Two Jewish Activists Granted Exit Visas from USSR
Joseph Begun and Victor Brailovsky, both prominent Jewish activists and mathematicians aged 55 and 52, along with their families, were said to have received permission to leave the Soviet Union. A Moscow confirmation was not immediate. The year to date totals 3,899 emigrants, the highest since 1979.
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Jerusalem
Soviet Union
Josef Begun
Victor Brailovsky
Soviet Immigration Office
Devorah Lipsin
Tel Aviv
NBC pageant picket set for Miss America week
Atlantic City union leaders announce NBC newswriters and technicians will strike during the Miss America Pageant week on September 19 and surrounding days. Arthur Kent of Local 11 says technicians will not work the pageant for the first time in 26 years, with picketing to draw national attention.
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Atlantic City
N.J
NBC
Arthur Kent
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
NABET
Weekend Rain Continues With Thunder Showers Expected
The weekend stays soggy as tonight remains mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thundershowers and a low in the 70s. Tomorrow should be partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thundershowers and a high in the upper 80s. Details on page 6A.
Local Obituaries List for North Augusta Augusta and Lexington
Obituary notices for Raymond J. Dixon Eunice G. Edmonds Anthony C. Godfrey Ernest Grice O B Hasty Flossie R. Hutto Thomas Larry Cassandra A. Richards appear with a navigation cue to see details on Page 6A.
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Raymond J. Dixon
North Augusta
Eunice G. Edmonds
Augusta
Anthony C. Godfrey
Ernest Grice
Lexington
O.B. Hasty
Flossie R. Hutto
Langley
Thomas Larry
Cassandra A. Richards
German hostage in Lebanon freed in Syrian brokered deal
One of two West German captives, 47 year old Alfred Schmidt, was released in a south Beirut suburb and taken to the German embassy in Damascus. Bonn confirmed the release and said a spokesman would give details later. The group holding Schmidt and Rudolf Cordes had demanded the release of a Lebanese Shiite arrested in Frankfurt.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bonn
Alfred Schmidt
Schmidt
Damascus
Syria
Associated Press
West Germany
Bild
Frankfurt
TWA
U.S
Rudolf Cordes
West Beirut
Cordes
Moham
Jackson Announces Presidential Run for 1988 Nomination
Rev. Jesse Jackson said he will seek the Democratic nomination for president in 1988 with a formal announcement planned for Oct 10 during the Rainbow Coalition convention in Raleigh North Carolina. He emphasized building a broad coalition to win the nomination and pursue jobs and peace and justice.
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Washington
Jesse Jackson
Rainbow Coalition
Raleigh
N.C
United States of America
Jackson
Abc-Tv
Good Morning America
Detroit
Michigan
Afl-Cio
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Cleveland
Richard Celeste
Reagan
Labor Day Observances Span Nation From Michigan to Texas
Michigan Governor led a Mackinac Bridge walk as part of Labor Day events while volunteers rebuilt Saragosa Texas after a deadly May tornado. Crowds gathered at state fairs, picnics, and civic events. traffic accidents marred the holiday with nine dead in South Carolina and a New Jersey bus crash.
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Michigan
Texas
Saragosa
Paul Russell
Portales
N.M
James Blanchard
Mackinac Bridge
Ernie Grecco
Afl-Cio
Baltimore
Kingstree
S.C
New Jersey
French Artillery Downs Libyan Supersonic Bomber In Chad
Libyan Tupolev-22 bomber shot down by French Hawk missiles near N Djamena Chad after entering 600 miles into Chad. Another Libyan plane bombed Abeche causing civilian casualties and damage. France strengthens Abeche base runway while pledging no direct involvement.
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Chad
N’djamena
Abeche
Matan-as- Sarra
French Defense Ministry
Paris
Farcha
France
Libya
Agence France-Presse
Chari
Cameroon
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