Explosions Hit Copenhagen Northwest Airlines Office
Two blasts a minute apart damaged the Northwest Orient Airlines office in central Copenhagen and a nearby synagogue. Authorities reported multiple injuries and possible fatalities, with more than 20 ambulances responding. Police evacuated area buildings and searched for more devices as victims were taken to hospitals.
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Denmark
America
Northwest Orient Airlines
Ronny Joergensen
Associated Press
F Rom
American Airlines
Tivoli Amusement Park
Four Black Clerics Detained in South Africa State of Emergency
Police detained four prominent black clerics and at least nine other activists in the eastern Cape Province as South Africa enforces its first state of emergency in 25 years. Across 36 cities 113 people were detained, with powers allowing arrests without warrants and up to 14 days detention, plus curfews and press restrictions. In Massachusetts, Rose Kennedy turned 95 with family gathering at the Kennedy compound as doctors report she is improving after a stroke.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape
Jewish Terror Ring Members Sentenced to Life in Hebron Case
In Jerusalem three members of a Jewish terror ring were given life terms after being convicted of murdering three Palestinian students during a 1983 shooting spree at the Islamic University in Hebron. Twelve other Israelis received prison terms for various terror acts against West Bank Palestinians.
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West Bank
GOP Senators Ask Blacks For Help
Senate Republican leaders pressed black leaders for support of affirmative action and job programs in a private luncheon. They stressed that many GOP senators had not followed the Reagan civil rights policies and sought backing for candidates facing next year’s elections.
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Washington
Senate
Robert Dole
House To Act On Money Bills As Budget Talks Falter
The House plans to move on major money bills this week amid stalled Senate budget talks. President Reagan, just released from cancer surgery, urged Congress to push deficit reduction via a series of Sunday phone calls. Senate Leader Dole warned that a budget may not be ready for the new fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
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House
Senate
Congress
Reagan
Robert Dole
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Wallace Heads to Denver for Spinal Surgery
Alabama Governor George Wallace arrived at Craig Hospital in Denver with his wife Lisa to undergo spinal surgery aimed at ending years of pain from a 1972 assassination attempt. He appeared pale and weary as aides assisted him from a Mercedes and he spoke briefly to other patients.
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Denver
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Craig Hospital
Lisa
Montgomery
Wallace
Reagan Starts Light Duty Schedule After Surgery
President Reagan, 74, returns to the White House after abdominal surgery and begins a light duty schedule with brief meetings. Aides plan a 20 minute session with Vice President Bush and Donald Reagan, a 10 minute talk with National Security Adviser McFarlane, and a haircut as he builds strength. No further appointments are set past Tuesday’s Li Xiannian meeting.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Li Xiannian
China
Oval Office
George Bush
Donald T. Regan
Robert C. McFarlane
Peter Roussel
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Nancy
Roussel
Filament of Galaxies Identified as Largest Universe Structure
Astronomers led by Dr. Jack Burns of the University of New Mexico report a filament of galaxies over a billion light years long, suggesting a dominant unseen matter component and fueling debates on whether the universe will expand forever or collapse in a future big crunch. The finding adds to earlier discoveries of similar superclusters and hints at galaxy formation from vast gas clouds.
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Washington
New Mexico
National Science Foundation
Jack Burns
University of New Mexico
David Batuski
Milky Way
Gether
West Virginia
Puerto Rico
Burns
Baby Boomers Kids Creating Nation’s Baby Boomlet
The children of the postwar Baby Boom are having children, producing a national Baby Boomlet. Census Bureau data show 3,690,000 births in 1984, up from prior years, with 2,046,000 deaths. Officials say higher births reflect more people of childbearing age, not a higher fertility rate.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
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