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...with a grand jury in Washington, Contra Leader Adolfo Calero declared that retired Generals Richard Secord and John Singlaub had helped the Nicaraguan rebels to "engineer" arms deals worth millions of dollars. Calero also declared that his own contra group, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, had received $32 million from non-American private donors. (Actually, most of that money is known to have come from Saudi Arabia's King Fahd...
...received permanent Jarvik-7 hearts, three are still alive. But all have suffered serious complications. William Schroeder, 53, at 42 weeks the longest survivor, has had two strokes; his speech and memory are impaired. Murray Haydon, 59, also had a stroke. Swedish Businessman Leif Stenberg, 53, the only non-American to receive a Jarvik-7 and the patient who had fared the best so far, recently suffered a severe stroke in Stockholm. Stenberg's misfortune was particularly disappointing to Heart Developer Robert Jarvik; the heart implanted in the Swede was a newer version, in which Jarvik had replaced the original...
...hour and thirty-three-minute cakewalk by Lendl represented the first time the Open has been won by a non-American since Argentina's Guillermo Vilas defeated Jimmy Connors back...
...police theorized that the kidnaping was the work of robbers rather than of any known Islamic political group. Father Kluiters was the first kidnap victim to be found dead out of the 17 Westerners, including seven Americans, abducted in Lebanon during the past 14 months. In recent days four non-American captives have been released...
...California desert 144 orbits later on Dec. 7, it will have completed the longest shuttle journey, one day (and 400,000 miles) more than any previous flight. Columbia's six-man crew will be the largest to fly aboard the shuttle and will include the first non-American astronaut. But clearly the highlight of the trip will be the debut of the 33,252-lb. Spacelab. It represents the first real marriage of space engineering to fundamental scientific research in the manned space effort. Says Spacelab Mission Manager Harry Craft: "We are reaching a major milestone in the space...