Cleanup begins after incredible storm damage
After Hurricane Alicia battered Texas with 115 mph winds, Houston faced widespread damage and power outages. The disaster area drew federal aid. looting arrests rose as crews assessed six inches of rain and debris strewn streets.
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Houston
Texas
Alicia
Dallas
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Reagan
Mark White
Oklahoma
Don McWilliams
McWilliams
Four crewmen survive hurricane ordeal at sea near Galveston
Four tugboat crewmen rode out Hurricane Alicia in a small raft after their 114 foot vessel sank 33 miles offshore. They drifted two days before rescue by Coast Guard helicopters, while a fifth crewman remains missing after attempting to reach an offshore oil platform.
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
John Dee
Joel Robin
Dee
Corpus Christi
New Orleans
John Sealy Hospital
Mark Soudelier
Dec
Gulf
U.S. presses Israel on Lebanon pullback
The Reagan administration publicly urges Israel to proceed with a staged withdrawal from Lebanon, insisting the partial pullback is not a step toward permanent partition. A car bombing in Tripoli near a hospital and pro-government militia offices kills one and injures up to 20, with no group claiming responsibility.
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Gazette
Reagan Administration
Israel
Lebanon
White House
Speakes
Progovernment
Tripoli
Foggy search for phantom island near Cape Cod halts landing
A fogbound helicopter field attempt near Wasque Shoals delayed a state bid to confirm a phantom island off Cape Cod. The effort aimed to fix Massachusetts coastal boundaries for shellfishing and oil exploration, while a reporter boat waited two hours and glimpsed a small sand hump through the fog southeast of Chappaquiddick Island.
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Evelyn
Cape Cod
Falmouth
Mass
Wasque Shoals
Mystery Island
Chappaquidick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Massachusetts
Nantucket Island
Nantucket
Henry Herrmann
Vineyard
Herrmann
Herrman
al Hauser
Hauser
Argentina mass protest against amnesty for military
Tens of thousands of Argentines joined a large demonstration organized by eight human rights groups to oppose a proposed amnesty for military and security forces involved in the so called dirty war. Estimates ranged from 50 000 to 100 000 people. The rally aimed to pressure the junta to reject the decree shielding actions taken in the 1970s.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Trucker Lumber Crash Kills Two on I-495 Near Andover
A tractor trailer dropped lumber during rush hour on Interstate 495 trapping cars and causing a deadly pileup. At least two people were killed and 12 injured as ten vehicles, two school buses, and the lumber truck were involved near Andover Massachusetts. Three children were among the injured. The northbound lane was closed while investigators handled the scene.
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Andover
Mass
John Hanlon
Wanda B. Atchelder
Boston
Hanson
Siberian tiger triplets head to U S zoos in swap
Three three year old Siberian tiger cubs Alisa Astra Tyulpan will be flown from Moscow to the United States next week as part of a animal swap with the Soviet Union. One sea lion will go to the Soviets as a starter. The tigers will be split among the Bronx Zoo New York and city zoos in Indianapolis and Omaha.
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Moscow
United States
Inna Kuzminikh
Moscow Zoo
Bronx Zoo
New York
City
Indianapolis
Ind
Omaha
Neb
Gazette Wire Services
Retired admirals condemn colleague for TV interview
Five hundred seventy five retired admirals condemned Rear Admiral Gene R. LaRocque for criticizing U S policies in a Soviet televised program. Led by Thomas H Moorer the group called his action reprehensible and unpatriotic urging him to consider leaving the country. LaRocque defended his stance saying he will speak to any audience and that the real enemy is nuclear war.
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Washington Post
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Chiefs of Naval Operations
Navy
Gene R. LaRocque
United States
Washington Times
LaRocque
Driverless sedan circling traps elderly woman in Skokie
A circling driverless Ford LTD rolled over 71 year old Martha Max several times near a busy intersection in Skokie Illinois before a passing service technician rammed the vehicle to halt it. Max remained in stable condition with a fractured pelvis at Skokie Valley Hospital. Police say transmission likely slipped from park into reverse while the car idled at a vacant gas station.
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Skokie
Ill
John Eckhorn
Martha Max
Eckhorn
Biro of Chicago Inc
Skokie Valley Hospital
David Hussey
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Bob Sheets
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Linda Thomas
Houston Department of Public Works
Houston Lighting & Power Co
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Cameron
Texas National
Larry Speakes
Mideast
Awwali River
Sidon
Menachem Begin
Santa Barbara
Calif
el Salvador
California
Neptune
N.J
Jennifer Joyce
Jersey Shore Medical Center
Jerry
Reandel Enalicla
Speiems Davelaginant
Tad Nancias
Tucker Realty
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cedar Rapids
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