Winds strand scores on ride at Disneyland
Tornado like winds whip through Anaheim striking a Skyway gondola. Riders are rescued by cherry pickers and ladders as the ride is shut down. No injuries at the park reported. Separately floods and storms hit the Mississippi Valley and Midwest with multiple casualties and property damage.
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Disneyland
Anaheim
Calif
Renete Huegel
Ontario
Canada
Heinz
Phil Winkelaar
Alberta
Susan
Mickey Mouse
Joe Aguirre
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Bude
Mississippi River
Illinois
Spoon Rivers
West Coast
Rockies
California
Colorado
Texas
Anaheim Fire Department
Watt bans rock from July 4 celebration on the Mall
Interior Secretary James Watt will replace Beach Boys and Grass Roots with patriotic, family based programs headlined by the U S Army Blues Band and Wayne Newton for the Independence Day event on the Mall. Newton will donate a 25 piece orchestra and the show will be televised as Watt cites concerns of drug and alcohol abuse at past performances.
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Washington Post
Washington — Interior
James Watt
Beach Boys
Grass Roots
U.S. Army
Las Vegas
Wayne Newton
Watt
Newton
Reagan
Alan Margulies
Flying Eagle Inc
Newton’s Corporation
Margulies
National Park Service
Most distant optical galaxy spotted at Kitt Peak
At Kitt Peak National Observatory the Mayall Telescope captured a galaxy about 10 billion light years away. Director Geoffrey Burbidge notes its extreme distance and faint signal while Hyron Spinrad and a UC Berkeley student observe the find. The galaxy speeds away at about 124000 miles per second.
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Tucson
Ariz
Earth
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Hyron Spinrad
University of California At Berkeley
Mayall
Geoffrey Burbidge
Burbidge
Man Awarded 25,000 in Motel Injury Suit
James L. Hardy Jr. of Nederland Texas won 25000 dollars in a lawsuit against a motel chain claiming permanent neck injuries after walking in on a skimpily clad woman in a motel room. He sought 150000 dollars in damages.
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Days Inns of America, Inc
East Ridge
Hardy
Gulf Oil Co
Chattanooga
Attorney seeks new trial in Groucho Marx estate case
Erin Fleming's lawyer filed for a new trial in Santa Monica alleging Bank of America hid Marx diary from his final years. Juror misconduct legal errors and irregularities in evidence were cited as grounds in the motion.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Erin Fleming
Groucho Marx
Bank of America
David Sabih
Riots Persist After Assault on Governor's Palace
In Sao Paulo Brazil police repelled a mob at the governor's palace as unemployment and living costs sparked a second day of urban unrest. Tear gas drove back looters who targeted jewelry stores and boutiques, with 620 riot officers and thousands of patrolmen deployed to curb violence. Public gatherings remained banned.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Latin America
Joao Pessoa Nascimento
Mugabe Attacks Critics In Harare Church Leaders Present
Prime Minister Robert Mugabe scorched churchmen and relief groups accusing them of sanctimony as he defended the army offensive in Matabeleland. He told religious leaders to reorient themselves in Zimbabwe during a meeting with Roman Catholic and Anglican figures.
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Harare
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Matabeleland
Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Gazette Wire Services
Reagan task force urges major federal spending cuts
The President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control proposes 55 billion dollars in three year federal spending reductions. It calls for raising civil service retirement age to 62 and bringing all current federal workers under 45 into Social Security. Food stamp reforms would save 2.3 billion by counting free school lunches as program income.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
White House
Reagan
Capitol Hill
Congress
Richard O'Brien Dies at 65 After 40-Year Acting Run
Los Angeles reported actor Richard O'Brien died of cancer at 65. A prolific character performer, he appeared in nearly 200 films and TV shows over four decades, often portraying policemen priests or politicians. His credits include Looking for Mr. Goodbar, The Andromeda Strain, and Get Patty Hearst.
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Los Angeles
Richard O'Brien
O’brien
P's
Mr. Goodbar
FBI
Patty Hearst
Conviction Upheld in Abscam Case for Williams
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld former Sen. Harrison Williams’s Abscam bribery conspiracy conviction. The court ruled the senator originated involvement in the sting, not the FBI, and Williams remains free pending appeal despite a February 16, 1982, three year prison term and $50,000 fine.
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New York
Abscam
Harrison Williams
FBI
Sen. Williams
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Jersey
Senate
Williams
Second Condor Chick Hatches at San Diego Zoo
A second California condor chick Tecuya hatched Tuesday at the San Diego Zoo after a complex delivery. Weighing about 4 ounces, Tecuya is named for a Ventura County ridge and faces a challenging early period. Sisquoc, the first chick, hatched March 30.
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San Diego
San Diego Zoo
Condor Sanctuary
Ventura County
Art Risser
Wisconsin rejects high level radioactive waste dump plan
Voters statewide reject establishing a high level radioactive waste dump with 259 260 votes for and 35 043 against as 1462 wards counted. The outcome ends any immediate proposal and notes prior remarks by Rep Les Aspin about potential site considerations.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Teen bitten by stolen gaboon viper fights for life in Washington
In Washington a 16 year old boy named Louis Morton remains in critical condition after a gaboon viper bite he received from a bag of two stolen snakes taken from the National Zoo. Doctors at Children's Hospital report progress but caution he is still in life threatening danger as serum from several cities is used to treat him.
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Washington
National Zoo
Louis Morton
Murray Pollock
Children’s Hospital
Harold Kranz
Morton
Kranz
Zoo
Transit
Marilyn Dicus
Dicus
Phildelphia
Baltimore
New York
Pollock
United States
Rae Brown
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Inc
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