Spain and Portugal Join the Common Market Pact
Brussels announces Spain and Portugal officially enter the Common Market expanding the bloc for the first time since Greece joined in 1981. No ceremony observed just flags raised outside the main buildings as the 12 existing members welcome the new members.
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Brussels
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Britain
Ireland
Denmark
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
13 Year Old Arrested In Desert Kidnapping Case
A 13-year-old girl was arrested in Phoenix on kidnapping and molesting charges after a 4-year-old girl was found buried alive in a 3-foot hole in the desert. The victim had been missing since the day before, last seen riding a bicycle near home. the bicycle was located in a desert wash.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Five Blacks Die in New Year Riots Across South Africa
Five black victims died in South Africa during New Year rioting as police faced a mob armed with axes. The toll for the holiday violence reached 16, with a fatal shooting at Durban's King Edward VIII Hospital after police fired on black youths clashing with Indians on the Golden Mile beach.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Durban
King Edward VIII Hospital
Indian Ocean
Golden Mile Beach
Ten Die In Holiday Fires In Quebec
An AP report from Montreal says a New Year fire in a 12 unit Park Extension apartment house killed at least seven people. In another Quebec incident three children died in a separate home fire. Fire officials searched for victims among a neighborhood with diverse residents including Indians Pakistanis and Haitians.
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Montreal
Park Extension
Quebec
Traffic toll from New Year holiday tops 171 lives
Traffic accidents over the New Year holiday killed 171 people, with officials having predicted a range of 130 to 230 deaths for the period from Monday evening to Wednesday midnight.
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National Safety Council
Rome airport attack death toll rises to sixteen
The death toll from last week's Rome airport terrorist attack reached 16 with the death of Greek woman Efrosini Mediani at San Camillo hospital where she had been in a coma since the assault.
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Rome
Interior Ministry
Efrosini Mediani
San Camillo
Eight Americans Die In Antarctic Plane Crash
A chartered twin engine Cessna Titan 404 crashed six miles from St. Marsh Air Base on King George Island killing eight American travelers and two Chilean crew. The group organized by Hanns Ebensten was en route to a New Year’s Eve bar beque at the base in the South Shetland Islands.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Antarctic
Felipe Molina
Aeropetrol Charter Company
St. Marsh
King George Island
Hanns Ebensten
Antarctica
Ebensten
Key West
Air Force
South Shetland Islands
Antarctic Peninsula
U.S
Santiago
Wendel Belew
Reagan and Gorbachev Send New Year Peace Pleas
President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev exchanged New Year greetings vowing peace while reiterating their positions on Star Wars and arms control. They spoke of eliminating nuclear weapons in time and reducing the arms race despite differing views on defense technology. The taped messages aired simultaneously in the US and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Geneva
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Frequent Flier Fights United Over Mileage Rewards
Howard Landau of Glen Rock New Jersey says United Airlines barred his family from its mileage bonus program after they accumulated 1.54 million miles 75 000 spent on tickets yielding 100 000 in free tickets and rewards. He seeks reinstatement and damages in federal court in Newark. Landau says tickets were used by grown children dubbing his account with miles. United says rules restricted such use and have long existed.
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Glen Rock
N.J
Howard Landau
Landau
United Airlines
United
U.S. District Court
Newark
Aiken County Public Safety and Emergency Contact Directory
A listing of emergency services including police, sheriff, fire departments and volunteer groups for Graniteville New Ellenton Wagener Salley and surrounding areas with phone numbers for each agency. Includes Sheriff Long Distanc and 800 numbers for state wide or regional services.
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Aiken
Emerg
Graniteville
Jackson
New Ellenton
Salley Police
Sheriff's Department
Despondent man kills self in Portland house blast
A 49 year old man, Don Nickerson, died in a northeast Portland explosion after likely opening gas lines and igniting fumes. The blast damaged up to 40 homes, injured 10 neighbors, and cut electricity to about 2000 homes. Seven injured were sent to Emanuel Hospital and three to Holladay Park Hospital.
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Portland
Orc
Don Nickerson
Emanuel Hospital
Holladay Park Hospital
Don Mayer
Portland Fire Bureau
Jessie Quinn
Mayer
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Molina
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Moscow
Charles Novak
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Community Hospital
S.C
North Augusta
Polic
Deaf Emergency
Wagener Fire Wagoner Police
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken Standard Pbm
Aiken Stan
Ealth Clubs
Welle
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