Barry Pummels Texas Coast and Spreads Toward Mexico
Thousands flee the Texas coast as Hurricane Barry intensifies then moves into sparsely populated Tamaulipas. In Brownsville area shelters house hundreds while officials evacuate offshore rigs and advisory tides rise.
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Worshipers condemn Poland's regime at Warsaw Solidarity Mass
An overflow crowd of 7000 gathered at St. Stanislaw Church in Warsaw for a Solidarity Mass denouncing the government’s suppression of the union. Speakers praised Solidarity as a democratic achievement while urging prayers for Lech Walesa. Father Jerzy Popieluszko led the service in support of Solidarity and its cause.
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Hijackers threaten to blow up jetliner in Tehran ordeal
Four Arab gunmen hijacked an Air France Boeing 727 over Europe and landed in Tehran. Iranian radio said the hijackers threatened to blow up the plane and 17 hostages within 48 hours unless France met demands, including ending support for Chad's government and halting arms sales to Iraq. France denied knowledge of Lebanese prisoner releases while Tehran broadcast called for Lebanon policy changes and prisoner freedom.
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Paris
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Copper strike talks resume with stalemate in cost of living clause
In Phoenix the eighth week of the copper workers strike saw union and Phelps Dodge Corp resume talks. The union seeks to keep the automatic cost of living clause in a new three year contract while the company refuses. A major issue is job amnesty for strikers who refused to cross picket lines since July 1. In Edgartown Mass residents on Chappaquiddick Island contemplate removing the rotting Dike Bridge after the Kennedy car incident 14 years ago.
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Phelps Dodge Corp
Chappaquiddick
Edgartown, Mass
Chappaquiddick Island
Edward
Smaller acid rain plan eyed
EPA chief William Ruckelshaus weighs a limited acid rain plan targetting 2 to 4 million tons of sulfur dioxide reductions. The plan could cover only a few states, as Environmentalists monitor the administration debate for his influence on a broader approach.
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Environmental Protection Agency
William Ruckelshaus
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Ruckelshaus
Pope appeals for release of Emanuela Orlandi
Pope John Paul II urged release of Emanuela Orlandi 15 daughter of a Vatican employee. He avoided naming the kidnapper Mehmet Ali Agca, saying the attackers demand would not make sense. In Spain flood toll rises to 36 as four civil guardsmen are recovered from floodwaters in the Basque region.
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Anarchists Bomb Defense Ministry In Paris Attack
An outlawed leftist group Direct Action claimed responsibility for two bombs that damaged the French Defense Ministry and Socialist Party headquarters in Paris. No injuries were reported. Police said the small blasts shattered a few windows and doors near the Seine on the Left Bank.
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