Palmer Leaves Beirut as 39 Hostages Remain
Jimmy Dell Palmer, 48 of Little Rock Arkansas, freed for a heart condition, arrives in Larnaca Cyprus from Beirut on a Boeing 707. He says he is glad to be free and reports hostages totaling 152 while 39 remain held, with possible transfer to embassies or Syria. Nabih Berri calls for exchange talks as Shiite hijackers press Israel to free prisoners and warn U S ships to stay away from Lebanon.
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Cyprus
Jimmy Dell Palmer
Beirut
Mostems
TWA
Palmer
Little Rock
Ark
Nabih Berri
Freedom
Syria
Israel
Berri
Middle East
Associated Press
Anoth Grossmayer
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Pemlae
Amala
Isel
Athens
Rome
U.S
Lebanon
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Carrer Nimitz
United States
No Sign Of Black Boxes In Atlantic Crash Probe
American and British experts held out little hope of recovering Air-India flight recorders from the Atlantic after the jumbo jet crashed en route from Toronto to India. Officials report 131 bodies recovered and all 329 aboard presumed dead.
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Core
Ireland
Air-India
Atlantic Ocean
Ea Sragterecien
Toronto
India
Beaten Woman Awarded 2.3 Million in Civil Rights Case
A Hartford jury awarded Tracey Thurman 2.3 million dollars after finding 29 Torrington police officers violated her constitutional rights by failing to protect her from a stabbing and beating by her estranged husband. The award underscores police duty to shield women from domestic violence.
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Hartford, Conn
National Organization For Women
U.S. District Court
Torrington
Tracey Thurman
Teenagers Among Fireworks Plant Victims in HALLETT Blast
An explosion at the Aeflex Fireworks plant in Hallett Oklahoma killed 21 people, most of them teenagers hired to meet Fourth of July demand. Five others were injured as blasts shook the area. authorities note many victims were under 18 and difficult to identify due to severe burns. State and federal investigators inspect possible outside-caused carelessness while workers like 17 and 18 year olds reportedly labored late hours to meet production needs.
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Hallett
Okla
Aeflex
State Labor Department
Noteen
Bob White
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
White
Joseph Pierce
Highway Patrol
Jim King
Buried Uranium Leaks Question At Oak Ridge Plant
The Tennessean reports more than 51 million pounds of uranium chips buried 1954 to 1983 at the Y-12 plant may have been placed in non leak proof trenches. DOE scheduled to release a state report on disposal and safety concerns. Officials warn curies are low but details lacking.
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Nashville, Tenn
Oak Ridge
U.S. Department of Energy
Mike Huggins
State Department of Health and Environment
Huggins
Nashville
Tennessean
Knoxville Journal
Energy Department
Wayne Hibbetts
Jean Inman
Health and Environment Department
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wayne Range
Range
Violence Flares as Explosions Hit Transkei and Johannesburg
Two blasts hit a government fuel depot and power plant in Transkei while grenade attacks and other incidents in riot-torn townships east of Johannesburg left seven dead and eight injured. The unrest marks a violent peak during months of anti-apartheid protests on the Freedom Charter anniversary.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Transkei
Aiken Standard Offices Open at Rutland Drive
The Aiken Standard office at 124 Rutland Drive remains open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with standard Monday through Friday hours.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
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