Shanghai hijack saga ends with homecoming
Ninety five exhausted passengers and crew from China's first hijacked airliner returned home after a six day ordeal that began with an in flight shooting. The Trident of the CAAC departed Shenyang for Shanghai when six hijackers seized the plane and fired eight shots, wounding two crew members. About 500 airline staff relatives and bystanders welcomed the travelers at a Shanghai military airport before they boarded buses.
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PLO Increases Military Footprint in Lebanon Diplomats Say
Western diplomats report the Palestine Liberation Organization may have added up to 2000 fighters to its Lebanon presence via covert cross border infiltration from Syria in recent weeks. The units reportedly include evacuees from west Beirut and reinforce an estimated 6000 to 10000 PLO fighters still behind Syrian lines.
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East Germany marks Nazi book burning anniversary
East Germany observes the 50th anniversary of the 1933 book burning with a reading of destroyed works at Bebel Square in Berlin. Dissident writers were not invited as Nazi students burned about 2000 volumes including Thomas Mann and Erich Maria Remarque in a May 10 ceremony.
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Senate GOP Holdouts Propose Compromise Budget Plan
Five Republican holdouts in the Senate floated a budget plan that would raise taxes by 14 billion dollars next year and trim parts of this year’s tax cuts. The plan seeks lower deficits than those favored by Republican leaders and could shift power dynamics in the chamber.
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TV Critic Gary Deeb Launches Own Weekly Show
Chicago television critic Gary Deeb, famed for blistering commentary in the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, prepares a weekly TV program after resigning from the Sun-Times. He aims to reach a national audience similar to his 180 newspaper syndication. Deeb, 37, earned about $250,000 before leaving on April 24 and joins the on air ranks to satisfy his ham instincts.
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Reagan weighs revised START options in White House talks
President Reagan and an interagency task force review compromise options in the START process aimed at reducing strategic warheads and missiles with possible signal to Congress on MX deployment. The panel weighs raising or removing missile ceilings and adjusting throw-weight provisions as Geneva talks resume.
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Reagan pushes MX missile amid congressional vote pressure
President Reagan urged Congress to approve the MX missile as a national security priority. He warned that rejecting the weapon would be a grave setback, while promising to couple it with vigorous arms control in talks with lawmakers and at a NSC meeting.
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Willie Nelson Leads ACM Awards Wins in California Show
Willie Nelson and Alabama each took two awards at the 18th Academy of Country Music ceremony at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park California. Nelson won single of the year for Always on My Mind and its album won top LP while performing on stage. Alabama won entertainer of the year and best vocal group. Other honorees included Sylvia Ronnie Milsap David Frizzell Shelly West Merle Haggard Karen Brooks and Michael Murphey.
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Comet IRAS Araki Alcock Seen Tonight Across U S
Astronomers report a newly discovered faint comet IRAS Araki Alcock will be visible to the naked eye tonight and Wednesday night. Dr Michael Belton of Kitt Peak says the object will appear moon sized to the naked eye and up to three moons wide in long exposure photos. Viewing is best after sunset with north to northwest skies, 50 to 70 degrees above the horizon. The comet was found April 25 by IRAS and independently photographed by Genichi Araki and George Alcock.
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Balloon crash injures Flip Wilson's wife in Missouri wildlife preserve
TUANCHAI Cookie Wilson 33 is hospitalized with a broken left thighbone a broken tibia and a damaged knee cap after a hard landing in a helium balloon near the Missouri Iowa state line. Her husband Flip Wilson rode in a separate balloon that landed safely near Bedford Iowa.
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