Thatcher Ready To Get Tough With Lawbreakers
Rioting erupted across London and six other English towns as Thatcher administration prepared to unveil strict measures. In Leicester about 500 youths attacked police with gasoline bombs and rocks, injuring five officers amid unrest extending into Birmingham Wolverhampton Coventry and High Wycombe.
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Thatcher
London
Margaret Thatcher
Midlands
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Coventry
High Wycombe
Notting Hill
England
Yorkshire
Hampshire
Elkhart
Ind
Concord Mall
Marty Loehren
MCL
Loehren
Texas
IRA Bomb Factory Found In Belfast
Fresh rioting erupted in Belfast and Londonderry as police uncovered an IRA bomb factory near central Belfast. Five hunger strikers face death, with Kieran Doherty dangerously weak. Protests mark the Battle of the Boyne anniversary as rioting spreads across England.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Catholic West Belfast
Pomeroy
Joe McDonnell
Maze
Kieran Doherty
Sinn Fein
Doherty
Dublin
Britain
James II
IRA
McDonnell
Second Cuba Commandos Infiltrate Cuba Leader Says
Umberto Alvarado of Alpha 66 says a second exile squad has infiltrated Cuba to undermine and destroy industry transport and communication. Five men trained in the United States were captured near Havana on July 5 after landing on the north coast of Matanzas. FBI to probe possible Neutrality Act violations as the case unfolds.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Umberto Alvarado
Alpha 66
New York-New Jersey
United States
Castro
Alvarado
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Cuban Interior Ministry
Matanzas
Washington
FBI
Roger Young
Havana Radio
Humberto Perez
Israel strikes Gaza? No, Lebanon air raid reports 35 deaths
Israeli jets hit guerrilla bases along a three mile coastal stretch south of Beirut causing fires in a refrigerator factory and damage to nearby buildings. Witnesses and radio reports describe more than 20 killed and multiple bombing, rocket and strafing runs during the 50 to 90 minute raid.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Voice of Lebanon
Christian Phalange Party
Edmond Chedid
Damour
Naameh
Israel
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Bekaa
Syria
Chedid
Deir Zahrani
Habboush
Aiteet
Weather outlook shows heat, possible rain for West Virginia
Sunny hot and humid today with highs near 90. Tonight a chance of rain. Tuesday remains hot and humid with clear Wednesday, then scattered showers and thunderstorms by Friday. Overnight lows start in the 50s to low 60s midweek, with highs generally in the 70s to mid 80s.
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West Virginia
National Weather Service
So You Think You Had A Lousy Day in Provo Utah
Brian Heise a Brigham Young University student endured a Fourth of July nightmare after a water pipe flooded his apartment and damaged his building. A flat tire an electric shock a forced door entry a stolen then recovered car and a water removal effort followed in rapid succession. The sequence left Heise questioning whether fate or luck played a cruel role.
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Provo, Utah
Brian Heise
Brigham Young University
Heise
Hesse
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Bani-Sadr
Iran
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