Pilots group cites three safety issues from ATC strike
The Air Line Pilots Association warned members of three safety concerns tied to the air traffic controllers strike now in week three. The NTSB ordered a special study to assess workload, controller qualifications, and FAA procedural changes amid potential risks from increased low altitude traffic and tower closures.
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Bail and Evidence Limits Sought by Crime Panel
A Reagan task force urged federal limits on bail and excluding illegally obtained evidence. It called for a three year limit on habeas petitions, a new guilty but mentally ill verdict, handgun purchase waiting periods, theft reporting, and a $2 billion four year push to modernize state prisons. It also recommended stricter penalties for gun use in federal felonies and enforcement of federal gun laws.
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Iran executes 23 leftists amid Tehran unrest
Reports from Telegraph indicate Iranian firing squads executed 23 leaders of a leftist guerrilla group for an assassination campaign against the Islamic regime. Mir Hossein Musavi accused the United States of involvement in a wider plot including the seizure of an Iranian gunboat in Spanish waters and the hostage crisis framing.
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Iran
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Paris
Bani-Sadr
Second bomb plan emerges in Tahoe extortion case
FBI affidavits identify John Waldo Birges as mastermind of the 1980 Harvey’s Tahoe bombing and say a second extortion attempt was planned at Harvey’s or Bank of America headquarters in San Francisco. The Aug 27 blast at Stateline killed no one. $3 million scheme involved a 1000 pound bomb delivered in a van.
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Cuban refugees rescued near Guantanamo by Coast Guard
A Coast Guard cutter rescued 16 fatigued Cuban migrants from a boat heading toward Guantanamo Bay amid tropical storm Dennis churned seas. The group reported fuel problems and fear for their lives as they were towed back toward Miami.
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Layton confession ruled admissible in Ryan slaying case
A U.S. district judge ruled that former Peoples Temple aide Larry Layton's confession to Guyanese police in the slaying of California Rep. Leo Ryan could be used at his conspiracy trial. The judge said the statement was voluntary and not obtained by force.
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British seaman paddles Dover to France in tub record
Bill Neal, 20, crossed the English Channel from Dover to Cap Griz Nez in a steel bathtub using a single oar. The voyage took 13 hours 29 minutes in calm seas with extra buoyancy from polystyrene and an escort boat. France had warned against unconventional vessels. Neal registered the tub with Lloyds of London to avoid arrest.
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Begin seeks Habib return to press Syria missiles issue
Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin asked the United States to resume efforts to remove Syrian anti aircraft missiles from Lebanon. He telegrammed Secretary Haig calling for special envoy Philip Habib to return to the Middle East to resolve the dispute. Habib had tried for three months to negotiate withdrawal. Begin also warned that Palestinians were regrouping in southern Lebanon despite truce assurances.
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Menachem Begin
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Eight rebellious convicts surrender at Nashville prison
Twenty years ago eight rebellious convicts at a Nashville Tennessee prison surrendered their cells and released twenty five hostages unharmed, ending a tense incident without casualties.
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