Times Square News Sign Relights With Celebrity Ceremony
New York Newsday secures a five year lease to operate the 1 Times Square illuminated sign. Mayor Koch and Diane Keaton attend as 13 year old Karen Hudes of Queens unveils the first headline about a TWA 727 explosion over Greece, four dead nine injured. Other items report a $90,000 auction of Hudson memorabilia including a Steinway piano and a needlepoint rug, and the launch of a powerful new Oregon built supercomputer by Floating Point Systems amid Star Wars defense talk. Senator Gore calls for a broad Senate probe into payola in the recording industry.
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New York Newsday
1 Times Square
Edward I. Koch
Diane Keaton
Karen Hudes
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America
TWA
Greece
Hudson
Rock Hudson
Manhattan
William Doyle Galleries
New York City
Beverly Hills
Calif
Michael Shay
Shay
Oregon
Floating Point Systems Inc
Lloyd Turner
U S investigators join bombing probe in flight 840
Reagan orders FBI Justice Department and FAA to aid Greek authorities in the investigation of the Flight 840 bombing. Seven injured and four killed as the Boeing 727 exploded midflight over Athens en route from Rome. An obscure Palestinian group claimed responsibility.
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CBS Evening News
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Larry Speakes
State Department
Bernard Kalb
FAA
Speakes
Santa Barbara
Calif
George Bush
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Oman
Bahrain
North Yemen
Marlin Fitzwater
Secret Service
The
Arab Revolutionary Cells
Rome
Bomb victims' relatives react to TWA Athens bombing
Relatives of four Americans killed on TWA Flight 640 to Athens express shock and anger over terrorism. Names identified include Alberto Ospina of Stratford and Demetra Stylian with Maria Klug and infant Demetra Klug of Annapolis. Worries, grief, and calls for action mark condolences from families in Maryland, Connecticut, and Maryland.
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Stratford
Annapolis
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Warren Klug Sr
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Lian
Andreas
Stylian
Alexiou
Ospina
Gabriel Ospina
Frigitronics of Connecticut Inc
Shelton
Gloria Cavallaro
Southeast burns rage as arson crackdown tightens
Firefighters battle blazes across 13 Southeastern states, with 42,204 fires scorching 583,056 acres this year. Four killed. arson suspected in half of Tennessee’s 3,850 fires. Officials warn rain may lag as forecasters predict possible weekend thunderstorms.
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Ohio
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Tennessee Division of Forestry
Cocke
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Overton County
Barnett
West Virginia
Gerald Wimner
Milton
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