Bethlehem Quiet Amid Christmas Eve Checkpoints
Bethlehem stood nearly empty as Israeli soldiers established checkpoints to curb Christmas violence. The Church of the Nativity and Manger Square faced roadblocks, with Palestinians staying indoors during a general strike called by underground Palestinian insurgent leadership. The uprising has killed 333 Palestinians and 14 Israelis.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Church of the Nativity
Manger Square
Stampede at Okinawa disco injures 25 near Kadena base
About 200 people, mostly foreigners, jammed a two story Apple House disco in Uechi city after tear gas released from a bomb caused panic. Twenty five were injured, two critically, as crowds fled down stairs. Some foreigners and two Japanese women remained in critical condition.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force Base
Okinawa
Uechi City
U.S. Kadena Air Base
Reagan Awe at Bel Air Home Elates Ex President
President Reagan expresses awe at the 6500 square foot Bel Air residence where he and Nancy will live after leaving the White House on January 20. They tour the secluded property during a California vacation, leasing from a group led by Wall Management who bought the home in 1986 with the couple in mind.
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Los Angeles
White House
Reagan
Nancy
California
Bel Air
Reagans
Wall Management
Panel Doubts Shuttle Booster Safety Efforts
Washington AP report notes a National Research Council advisory panel expressing concerns about NASA's ongoing booster rocket design improvements for the space shuttle. Chairman H Guyford Stever warns success could breed complacency while acknowledging NASA's budget problems and the challenge in solving them.
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Washington
NASA
H. Guyford Stever
National Research Council
Space Agency
Stever
Oil Spill Shores Up 30 Mile Slick After Tug Barge Crash
Oil from a collision between a tug from Sause Bros Ocean Towing Inc and the barge Nestucca darkened Ocean Shores beaches. Authorities said at least 50 birds were oiled along a 30 mile slick spreading along central Washington coast, with 1 to 2 miles of beach closed as wetlands and migratory waterfowl habitats are affected. No cleanup cost estimate was available.
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Ocean Shores
Wash
Here
Washington
Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Inc
Coos Bay
Ore
Nestucca
Portland
Coast Guard
Guy Nolan
Nature Impedes Search For Air Flight 103 Victims
In Lockerbie Scotland the search for Pan Am Flight 103 victims faces nature and disaster as over 600 police and rescue workers, aided by helicopters and dogs, comb the area. Remains of 155 dead are in two mortuaries. 258 aboard, 20 on ground missing. One body found amid wreckage and red clay. The operation continues through Christmas with no plan to scale down.
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Lockerbie
Scotland
Angus Kennedy
Kennedy
Pan Am
New York
Heliopters
Crack addict Vega finds 9 day path to treatment in Bronx
Vega a 34 year old cocaine addict from the South Bronx says he faced a life on the brink until a judge ordered him into a drug treatment program. After failed attempts to enter hospital programs he placed drugs on a desk at a precinct and the judge ultimately sent him to Way Out Church Ministries Inc. The program has 58 beds with 600 on a waiting list and is funded by donations and churches. The district attorney praised the judge for highlighting treatment on demand for addicts.
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Vega
Moore
Josephine Coulter
Miss Coulter
New York City
South Bronx
48Th Precinct
Mose
Luis Sierra
Way Out Church Ministries Inc
Sierra
Gas Truck Blast Like Fireball in Memphis Kills Eight
A 10,000 gallon propane tanker exploded off Interstate 240 in Memphis after skidding on a ramp. The blast killed two inside a house and a driver in a following crash, with ten injured including James M. Malone. The fire destroyed six cars and damaged several homes as a gaseous propane cloud fed the inferno.}
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Memphis
Tenn
James M. Malone
Dorothy Hettinger
Gaines Tennison
Frank Baker
Crews End Search For Survivors After Armenian Earthquake
Crews stop searching for survivors in Leninakan as the quake ruins are cleared for rebuilding. Deputy PM Vardkes Artsruny says no one remains alive after a woman was found and later died, ending rescue efforts.
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Leninakan
Vardkes Artsruny
Armenia
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