Reunionjoy for Maddox siblings after decades apart
Ed Maddox, 62, reunited at an San Jose airport with sister Agnes Durand and sister Marie Peterson after being separated from his 10 siblings when their destitute parents put them up for adoption in 1929. He had not seen most of them since age four.
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San Jose
Calif
Ed Maddox
Agnes Durand
Minneapolis
Marie Peterson
Sacramento
Marie
Lillian
Maddox
Some Condoms Not Meeting Standards
The FDA disclosed that about 20 percent of 204 latex condom batches tested failed to meet federal standards. U.S. produced batches failed at 10 percent while imported brands failed at over 30 percent.
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Washington
C. Everett Koop
Food and Drug Administration
Pleasant night with cooler low mid 60s forecast
Skies will be fair tonight with a cooler low in the mid 60s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies are forecast with a high in the low 90s. Details are on Page 114A.
Obituary notices list several deaths across states
Death notices list Stephen D. Brown New York John J. Lenz Charlotte Cleveland McKie North Augusta John L. Quattlebaum Wagoner Claude B. Shaw Newberry Anna C. Sweetnam Aiken for obituary details see Page 6A.
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Stephen D. Brown
New York
John J. Lenz
Charlotte
Cleveland McKie
North Augusta
John L. Quattlebaum
Wagoner
Claude B. Shaw
Newberry
Anna C. Sweetnam
Aiken
British Gunman Kills 14 and Takes Own Life in Hungerford
In Hungerford England a 25 year old gunman wearing combat clothes armed with an assault rifle killed 14 people including his mother before killing himself. Police seek motive for the seven hour rampage that began in a forest and ended in an empty school. Sixteen were wounded and two remained in intensive care at Prince Margaret Hospital. Witnesses described the gunman as a loner and oddball as the town of 8000 residents awaited answers.
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Hungerford
England
Michael Ryan
Thames Valley
Ryan
Savernake Forest
London
Princess Margaret Hospital
Swindon
Barbara Morley
Hazel Haslett
Linda Bright
Hungerford gunman described as calm shooter in daylight attack
Witnesses recount a lone gunman firing from a side window, targeting residents and cars. The assailant, identified as Ryan, drove to a gas station then to his share house, where he shot his mother and set the home on fire before continuing the carnage. Police noted the time of the first firing at 12 42 p m.
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Linda
Carl Harris
Hungerford
Harris
Jennifer Hibberd
Hibberd
Ryan
Golden Arrow
Dorothy
Yugoslav Vessel Attacked Near Persian Gulf Convoy
A Yugoslav Birbir container ship was attacked and searched by Iranian commandos from a speedboat as a U S escorted Kuwait tanker convoy neared Dubai waters. Bullets pierced metal and glass but harmed none. The incident follows another attack in the Strait of Hormuz amid Gulf War tensions.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Rijeka
Yugoslavia
Dubai
Kuwait
Navy Uses Element Of Surprise In Kuwaiti Convoy Escorts
In the Persian Gulf, the U S Navy relies on deception to shield Kuwaiti tanker convoys to sea. Two convoys departed quietly while a third slipped through the Hormuz Strait with flags still boxed, surprising Gulf observers and the owning company officials.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
U.S. Navy
Gulf
Straits of Hormuz
Kuwait
Eagleton’s Return Aimed To Improve Syrian Relations
The United States plans to redeploy Ambassador William Eagleton to Damascus around September 1 to aid relations with Syria while avoiding a reward for hostage Charles Glass. Officials stress the move is separate from Glass’s release in Beirut. Syria remains on the State Department terrorism sponsor list alongside Cuba Iran Libya and South Yemen.
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Eagleton
Washington
U.S
Syria
William Eagleton
Damascus
Reagan
Charles Glass
Sador
Glass
Beirut
Iran
Iraq
State Department
Cuba
Libya
South Yemen
CIA Official Reveals South Africa Trip On Contra Aid Rejection
CIA official Duane Clarridge revised testimony to show a secret 1984 South Africa trip prepared to reject a possible offer of aid to the Contras. He also faced questions about a November 1985 arms shipment from Israel to Iran and later learning it included Hawk missiles.
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CIA
S. Africa
Washington
Duane Clarridge
South Africa
Clarridge
Congressional
Israel
Iran
George Bush
Washington Post
Felix S. Rodriguez
Central America
Rodriguez
el Salvador
Bush
William J. Casey
Congress
U.S
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Britain
Dun River
British Independent Television
Brent Sadler
Strait of Hormuz
Navy
Hafez Assad
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