Polish leaders to meet Brezhnev amid Poland crisis
Polish Communist Party head Stanislaw Kania and Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski will visit the Soviet Union in the immediate future for talks with Leonid Brezhnev. The trip mirrors Poland's deepening economic decline, severe food shortages, and rising street protests amid Solidarity’s calls for intensified work to avert unrest.
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State to Take Over Trial for Hillside Strangler
California state prosecutors said they will pursue the trial of Angelo Buono for the Hillside Strangler murders. Judge Ronald George was informed as a decision by State Deputy Attorney General Roger Boren. A separate hearing was set to decide on a postponement while Buono’s lawyers push to keep Sept. 15 as the trial date.
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Atlantic travel returns to near normal amid controller turmoil
UPI reports trans Atlantic air travel nears normal with Canadian and Portuguese controllers delaying sanctions. FAA notes system functioning. PATCO leader Poli says no collapse of service. Reagan rejects amnesty, vows no pardons while thousands face dismissal notices.
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Plane hijack lands near Muscat amid tense border stand
A hijacked Iranian military plane carrying personnel and families made an emergency landing near Muscat Seeb International Airport after authorities denied permission to land. The plane diverted, ran low on fuel, and landed nearby as officials reported the hijack method from the pilot’s speech.
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UPI
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Ship sinks in Seram Sea overload disaster
In eastern Indonesia, the 25 ton Deliwangi Jaya carrying moslems returning home for a religious festival sank in the Seram Sea. A rescue team member said as many as 225 passengers may have drowned.
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UPI
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Four congressmen and officials jailed in Abscam bribery case
Four congressmen and officials were sentenced for bribery and conspiracy tied to the FBI Abscam probe. Angelo Errichetti received six years and 40000 dollars. John Murphy Raymond Lederer Michael Myers and Louis Johanson got three years and 20000 dollars. Frank Thompson faces 15 years with a 40000 dollar fine and medical testing.
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UPI
House of Representatives
FBI
Abscam
New Jersey
Angelo Errichetti
Camden
N.J
John Murphy
Vancouver police arrest suspect in teen girl case
Vancouver police say they have arrested a man as a suspect in the death of a teenage girl, one of three youths found slain in a popular camping area. five other children remain missing and fears grow they may also be victims.
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Bruce Northorp
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UPI
Voyager 2 to snapshot Saturn rings with closer, clearer images
Voyager 2 speeds toward Saturn for an August 25 encounter and will return better pictures and more ring details than Voyager 1. Chief scientist Edward Stone says the craft will fly above the ring plane on the lit side and capture closer views of moons seen only from a distance, including Phobe.
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Saturn
Edward Stone
Stone
Phobe
Weapons search ordered in Atlanta court session
A Superior Court judge ordered all spectators to be searched for weapons before Williams's arraignment in Fulton County. Wayne Williams, 23, is charged with murdering two of 28 young Black victims as a special task force investigates the killings. Security will be tightened with only deputies allowed to carry firearms in the courtroom. Williams is expected to plead innocent to the two murder counts.
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Wayne Williams
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Clarence Cooper
Fulton County
Leroy Stynchcombe
Williams
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