No Arrests Yet in Atlanta Child Slayings Case
FBI Director William Webster said authorities have substantially solved three or four of 23 slayings and a suspect exists in 12 to 16 related cases. No indictments are pending, and officials stress no proven racial motive. A 15 year old, Dexter Lee Jackson, was found, with investigation into 23rd victim Larry Rogers ongoing. A May rally in Washington is planned by parents groups.
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Ex Hostages Gather To See Doctors
About 40 former American Iran hostages meet at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for a three month medical follow up with the same doctors who examined them in West Germany after release Families accompany about 130 people for a free Easter stay. The event coincides with their reception of the State Department Award for Valor in Washington D C. The gathering aims to assess how ex-hostages have adjusted to freedom after 444 days in captivity.
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Shuttle Landing Must Be Perfect
Cape Canaveral reports the shuttle will become a glider for a precise reentry and landing at Edwards Air Force Base. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen must execute exact engine burns and orientation to hit a small target and survive a 19 minute blackout before a steep glide to a ground-based landing system near Big Sur California.
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Princess Anne Sees Pregnancy as Occupational Hazard
Princess Anne, 30, says in a TV interview she is not particularly maternal and calls pregnancy an occupational hazard of being a wife. She lives on a Gloucestershire estate with husband Captain Mark Phillips and is expecting her second child next month.
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Pulitzer Prizes Honor Dead Author and Small Town Newspaper
New York AP report notes Thelma Toole accepts for John Kennedy Toole posthumous fiction prize for A Confederacy of Dunces while Longview Daily News staff wins general reporting for Mount St Helens eruption coverage. Charlotte Observer earns public service medal for Brown Lung series. Shirley Christian wins international reporting for El Salvador and Latin America.
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