Seventh hunger striker dies in Maze Prison Belfast
Kevin Lynch aged 25 dies on the 71st day of his hunger strike at Maze Prison in Belfast. Sniper fire and street clashes erupt as security forces hunt gunmen while youths torch cars and hurl bombs. Lynch was an Irish National Liberation Army member jailed since 1976 for firearms offences.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Kevin Lynch
Maze
Lynch
Ardoyne
Lower Falls Road
Turf Lodge
Andersonstown
West Belfast
Redside
Irish National Liberation Army
Dungiven
Britain
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Kevin
Kieran Doherty
Patrick Quinn
Quinn
Senegalese join fight to crush coup at Gambia capital
Senegalese paratroopers entered Banjul aiding loyalist police against a leftist coup attempting to topple President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara. Rebels hold the radio station, Jawara’s wife Ghila, ministers, and leaders. fighting and looting reported as Jawara seeks return with Senegalese help under a defense pact.
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Dakar
Senegal
UPI
Banjul
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara
Jawara
Ghila
U.S
Gambia
Africa
Radio
London
Prince Charles
Princess Diana
Assan Musa Camara
Kukli Samba Sanyang
Test fire fails for privately financed rocket engine
An engine test of the nation’s first privately financed rocket failed due to a kerosene leak dampening the ignition system, causing two misfires and an emergency fuel dump. A new test is planned for Tuesday.
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Matagorda Island
Texas
Upi
Reagan plan to curb Cuban refugee flows outlines new measures
The Reagan administration proposed steps to stop illegal Cuban and Haitian refugee movements. A key proposal would grant the Coast Guard power to halt U S boats heading to Cuba for refugees and to intercept boats from Cuba carrying unregistered aliens. A separate AP report notes private tugs recaptured about 115 barges adrift on the Mississippi River Friday.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
Haiti
Thomas Enders
Senate Subcommittee On Immigration and Refugee Policy
U.S. Coast Guard
ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Soviet Kiev Carries Out Baltic Sail In Exercise Show
The Kiev aircraft carrier the largest Soviet navy ship sailed into the Baltic on Friday with two escort destroyers. Western analysts note a buildup that may indicate amphibious drills rather than action against Poland. Danish intelligence also traces the Ivan Rogov moving toward the Baltic.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Kiev
Baltic
Poland
NATO
Britain
Ivan Rogov
English Channel
Preben Broberg
Danish Defense Intelligence Service
Broberg
Low Level Radioactive Water Leak Near Minneapolis
A reporter confirms low level radioactive water leaked from the Northern States Power Co. reactor near Monticello into the Mississippi River. Manager Wayne Shamla said Thursday night leakage was minimal and posed no health hazard to the public or environment.
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Monticello
Minn
Mississippi River
Wayne Shamla
Northern States Power Co
Minneapolis
Shamla
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Simmons Beautyrest
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