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Panel Denies License for Dead Reunion By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) - The promoters of a concert meant to bring the surviving members of the Grateful Dead together on stage have been denied a permit by a county highway committee. The event, planned for Aug. 3-4 in East Troy, is expected to draw 200,000 fans, Walworth County Highway Committee Chairman Odell R. Gigante said. He said only 35,000 people are allowed in the Alpine Valley Music Theatre, about 30 miles southwest of Milwaukee. "You can imagine the amount of humanity that's going to converge on little...