Israel vows retaliation for airport massacres
Israel promises retaliation after a terrorist attack at Rome and Vienna airports. Abu Nidal group suspected. 18 dead and over 120 injured. Prime Minister Peres blames Libya and warns world leaders about state sponsorship of terrorism. Analysts say striking Abu Nidal is hard due to its dispersed structure.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Abu Nidal
Rome
Vienna
el al
Yitzhak Rabin
Libya
Syria
Iran
Shimon Peres
Muammar Khadafy
Israel Television
Khadafy
Peres
Jerusalem
Israel Radio
Deng Named Time Man of the Year Again in 1985
Time magazine picks Deng Xiaoping for a second time highlighting his sweeping reforms that opened up China’s economy and energized a billion people. The list notes he is among nine individuals with multiple selections.
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Deng
Time
New York
Deng Xiaoping
Time Magazine
Zia lifts martial law and restores constitution in Pakistan
President Zia announces end of martial rule and disbanding of military courts in a televised address to Parliament. He restores the constitution, appoints civilian provincial governors, and closes martial law offices as the civilian government takes shape.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Mohammad Zia ul-Haqq
Zia
Ohio State professor and wife die in New Jersey fire
Paul S. Underwood 70 and his wife Mary 64 of Columbus Ohio died in a fire at the home of friends they were visiting in Randolph Township New Jersey. Louis Kniep and Nancy Kniep were injured in the blaze and treated at the scene authorities said.
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Randolph Township
N.J
Ohio State University
Paul S. Underwood
Mary
Steven Longo
Columbus
Ohio
Louis
Nancy Kniep
Low Level Radiation Leaks at Three Mile Island Pump
A seal on a makeup pump at Unit 1 leaked early today, releasing low level radiation and spraying radioactive water into the reactor area. Workers had minor contamination but no decontamination was needed, and the plant continued at 88 percent capacity.
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Palmer
Alaska
Anchorage
Tsunami Warning Center
Tom Sokolowski
Wassila
Sokolowski
Three Mile Island
Middletown
Doug Bedell
GPU Nuclear Corp
Bedell
Unit
Unit 1
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Bedell Epic
Terrorist attack probe widens as Rome airport siege unfolds
Italian police question Mohammed Sarham as the lone Rome attacker remains under investigation. Officials say the four gunmen, linked to a Palestinian faction led by Abu Nidal, trained in Iran and Syria, killed 15 at Leonardo da Vinci airport. Natasha Simpson, 11, among five American dead, is mourned in Rome as funeral services are held.
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Mohammad Sarham
Gunmmen
Abu Nidal
Europe
Sabry al-Banna
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Fatah
Ze’ev Schiff
Haaretz
Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
la Repubblica
Adm
Fulvio Martini
SISMI
Iran
Syria
Italy
el al
Vienna
Schwechat
Mohammed Sarham
Domenico Sica
Sarham
Sica
Natasha Simpson
Leonardo da Vinci Terminal
Americans and Soviets Hold TV Dialogue in Seattle
Protesters urged tough questions as a three hour satellite TV dialogue linked Seattle and Leningrad moderated by Phil Donahue. Viewers pressed both sides on nuclear war risks, with Soviet and American audiences asked to discuss arms reduction and dissent.
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Seattle
U.S
Phil Donohue
Vladimir Pozner
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Donahue
Penny Rotheiser
Jack Greenberg
King-Tv
Greenberg
Marilyn O’reilly
Multimedia Entertainment
Tutu Sets Deadline for Reform and Boycott Drift
Desmond Tutu warns government to end apartheid measures within three months or face a school boycott and sanctions. Soweto Parents Crisis Committee backs a unified curriculum and troop withdrawal while urging student action. Law actions follow a Durban bombing probe as Winnie Mandela plans home return.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Desmond Tutu
Johannnesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Tutu
Durban
le Grange
United Democratic Front
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Cape Town
Soweto
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Law and Order
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