Shiite militiamen close in on Palestinian stronghold
Shiite Amal militiamen push toward Chatila refugee camp as fighting tightens around a mosque and school. Police report 12 killed and 38 wounded in the clashes, part of a battle that has left 560 dead and 2,289 wounded across the Beirut camps. A joint security force is formed around American University and its hospital to curb abductions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Chatilla
Amal
American University
Thomas Sutherland
School of Agriculture
University of
Ficial
Sutherland
Bourj el-Barajneh
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sabra
Witnesses ID Mengele lookalike as Peter in Brazil
Farm workers in southeastern Brazil identified photos of the man believed to be Nazi fugitive Dr. Josef Mengele as a secretive foreigner named Peter or Pedro. Police noted all who viewed the photos said Peter matched the Mengele image, though certainty remained elusive as medical examiners studied 208 bones claimed to be Mengele’s.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Peter
Romeu Tuma
Mengele
Angel of Death
Tuma
Pedro
Auschwitz
Poland
Embu
Wolfgang Gerhard
Austria
Vienna
Gerhard
Charleston Firefighter Civil Service Test Open Call
The city of Charleston West Virginia invites applications for firefighters for a July 2 1985 civil service test. Study guides and informational classes are scheduled June 18 to 21 with morning and evening sessions. Applications available at City Clerk Office Room 301 City Hall hours 8 to 5 Monday through Friday. An equal opportunity employer.
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City Hall
Virginia
Court Streets
Charleston
Gorbachev reshapes image with vigor and public tours
Within 100 days of taking power, Mikhail Gorbachev has shed the image of an ailing leader by championing reforms and clear, modern rhetoric. He pushes a discipline drive, places allies into power, and makes frequent public appearances to cultivate a man of the people. He has yet to set foreign policy, with his major impact seen in style over substance.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Leonid I
Brezhnev
Chernenko
Yuri V. Andropov
V.I. Lenin
Josef Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Andropov
Raisa Gorbachev
Leningrad
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Latin America
Marianne Huber
Frankfurt
West Germany
Almuth Mengele
Rolf
Munich
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Hig
Alfred Dunner
Monet
L.A. Gear
Grand Tier
Amalfi
Renditions
Calico
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