Journalists Killed on Honduras Nicaragua Border
Two American journalists Dial Torgerson of the Los Angeles Times and Richard Cross were killed by anti tank fire as they traveled with a Honduran driver on a dirt road near the Nicaragua border. The Honduran government blamed Nicaraguan troops and filed a protest with Nicaragua.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Honduras-Nicaragua
State Department
Edgardo Paz Barnica
Dial Torgerson
Los Angeles Times
Mexico
Central America
Richard Cross
U.S. News & World Report
Anita Stockman
Washington
Torgerson
Cross
Paz Barnica
Torgersen
Jose Herrera
Nicaragua
Associated Press
Cifuentes
Las Trojas
Foreign Ministry
William McWhirter
Time Magazine
Pat Barnica
McWhirter
Miami
Pope John Paul II holds Mass before 2 million in Krakow
Pope John Paul II celebrated a mass before more than 2 million in Krakow on his Polish pilgrimage. Solidarity banners flew as Lech Walesa prepared to meet the pope, with cheers of long live the pope and a private audience promised by authorities.
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John Paul II
Mains Collegium
Jagiellonian University of Krakow
Vatican
Kracow
Krakow
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
John Paul
Independent Labor Union
Jesus Christ
Walesa
Danuta
Baltic
Gdansk
Pope
John
Blonie Parade
Nicaragua Moves Toward Soviet Air Defense Aid and Militia
Defector Miguel Bolanos Hunter claims Nicaragua seeks full international communist bloc ties and is acquiring a Soviet air defense system with 80 MiG fighters. He says Sandinista rule aims to neutralize opposition parties unions and the church, aligning with Reagan era criticisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicaragua
International Communist Movement
Miguel Bolanos Hunter
State Security
Virginia Mine Explosion Kills Seven In Southwest Virginia
McClure Virginia seven coal miners were killed and three injured in a underground explosion at Clinchfield Coal Co McClure No 1 mine in Dickenson County. The blast happened about 1015 p m Tuesday with 84 workers underground. 74 survived uninjured and three were transported with burns.
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Mcclure
Virginia
Clinchfield Coal Co
Dickenson County
Susan Copeland
Ms. Copeland
Cessna explodes after crash near Amore residents
A twin engine Cessna 421 lost power and crashed near Amore, Alabama, killing all eight aboard. Police reported eight bodies recovered from the charred wreckage after the 11:30 p.m. Tuesday crash, believed to include five women and three men. The plane clipped trees before exploding. the fire remained confined to the aircraft.
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Atmore
Ala
Armore
Bill Smith
Smith
Gasoline Prices Lift Consumer Costs 0.5 Percent
The government reports May CPI rose 0.5 percent driven by another month of higher gasoline prices. For January to May 1983 prices climbed at a 3 percent annual rate, while economists foresee full year inflation near or above last year’s 3.9 percent, despite April’s 0.6 percent rise.
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Washington
May
Satellites in orbit as Challenger recovers SPAS
American astronauts placed the SPAS satellite into free orbit at 17 000 mph then recaptured it with the 50‑foot arm aboard Challenger. John Fabian and Sally Ride lifted, relocated, and stowed SPAS for a Friday return while weather for Florida landing remained uncertain. If bad, the shuttle could orbit or head to Edwards Air Force Base California.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John Fabian
Sally K. Ride
Challenger
Florida
Shuttle
Robert Crippen
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Fabian
Crippen
Earth
Rick Hauck
Perry Como celebrates 50 years with RCA and salutes barber past
At a Rainbow Grill party in New York RCA Records president Robert Summer notes Como has sold 100 million records worldwide while Como jokes about his barber past. Family attendance included wife Roselle and grandchildren as President Reagan calls him an American institution.
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Perry Como
New York
RCA
Rainbow Grill
Robert Summer
RCA Records
Como
Hamlisch
Roselle
David
Judy
Melanie
Ronald
Reagan
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Dial Torgerson L.A. Times
Antes
Communist Party
Lenin
Warsaw
Jerzy Urban
Cessna
Gaoline
Cha
Tde
Marvin Hamlisch
Hamlish
Comos
Rsary
Merle Haggard
Shasta Lake
Redding
Calif
Zane Smith
Shasta- Trinity National Forest
Barney Coster
Edward Koch
Koch
Haggard
Park Ave
Avdl
Aiken
Owenbram
Kool Kan
Larry Wall
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