13 Oct 1985
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1985
Page
1
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of rain Sunday under cloudy skies with highs in the low 70s and southeast winds around 10 mph. Partial clearing tonight with Lows upper 40s to low 50s. Monday remains partly sunny with highs upper 60s to low 70s.
American ex hostages from the hijacked Achille Lauro arrived at Newark International Airport after a stop in Sicily where they identified their captors. Marilyn Klinghoffer, widow of Leon Klinghoffer, 69, said in a phone talk with President Reagan she will do anything to see the murderers brought to justice.
Sir Frank Hodes of Springfield New Jersey among 17 Americans held aboard an Italian cruise liner seized by Palestinian terrorists on Monday. He arrives at Newark International Airport Saturday and receives his handbag from an air crew member.
Four Progressive Federal Party legislators led by Frederik van Zyl Slabbert met ANC leaders in Lusaka to discuss possible solutions to apartheid. The delegation included Colin Eglin Alex Boraine and Peter Gastrow. ANC figures cited exchange of views on resolving the crisis while President Botha declined comment.
The FBI reports a 3 percent overall increase in crimes logged by police in the first half of 1985, driven by a 6 percent upturn in the South and West and a 4 percent rise in suburban areas. Violent crime climbs 4 percent with rapes and aggravated assaults up 7 percent. murders drop 2 percent.
In Boston Back Bay a crowd of about 20 cheered as a patrolman cuffed meter maid Bernadette Gilardi after she allegedly refused to refrain from ticketing an illegally parked car. Gilardi was charged with being a disorderly person.
The Daily Telegraph reports a newer heart treatment, angioplasty, promises shorter recovery than bypass surgery. A catheter from the groin guides a balloon to the blocked artery while dye confirms clearance. patient remains awake and hospital stay is brief.
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