Stay on order frees Cuban prisoner in Topeka
Federal attorneys race to block Judge Rogers’s release of Pedro Rodriguez a Cuban refugee prisoner who faced 24 hour deadline. Prosecutors seek stay in 10th Circuit to delay release until May 4 when a national task force reviews Cuban refugee policy. The case affects about 1500 refugees jailed after the Freedom Flotilla.
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Topeka
Kan
U.S
Richard Rogers
Pedro Rodriguez
Rogers
Rodriguez
Cuba
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
James Buchele
Buchele
United States
Freedom Flotilla
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Henri Watson
IRA violence grows as Sands fast spurs patrols and protest
Protestant paramilitary units go on alert amid rising tensions over Bobby Sands 55 day hunger strike. Catholic youths attack police and troops in Belfast Londonderry Armagh and Newry as seven provisional IRA members briefly seize Mountbatten home and unfurl a supportive banner before being released.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
IRA
Bobby Sands
Earl Mountbatten
Sands
Londonderry
Armagh
Newry
Ireland
Provisional Ira
Classiebawn Castle
Mountbatten
Robert Bradford
South Belfast
Ulster
Brixton
Maze
Britain
Sealy storm killer Mike Lizotte surveys wrecked trailer home
A deadly storm front swept across southeast Texas and nearby states. In Texas four people died and many were injured as heavy winds shattered a trailer home. Missouri Louisiana and Michigan endured additional fatalities and damage from tornadoes and storms.
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Mike Lizotte
Sealy
Texas
Missouri
Louisiana
Michigan
Cuban mayoral candidate shot in Little Havana yard
Alberto Sarmiento, 70, a Cuban born Republican candidate who vowed to clean out bandidos in City Hall, was killed by gunmen in the front yard of his Little Havana home. The City Commission offered a 50000 dollar reward for killers as the shooting occurred during their weekly meeting.
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Miami
UPI
Bandidos
Little Havana
Alberto Sarmiento
City Commission
Sarmiento
Suslov presses Poland as unrest lingers
In Warsaw the Soviet Union’s senior ideologue Mikhail Suslov urged Polish leaders to launch “offensive party action” to end labor unrest during a brief, surprise visit. he returned to Moscow early today as Solidarity expands. In Gravesend, clashes between Asians and National Front supporters left three policemen hurt and 20 demonstrators arrested amid tense council election demonstrations. In Bangkok, Heng Samrin announced elections for May 1 to confirm Vietnamese Soviet influence in Cambodia.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
Moscow
Mikhail A. Suslov
Kremlin
Solidarity
Soviet Bloc
Ronald Swain
National Front
Front
Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Heng Samrin
Cambodia
B-1 variant eyed as B 52 replacement in defense plan
A Pentagon panel may push immediate production of an advanced B-1 to replace the B-52 fleet, with a later stealth bomber planned. SAC favors 150 FB-111s to cut costs, aiming for operational status by mid 1985, while Weinberger briefs Reagan by May 15. Carter previously canceled B-1 in 1977 due to cost.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
America
Defense
Pentagon
Senate
Alan Cranston
Special Pentagon Group
Caspar Weinberger
California
Cranston
Weinberger
Presi
Dent Reagan
Strategic Air Command
SAC
England
Rockwell International
Carter
Breakthrough announced in skin for burn victims
At Massachusetts General Hospital doctors report a new two ply artificial skin that can be gradually replaced by natural skin. Ten severely burned patients received transplants with three saved and the rest helped significantly. The skin avoids immune-suppressing drugs and stores at room temperature.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts General Hospital
John Burke
Burke
I.V. Yammas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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