beirut
Israel
Lebanon
Alexander Haig
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
State Department
Moscow
Tass
Haig
Brady in Hospital Bed as Brain Pressure Monitored
White House spokesman James Brady remains bedbound at George Washington University Hospital with his head elevated after March 30 surgery on his bullet wound. Doctors monitor a new air leak threatening brain pressure and may perform another operation if it does not mend naturally.
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Brady
Reagan
O'Leary
Arthur Kobrine
Drinking jurors cause mistrial in rape case
Two women jurors in a Washington D C rape trial reportedly drank whiskey during deliberations, boisterous behavior halted the panel and led to a mistrial. Judge Urast considered replacing two jurors as the note stated. Names identified include Juanita Ross and Virginia Starks.
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Qmearnld
Juanita Ross
Virginia Starks
Ma. Ross
Ms. Starks
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Margaret Thatcher
Francis Hughes
Prince Charles
Boy Scouting
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Rodney Dangerfield
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Marsico
Mario Adamo
Adamo
Elyrian
Columbus
Jeffrey Linkous
United Press International
U.S
Aibe Crreakie
Ohio
Second Chase
Bask Avenue
Bar
Riyria
Sarria
Emect
Washington Post
Thee
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Westlake
UAC
Scotts
Ry Cr
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Wey
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