Vietnam Bombards Cambodian Camps as Thai Border Alert Rises
Vietnamese troops battled Khmer guerrillas at five camps including Rithisen as Thailand imposes an eastern border alert to prevent spillover. Rithisen, the largest camp, was overrun and set ablaze, with civilians fleeing to Thailand. Casualty figures vary, but fighting continued near camps Ampil Obok Nong Chan and Dong Ruk, with Khmer Rouge bases thwarting Hanoi’s advances.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
Rithisen
China
P. Pierrepont
International Red Cross
Associated Press
Ampil
Obok
Nong Chan
Dong Ruk
Hanoi
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Bora Kanthoul
National Liberation Front
Aranyaprathet
Four police on trial in priest's killing in Poland
Four Interior Ministry officers on trial in Torun for abducting and murdering priest Jerzy Popieluszko, a Solidarity supporter. Three defendants pleaded guilty to charges. one, Capt. Grzegorz Piotrowski, is among the accused. The case carries possible life or death penalties and aims to expose any broader political involvement.
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Torun
Poland
Solidarity
Jerzy Popieluszko
Solidarity Free Trade Union
Grzegorz Piotrowski
Waldemar Chmielewski
Leszek Pekala
Turun
Marian Jeczinyk
Interior Ministry
Adam Pietruszka
Jeczmyk
Warsaw Curia
Fate saves Manges as plane crashes on Hill Country ranch
Ruth Manges says her husband Clin ton Manges was lucky not to be aboard the Cessna Conquest when it crashed killing pilot Ray McClellan. Investigators from the NTSB and FAA probe the burned wreckage as autopsy starts. the left wing is torn and the right wing severed. Local witness Phillip Pressler recalls a bright orange blaze after impact. The CM cattle branded plane had ties to Oland Refining Co. in Austin and often landed at Horseshoe Bay.
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Marble Falls
Texas
Clinton Manges
Ruth Manges
Houston
Manges
Larry Todd
Austin
Ray McClellan
Horseshoe Bay
Llano County
Tom Hall
McClellan
Hall
Land donated for preserve in Hood County Texas
The Natural Area Preservation Association received a donation of about 350 acres of marshland along Big Sandy Creek in East Texas. Dallas developer Trammell Crow, a former member of the group, donated the land known as The Glades in Hood County about 100 miles east of Dallas. The land was owned by Dallas Market Center Co. and will leave about 6,000 surrounding acres for possible development. The area is described as one of the last free flowing streams and a magnificent freshwater marsh north of the Gulf coast.
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Dallas
Natural Area Preservation Association
Big Sandy Creek
East
Texas
Trammell Crow
Dallas Market Center Co
Crow
Fritz
Gulf Coast
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Warsaw
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Popieluszko
Waldemar Chrastowski
Baltic
Gdansk
Phillip Pressler
Federal Aviation Administration
Walter Ernst
National Transportation Safety Board
Fort Worth
FAA Fight Standards District
San Antonio
Sne
Clinton Manges Oland Refining Co
Carl Oberholtzer
Rotarmosse
PaineWebber
New York Stock Exchange, Inc
SIPC
Rick Harbers
NASA
Baytown
Cosmetic Surgery Center
Garth Road
Limousine Service, Inc
Preett
Wilkenfeld
Levine Baytown
Layiown
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