South Africa arrests five more UDF leaders amid unrest
Police detain five additional UDF leaders on security charges raising the total to 32 as arson strikes hit two schools and five blacks die in Cape Town after a firebomb incident. Remaining unrest reported in four centers as clemency pleas are denied.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
United Democratic Front
UDF
Cape Town
Middelburg
Umlazi
Natal
Durban
Khayelitsha
Dream shattered by Michael Parks and South Africa's Botha
A year after Pieter W. Botha pledged cooperative coexistence, civil strife in South Africa derailed reform. Church leader Rev. Peter Storey and liberal PFP head Dr. Alex Boraine say Botha fails to grasp the crisis and cannot chart a path forward as his presidency falters.
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South Africa
Pieter W. Botha
Botha
Peter Storey
South African Methodist Church
Alex Boraine
Progressive Federal Party
Smoke alarm saves five in frat at Tau Kappa Epsilon house
Five Coe College fraternity men escaped a Sunday morning fire at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house on 15th Street NE after a smoke alarm sounded. Passerby reported smoke, and fire officials said smoking material on a living room couch started the blaze.
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Tau Kappa ‘Epsilon
15Th St. NE
Scott Henderson
Today’s Chuckle: People Used to Do Things By the Book
A light slice notes that people once followed rules and relied on books for guidance, reflecting nostalgia for a time when reading and learning shaped daily life. The short piece playfully contrasts past habits with modern routines.
West German secretary tied to espionage probe arrests
Federal prosecutors report the arrest of a Bonn secretary suspected as an undercover agent, the fifth government employee linked to espionage probes in a widening scandal. Officials expect three more Bonn secretaries to be arrested as Germany fights a growing spy network connected to East German sources.
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West Germany
Alexander Prechtel
Associated Press
Prechtel
Die Welt
Richard von Weizsacker
East Germany
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Hans Joachim Tiedge
Sonja Lueneburg
Martin Bangemann
Ursula Richter
Tiedge
East Berlin
Meese assails Miranda ruling as infamous misguided decision
Attorney General Edwin Meese called the Supreme Court Miranda decision infamous and wrong in a ABC-TV interview. He criticized the 1966 rule requiring warnings and asserted the court invented new law after centuries of history. He suggested the government may seek changes and defended Reagan era civil rights stance.
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Supreme Court
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David Brinkley
Justice Department
Earl Warren
Warren E. Burger
ABC
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