Air Force C 130 crashes in eastern Turkey killing 27 Americans
A U S Air Force C 130 transport exploded and crashed in the Kizildag foothills near Erzincan in eastern Turkey killing all 27 Americans aboard. The plane had departed Incirlik with stops at Sinop and Erzurum en route back to Incirlik. Debris and bodies spread over a wide area. no survivors. Military teams and Turkish authorities secured the site as American experts prepared to assess the cause.
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Gevencik
Kemal Guchan
Kizildag
NATO
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U.S
Pentagon
Sinop
Black Sea
Erzurum
Turkish Third Army
CBS workers killings tied to underworld mob links
New York police connected the four killings to a possible mob tied gunman who killed a Candor Diamonds accountant and then gunned down three CBS employees on a rooftop. A missing woman linked to Candor appears to be a further related victim. The suspect used a .22 caliber pistol and fled in a white van with Barbera’s body.
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UPI
FBI
CBS
Margaret Barbera
Queens
Lower Manhattan
James Sullivan
Ms. Barbera
Candor Diamonds
Manhattan
Sullivan
Jenny Soo Chin
Teaneck
N.J
Mrs. Chin
Candor
Margolies
Salvadoran Christian Democrats reject unity plan
The Christian Democratic Party rejected a rightist coalition for a government of national unity and proposed a trio including the armed forces, rightists, and Christian Democrats. The government announced the state of siege, first imposed March 6 1980, was not renewed this March after five months and 30 day renewals. The measure restricted civil rights under the Salvadoran constitution.
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el Salvador
UPI
Christian Democratic Party
National Unity
Christian Democrats
Bus plunges from ferry in Bangladesh river tragedy
A bus with 60 passengers, including five soldiers, slipped off a ferry and sank in Kamarkhali near Dacca. Police said at least 60 feared drowned with nine bodies recovered as six passengers swam to shore. The cause of the accident was not explained.
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Bangladesh
UPI
Kamarkhali
Begin faces Sinai withdrawal amid Sinai tensions and clashes
Prime Minister Menachem Begin insists the Sinai pullback will proceed on schedule as dismantling of Jewish settlements continues. In Yamit 2000 antiwithdrawal activists vow resistance while U S efforts aim to resolve treaty snags and curb clashes in Lebanon.
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Israel
Sinai
Menachem Begin
Yamit
U.S
Walter Stoessel
Lebanon
Dome of the Rock
Alan Harry Goodman
Jerusalem
Reagan seeks approval for sixty million in Taiwan aircraft spares
The United States requests Congress approve a 60 million dollar sale of aircraft spare parts to Taiwan. State Department spokesman says no weapons are involved and the package stems from a long standing supply arrangement. Congress has 30 days to approve or veto, while China’s reaction is not discussed by officials.
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Congress
Taiwan
China
U.S
Alan Romberg
State Department
House
Senate
U S weighs selling Jordan F-5G fighters
Reagan administration sources say the United States is examining a potential arms sale of advanced F-5G fighters to Jordan to bolster its air defense. No final decision has been made as discussions continue ahead of late month U S Jordan meetings.
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Washington
Jordan
U.S
Picket lines dismantled after Fonda pledge in Santa Monica
In Santa Monica union workers halted pickets at Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden home after Fonda pledged to use union labor for remaining remodeling. A Monday meeting with union chief Jerry Cremins led to work resuming Tuesday amid Hayden’s charges of political motives.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jane Fonda
Tom Hayden
Los Angeles County Building and Construction Trades Council
Jerry Cremins
Hayden
California Assembly
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