Israeli election leaves two blocs in a near deadlock
In a tight finish Labor leads Likud by a small margin with 45 seats to 40 or 41 as 80 percent of votes are counted. Six religious parties may form a 12 seat bloc to push either side toward coalition, while 13 small parties win seats for the first time since 1951.
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Israel
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Yitzhak Shamir
Likud
Shamir
Shimon Peres
Central Elections Committee
Sarah Yitzhaki
Lebanon
Meir Kahane
Israel Radio
Chaim Herzog
Peres
West Bank
U S Israel ties unchanged by election outcomes
The Reagan administration praises Israel's democracy and says U S relations will endure whether Likud or Labor wins. Officials privately favor a Labor victory for potential long-term Middle East progress, including a renewed peace initiative if Reagan wins in November.
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Reagan
Menachem Begin
Bald Eagle Dies During Olympic Opening Ceremonies Training
Bomber, a rare bald eagle loaned from the Patuxent center, died while being trained to soar over the Summer Games opening, after initial federal hesitation and a White House backed request. Gloria Arzola noted Washington directed the permit despite earlier refusals. Dr. James Carpenter cited center support and LA Olympic officials’ involvement.
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Los Angeles
U.S
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gloria Arzola
Tom Riley
Wildlife Service
Washington
Washington To Issue the Permit,’’ Ms. Arzola
The
Wildlife Agency
Patuxent, Md
White House
James Carpenter
Soviet Urges US Halt to Space Weapons Testing
Moscow says the Soviet Union seeks a joint declaration halting testing and deployment of space weapons. Washington replies that any joint statement should be prepared privately rather than via press releases.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Washington
Vladimir Lomeiko
White House
Larry Speakes
Scientists Find Potential New Cancer Cause in Gene Defect
In Bar Harbor Maine AP report researchers report a genetic defect found in children with bone cancer may indicate a broader cancer mechanism. Dr Thaddeus Dryja of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary says a sizable proportion of tumors could involve these mutations.
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Maine
Thaddeus Dryja
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Bush visits Texas to frame Mondale Ferraro as too liberal
Vice President George Bush campaigns in Texas outlining Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro as too liberal for the Lone Star State. He planned stops in Tyler Wichita Falls Abilene and Waco ahead of a joint Reagan rally in Austin and follows the official ticket date.
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George Bush
Walter Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro
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Bush
Tyler
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Waco
Reagan
Austin
Mondale
Ms. Ferraro
Amtrak Collision in Queens Kills 1, Injures 115
Investigators work to determine if a broken signal or human error caused a head on crash on elevated lines in Queens. The Zip and Shoreliner derailed after failing to wait for the other, trapping passengers and prompting evacuations to Pennsylvania Station. 115 treated, 9 hospitalized, one dead, Enrique Gilarranz among the injured.
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Amtrak
Borough of
Queens
Clifford Black
Pennsylvania Station
Exiled Iranian Empress Sees Hope for Crown in Exile Son
Farah Diba Pahlavi, 45, told The Transcript she believes her older son Cyrus Reza may one day occupy the throne of Iran like his father the late Shah. She described support from Iran and noted Cyrus, a former Williams College student, assumed the shah’s title in exile in Oct 1980 and leads opposition from abroad. In the same interview, ABC’s Michael Nader and Robin Weiss welcomed their first child, Lindsay Michelle Nader, born 6:27 a.m. Saturday at Brotman Medical Center.
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Iran
Shah
North Adams
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Reagan
Cyrus Reza
Williams College
Ayatollah Khomeini
Michael Nader
Dex Dexter
ABC
Robin Weiss
Lindsay Michelle Nader
Brotman Medical Center
Nancy Paul
Lippin & Grant
Nine Dead As Oil Refinery Explodes In Illinois
Rescue workers searched for seven Union Oil Co. employees missing after a refinery explosion near Romeoville and Lemont left nine dead and 23 injured. The blast cracked foundations, cut power to 10,000 homes, and sent fires across the site while residents felt the shock 35 miles away.
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Union Oil Co
Romeoville
Andy Barto
Richard Nugent
Nugent
Stephen Clancy
Lemont
Chicago
Joliet
Paul Dixon
Will County Sheriff's Office
Morris
Lou Anne Lenzie
WCSJ
Angela Schmidt
Lockport
Aiken Standard Office Hours Posted
The Aiken Standard announces its offices at 124 Rutland Drive operate 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
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Aiken
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