Hamadi Convicted in Kidnapping Case Tied to Jet Hijack
Abbas Hamadi, a 29 year old Lebanese Shiite Muslim, was convicted in Düsseldorf for abducting two West Germans to ransom his brother Mohammed Hamadi, who faces hijacking charges over a TWA jetliner incident and extradition disputes with the United States. The court sentenced him to 13 years in prison after findings of kidnapping coercion and explosives possession.
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Abbas Hamadi
Mohammed
TWA
Arend
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Mohammed Hamadi
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Beirut
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Alfred Schmidt
Schmidt
Cordes
United States
Iran Attacks Tanker as Mine Discoveries Raise Tensions
Iran attacked an Emirati flagged tanker Fal V in the Strait of Hormuz and set it ablaze, with the crew rescued by an Omani warship. Meanwhile the French navy found and exploded three mines 100 miles north of Bahrain, near the Roberts incident site. U.S. and Iranian forces clashed earlier with casualties reported aboard Joshan and two Iranian frigates. Captains Stephen Leslie and Kenneth Hill, from North Carolina, were listed as missing from the Wainwright search effort.
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Persian Gulf
Reagan
Gulf
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Strait of Hormuz
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Meltem
U.S
Samuel B. Roberts
Iran
Tehran
Mohammed Hossein Malekzadegan
Joshan
Wainwright
Reuters
Stephen Leslie
New Bern
N.C
Kenneth Hill
Thomasville
House approves $8.3 billion school bill with dial-a-porn ban
The Hawkins Stafford School Improvement Act would authorize up to 8.3 billion in education funding next year. The House backed an outright ban on dial-a-porn services amid constitutional concerns, while negotiations with the Senate sought a workable path to President Reagan's signature.
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Hawkins-Stafford
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Senate
White House
Reagan
United
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R-N.c. House
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Committee On Energy and Commerce
Kennedy murder file opened with thousands of photos destroyed
California officials released long secret police files on the 1968 Robert Kennedy assassination. More than 2,400 photographs from the Ambassador Hotel scene were burned three months after the shooting along with ceiling tiles and a door jamb. The release includes 4,000 witness interviews and 2,500 LAPD photographs, but archivists warn the missing material limits answers to key questions about the gunman and firing.
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Calif
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
California
March Fong EU
Los Angeles
John Burns
Dallas
John Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Court rules against oil industry and Indians
The Supreme Court upheld state power to regulate gasoline prices and oil profits, ruling Puerto Rico may apply state-like rules. In a separate decision, the court allowed a federal logging road through sacred Native American land, saying government interests can override religious protections. Justice O Connors concurrence noted potential harms to practices but allowed government action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
San Francisco
California
Tornado devastates Madison Florida town killing four
A pre dawn tornado ripped through Madison killing four people and injuring fifteen. It left a 12 mile by half mile path, toppled houses and collapsed the campus library and auditorium at North Florida Junior College. Residents described the terrifying moments as roofs blew off and debris filled homes.
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North Florida Junior College
Joe Peavy
Meese says no link between wife’s charity salary and DOJ lease
Attorney General Edwin Meese told reporters he learned last week the Bender family charity funded his wife’s 40000 dollar annual salary. He denied any connection to a 50 million dollar Justice Department lease with a Howard Bender partnership. Meanwhile House leaders dropped push to require public disclosure of foreign investment in a broad trade bill.
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Edwin Meese
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Bender
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