Egyptian Purges Follow Sadat Assassination Warns Citizens
Egyptian Interior Ministry ordered police to shoot instantly anyone disturbing stability as unrest follows Sadat's assassination. Officials say 18 officers with fanatic religious leanings were dismissed from the army amid rising violence tied to Moslem fundamentalists. The nation prepared for a referendum to name Hosni Mubarak as Sadat's successor while a hunt for five Assyut ringleaders intensified.
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Cairo
Egypt
Interior Ministry
Sadat
Hosni Mubarak
Assyut
Mercer County MCEA seeks probe of school expenditures
Mercer County teachers and the Mercer County Education Association call for a full investigation of 1980 81 school year spending amid an alleged $12 million unaccounted for in general and building funds. They cite overruns at Glenwood Athens and other projects and a county deficit of $831 000, urging accountability and action.
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Mercer County Education Association
MCEA
Knob School
Frances ‘‘Boots
Mercer County
Glenwood
Athens Elementary
Bramwell
Bluewell
Hughes
School Named For Judge Jarrett Work Study Center
Mercer County names newly built Princeton school for trainable mentally retarded students in honor of Judge Howard M. Jarrett. The Howard M. Jarrett Work Study Center will be part of Princeton Senior High School and the Mercer County Vocational Technical Center, with a dedication planned later. Judge Jarrett, ill at Bethesda Naval Hospital, recently resigned as chief judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. He has long led programs for mentally retarded people and chaired the Mercer County Opportunity Workshop.
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Board of Education
Princeton
Howard M. Jarrett
Stafford Drive
Mercer County Vocational Technical Center
Harold Brewster
Bluefield
Judge Jarrett
Brewster
Harold Wood
Ben Faulkner
Allen
Lackey
James Oxley Jr
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County
Jarrett
Mercer County Opportunity Workshop
Mercer County Board of Educational
Princeton Senior High School
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Polish Union Warns Of Another Strike
Poland's Solidarity presidium warned of a national warning strike if the Communist government fails to settle food crisis talks by October 22. Government spokesman Jerry Urban called Solidarity actions negative while offering no plan to withdraw proposals to include Solidarity on a food supply and rationing commission. Local union in Grudziadz reported a strike alert over shortages, despite a union call for no action until the deadline.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Independent Labor Federation Congress
Jerry Urban
Solidarity Congress
Presidium
National Independent Union
Grudziadz
Thatcher's Security Tight After Bombing
Police tightened security around Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after an IRA nail bomb attack in London. IRA threats, Blackpool security checks, and a bomb incident in Woking added to a day of violence across Northern Ireland and mainland Britain, including a Belfast shooting and a hijacked truck near Londonderry.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Irish Republican Army
Blackpool
Thatcher
Scotland Yard
British Broadcasting Corp
Belfast
Britain
Woking
Surrey
IRA
Ardoyne
Robert Ewing
Limavady
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Weather Outlook And Stamps Highlight Tuesday News
Tuesday forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today with fair tonight and increasing clouds by Wednesday. Lows range from the 30s to mid 40s, highs in the 60s to 70s across the period. National Weather Service expects mild weather with a chance of Friday showers. In Washington, AP reports the Postal Service will sell 5.3 billion 20 cent stamps Tuesday ahead of a Nov 1 rate increase, stamps carry no denomination and are for domestic mail only, plus a James Hoban commemorative 20 cent stamp goes on sale Wednesday.
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National Weather Service
Washington
United States
James Hoban
White House
Manchin Roasts Kansas Editor Over West Virginia Remark
West Virginia Secretary of State A James Manchin rebuked Kansas editorial writer David Hacker of Manhattan Mercury for calling West Virginia "a thicket of nothingness" and "a doldrum of despair" describing him as a "scurrilous jackanapes."
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West Virginia
A. James Manchin
Kansas
Manchin
David Hacker
Manhattan
Kan
Mercury
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