Diner tied gang linked to Queens robberies and assaults
Five men jailed in Nassau County were indicted in Queens for two robberies at a newsstand and a factory. Investigators tied the Queens attacks to a pattern of long gun use, stripping victims, and group crimes, including a Sea Crest diner incident with multiple injuries.
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New York
Long Island
Queens
Nassau County
Tom McCarthy
John Santucci
Allegheny Tissue Co
Ridgewood
Sea Crest
Old Westbury
N.Y
McCarthy
Mugabe claims border clash kills three South African soldiers
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Mugabe reported that three white South African troops were killed 18 miles inside Zimbabwe in a clash near Sengwe on the border with South Africa and Mozambique. He charged the incident fit a broader Pretoria plan to destabilize Zimbabwe.
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Harare
Zimbabwe
UPI
Robert Mugabe
Mugabe
Rhodesia
South Africa
Mozambique
Miami gunman shot after eight killed in machine shop raid
The history teacher Carl Robert Brown 51 shot and fled on a bicycle after opening fire at Bob Moore's Welding & Machine Service injuring eight. Detectives say Brown died from a gunshot wound not the collision as two men pursued him and Mark Kram of All Florida Scrap Metals rammed his bike into a utility pole.
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Miami
Carl Robert Brown
Bob Moore
Welding & Machine Service
W.R. Baker
Brown
Mark Kram
All Florida Scrap Metals
Kram
Kenya purge targets Moi government in Nairobi report
An AP dispatch from Nairobi describes a purge aimed at President Daniel Arap Moi's government. The report details political upheaval and government actions in Kenya's capital amid growing unrest.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Daniel Arap Moi
Man pleads guilty to murder fearing electric chair after Coppola execution
In Richmond a prisoner who pleaded guilty minutes before a jury found him innocent says fear of following Frank J. Coppola to the electric chair prompted the plea. He cites Coppola's Aug. 10 death and predicts more suspects will seek long terms to avoid capital punishment.
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Richmond
Frank J. Coppola
Coppola
Virginia
Harry D. Seigler
State Penitentiary
Seigler
Pryor manager ordered to repay about 3 million
California labor commissioner ruled David McCoy Franklin willfully appropriated 1.85 million of Richard Pryor's money while he was Pryor's talent agent and manager from 1975 to 1980. He must repay 2.3 million plus 753,217 in fees to Pryor and Indigo Inc. The decision notes abuse of trust and was adopted Aug. 2 after hearings.
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Los Angeles
California
Richard Pryor
Patrick Henning
David McCoy Franklin
Atlanta
Pryor
Henning
Franklin
Indigo Inc
Indigo
John H. Lavely Jr
Martin D. Singer
Cosmonaut Savitskaya Faces playful banter aboard Salyut-7
Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya, the second woman in space, was greeted on Salyut-7 by Anatoly Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev with playful ribbing about an apron and kitchen. The exchange aired on Soviet TV after their Friday rendezvous.
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Moscow
Svetlana Savitskaya
Salyut-7
Savitskaya
Anatoly Berezovoy
Valentin Lebedev
Lebedev
Sveta
Soviet weapons boost Cuban military threat to U S interests
A State Department report says the Soviet Union funds a five year Cuban defense modernization, delivering 66 000 tons of military gear since 1981 and equipping Cuba to project power in the Caribbean. It notes 200 MiG fighters, two attack submarines, a Koni class frigate, and 3 000 to 4 000 airborne troops.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
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State Department
Caribbean
United States
Angola
Ethiopia
Fidel Castro
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Latin America
Castro
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