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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1986

Page

3

Guinness heiress freed after dawn rescue in Dublin

Police and soldiers surrounded a Dublin hideout and freed Jennifer Guinness after a six hour siege. Three men, not tied to the IRA, were arrested following the abduction of the 48 year old wife of John Guinness. Ransom demand was 2 million Irish pounds and was not paid.

Dublin Ireland Jennifer Guinness Jack Guinness Frank Hanlon Guinness Mahon Bank John

Police re examine deaths of shootout victims wives

Two Ohio detectives traveled to Miami as authorities reopen the 1983 and 1984 deaths linked to William Matix and Michael Platt. Columbus and Metro-Dade officials discuss possible connections to the hospital workers and a famous FBI shootout.

Miami Ohio FBI Metro-Dade County William Matix Michael Lee Platt John Farrell Columbus Antone Lanata Platt Matix Patricia Metro-Dade Regina Farrell Joyce McFadden Riverside Methodist Hospital

Florida official refuses to deport Nicaraguans

Perry Rivkind, head of INS Florida, says no Nicaraguans will be sent back due to fear of Sandinista persecution. The stance, echoed as asylum procedures expand for other communist nations, follows Rivkind’s removal of eight Nicaraguans this month. The policy faces broader legal debates on asylum standards.

Washington Immigration and Naturalization Service Florida Perry Rivkind Immigration Service Rivkind Justice Department Poland United States Immigration Supreme Court Immigration and Naturalization Nicaragua

Diplomats urged to energize public outreach abroad

A presidential commission says American ambassadors focus too much on closed door diplomacy and too little on selling U.S. policies to foreign publics. It warns the 4.4 billion embassy rebuild plan could weaken VOA and other image programs while citing Libya as a shortfall of traditional diplomacy.

Washington America U.S Advisory Commission On Public Diplomacy U.S. Information Agency Voice of America VOA Edwin Feulner Jr Libya Vernon) Walters Feulner

Mount St Helens Emission Not an Eruption Says USGS

Ash and gas plume rising to 20 000 25 000 feet marked the activity at Mount St Helens with no lava or large debris ejected. USGS geologist Richard Waitt called it a gas and ash emission, not an eruption, while seismologist Jim Zolig noted steam and ash plumes were common. President Reagan faced advised views on SALT II missile limits as two envoys prepare talks with Europe and Asia ahead of a possible decision by weekend. An analysis of a two ton Challenger booster fragment supported the conclusion a leak caused the shuttle loss killing seven.

Vancouver Wash Mount St. Helens Richard Waitt U.S. Geological Survey Waitt Mount St. Helens Jim Zolig USGS Seattle Washington Reagan U.S Europe Asia White House Larry Speakes Neil Armstrong Presidential Commission Armstrong Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Ala Cape Canaveral Fla Atlantic

Marcos charged in embezzlement case in Philippines

The Philippines government accuses Ferdinand Marcos his family and allies of embezzling up to 5 billion from U S military aid and foreign loans. The Commission on Good Government says the ex leader and 25 others face charges in a bid to recover funds hidden in Swiss banks.

Manila Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Marcos U.S Quasi-Judicial Commission On Good Government

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