Riots flare again in London and eight cities
London and eight provincial cities saw fresh violence as Thatcher’s government prepared to propose riot courts to curb copycat unrest. Police reported outbreaks in Battersea Brixton Walthamstow and Midlands towns with hundreds of youths involved and several arrests.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
William Whitelaw
Mons
Scotland Yard
Battersea
Brixton
Walthamstow
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Stockton
Crewe
Leicester
Nottingham
Derby
English Midlands
Hull
Midlands
England
South London
Thatcher
Cooper Iowa selects Johnny Carson as 51st citizen in centennial parade
In Cooper Iowa the quest for a 51st citizen ends as Johnny Carson wins 45 of 50 votes in secret balloting during the town’s centennial celebration. The NBC host greeted by 4,000 residents in a two hour parade and festival after Nebraska native Carson agreed to join three locals on the Tonight Show discussion.
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Cooper
Iowa
Towa
Johnny Carson
NBC
Carson
Nebraska
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Danny Thomas
Cloris Leachman
Henry Winkler
Mickey Mouse
Miami Exiles Planned Castro Assassination Five Captured
Five U S trained commandos aimed at assassinating Fidel Castro and sabotaging plants were captured after landing east of Havana. Alpha 66 leader Humberto Perez confirmed the five belong to the group and said the capture won’t deter efforts to overthrow Castro. The radio said the commandos carried North American weapons and infiltrated Cuba aboard a speedy craft, with Cuban forces detaining them on the Matanzas coast.
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Miami
United States
Fidel Castro
Havana
Humberto Perez
Alpha 66
Cuba
Castro
Cuban Interior Ministry
Cuban Armed Forces Ministry
Matanzas
Polish Congress Begins Tuesday With Key Election
Warsaw AP report says Communist leaders plan a secret ballot for the top party post at the special congress opening Tuesday. The emergency meeting, four years early, seeks to resolve Poland’s economic and political crises and protect party chief Stanislaw Kanin amid tensions. The event marks an unusual formal step in a Soviet bloc gathering. A separate note describes Salem Animal Control officer Dick Schifanelli assisting an injured barn owl, which died after capture and treatment.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Soviet Bloc
Stanislaw Kanin
Salem Animal Control
Dick Schifanelli
Vigilantes Fear Grips Davy After Beating
Davy residents discuss a vigilante group forming after an 18 year old was severely beaten near the burned Davy School. Police warn against taking the law into citizens hands while the victim Roger Cox seeks justice in court and urges no revenge. The attack left him with a broken back and other injuries. he recalls little of the night.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Welch
Davy
Paul Newcomb
Roger Cox
Cox
Young Cox
M.A. Smoot
Welch Detachment
West Virginia State Police
Davy Area
British Collier Beatty Finally Loads Coal After Long Delay
The E W Beatty, a 98 000 ton British collier, ends a 187 day wait in Hampton Roads to load coal bound for France. Twelve British officers and 22 Filipino seamen battled boredom as a 73 day nationwide miners strike delayed loading and cost about 3 7 million. Capt Alan Moat praised the crew morale while the ship docked at Norfolk and Western's coal terminal amid a queue of over 100 ships.
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Norfolk, Va
E.W Beatty
Hampton Roads
Tidewater
E.W. Beatty
Norfolk & Western Railway
France
Beatty
Alan Moat
Moat
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Dear Abby
Farm Report
Giles County News
Heartline
Mercer County Notebook
Mt. State
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Persinals
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Seeme
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