Rioters Attack Police in Londonderry on IRA Anniversary
In Londonderry, masked rioters lobbed homemade gasoline bombs and rocks at police during predawn unrest in the Bogside on the IRA march’s 20th anniversary. Police fired plastic bullets. two men were lightly injured. Gunshots were heard and officers reportedly fired into the air to disperse crowds. SEIRAT, Lebanon reports Israeli warplanes hit targets near Sidon with no immediate confirmation of casualties or details.
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Lebanon
Sidon
Voice of the Nation Radio
Syrians Widen Shelling Around SKUT Besieged Enclave
Syrian and Lebanon Syrian troops pressed defense lines around the besieged Christian enclave of SKUT with artillery and tanks in a bid to soften up for a major ground offensive. Sixteen killed and 86 wounded, police said, as clashes spread across three provinces.
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Lebanon
Beirut
Scholars urge Congress to reject flag desecration amendment
Philadelphia scholars and a federal judge urge restraint as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a second hearing on the Si Court ruling that flag burning is protected political speech. The Bush administration and many Republicans back a constitutional amendment to let states outlaw flag destruction amid political pressure.
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Airlines Extend Fare War Into Fall
In a widening fare skirmish major U.S. airlines extend bargains on summer travel into fall. TWA cuts round trip fares by up to 160 dollars and lowers some international fares into next spring. Pan American USAir United Northwest Continental Eastern match in competing markets. American matches cuts for all mainland U.S. cities and Europe.
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Jim Brown
Dallas
American
Europe
Purse Found After 18 Years Hidden in Store Basement
Washington report notes a purse stolen October 18, 1970, reappeared after 18 years and 10 months hidden behind a storage cabinet in an old department store being converted to apartments. Inside were makeup items and an address book with phone numbers. The owner, Alice Wilson, said the find evoked memories of her high school days and the thief taking $60 in weekly pay.
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Tor
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Condolences Pour In For Mickey Leland
Memorial service honors U S Representative Mickey Leland who died in an Ethiopia plane crash while heading hunger mission. Recovery teams reach crash site as aviation safety experts head to Ethiopia to aid investigation and a delegation plans to accompany American bodies back home.
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Lloyd Bentsen
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Senate
Richard C. Halverson
Hunger Committee
Addis Ababa
Bettina Wallace
Joyce Williams
Rep
Mickey Leland
Smith Took Firm Stance On Crime
Jackson Mississippi Rep Larkin Smith known for a hard line on crime in his 22 years in law enforcement earned a seat on the House Judiciary Committee. His plane crashed Sunday night in DeSoto National Forest. he and his pilot were found Monday. Governor Mabus ordered flags at half staff.
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Larkin
Smith
Washington
DeSoto National Forest
Mississippi
House Judiciary Committee
Alan Casey
Ray Mabus
Plane crash claims congressman and pilot near Gulfport
Rep. Smith, 45, and pilot Chuck Vierling, 58, die in a single engine Cessna 177 crash after a flight from Hattiesburg to Gulfport. Searchers bulldozed to the thickly wooded site as rescuers spotted wreckage from the air. Smith had earlier thrown out the first baseball at the Dixie Youth World Series. President Bush expressed regret in a White House statement through spokesman Marlin Fitzwater.
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White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Smith
Congress
Chuck Vierling
Gulfport
Hattiesburg
De Klerk Sworn In as Acting President of South Africa
National Party leader F W de Klerk is sworn in as acting president at the Union Buildings after guiding a cabinet delegation that compelled P W Botha to resign. De Klerk to serve until September elections. Botha disputes health excuse and vows he is not leaving.
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South Africa
National Party
F.W. de Klerk
P.W. Botha
de Klerk
Union
Klerk
M.N. Corbett
Pik Botha
United Democratic Front
Botha
Tam
Iam
Walesa praises Kiszczak offer to resign and coalition hope
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa welcomes Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak’s offer to step down as prime minister and endorses a coalition including Solidarity, the Peasant Party and the Democratic Party. He argues a national government is the only path to stabilize Poland’s economy and politics amid debt, inflation and shortages.
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Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Czeslaw Kiszczak
Walesa
Afer Kiszczak
Peasant Party
Roman Malinowski
Free Trade Movement
Kiszczak
Peasants
Democratic Party
Aipe Tly
Referri Fales
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
Minorities Under Represented In AIDS Help Physicians Say
Washington doctors and social workers say minorities are under represented in AIDS clinical trials due to information gaps and distrust. They urge moving trials into neighborhoods like Harlem and improving access, with 7096 nationwide participants including 557 blacks 731 Hispanics and 427 women.
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Gina Brown
Harlem Hospital
Brown
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Keith Cylar
Aids Coalition To
ACT UP
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New York University
Harlem
National Institute On Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Aids Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
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