Britain approves Libyan export amid political furor
London reports that Northern Engineering Industries supplied Synchrolift lifting gear to Libya, with MPs accusing Thatcher of a Reagan Iran style deal. The components were deemed non military, licensed via export rules, and shipped via Italy to support a Libyan harbor project near Tripoli.
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Libya
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
St. James’s Square
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Department of Trade
Italy
Thatcher
Col
Muammar) Gaddafi
Denzil Davies
Labor Party
Iran
Reagan
George Foulkes
John Cartwright
Social Democratic Party
Irah
U.S
Impreglio
al Khums
Tripoli
Libyan
South Africa holds 256 children under 16 in state of emergency
Johannesburg reports the government says 256 youths under 16 are in custody for alleged security offenses, youngest 11 and 115 are 12 to 14. Government figures clash with anti-apartheid groups noting up to 8,800 detained under five months.
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S. Africa
Washington Post
Johannesburg
South Africa
Parents Support Committee
Adriaane Vlok
Law and Order
Vlok
Catholics withdraw support of AIDS education effort
The Los Angeles Archdiocese pulled backing from an AIDS education program that described condom use, while AIDS Project Los Angeles stressed that contraceptives were not endorsed. Archbishop Mahony said the church opposes such descriptions, and could resume if discussions focus on abstinence or noncontrary methods.
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Los Angeles
Aids Project
Paul van Ness
Roger Mahony
Lange appeals to France to halt Pacific nuclear tests
New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange urged France to stop Mururoa Atoll tests after scientists reported a 10 kiloton underground detonation the 80th at Mururoa since 1976. It followed three tests in under a month and seven this year, with no immediate French comment.
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New Zealand
David Lange
France
South Pacific
Mururoa Atoll
Mururoa
Lange
Teen sentenced in game linked slaying in Watertown
A 16-year-old boy received 50 years to life after killing 11-year-old Martin Howland on November 12 1985. Authorities tied the crime to Dungeons and Dragons though the link was disputed. The judge called the homicide motiveless and senseless. Ventiquattro will serve at Brookwood Center in Claverack.
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Watertown
N.Y
David Ventiquattro
Martin Howland
Ventiquattro
Howland
Jefferson County
John V. Aylward
Gas blast in downtown Fort Worth destroys shops
An early Sunday explosion in Fort Worth caused by a natural gas leak outside a cafe destroyed two cafes a print shop an optometrist office and a bookstore and damaged many others across from the Tandy Center. The Worthington Hotel reported glass injuries to a guest with no serious harm. Estimated damage reached 2 million dollars.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Worthington
Butch Hall
Hall
Tandy Center
Worthington Hotel
Tom Weiskopf
Barbara Aucoin
Nashville, Tenn
Paris Students Expand Protests Across Nation
Student protests against a university reform bill broaden into a nationwide challenge to the government as unions join in. In the Latin Quarter clashes with about 500 police left at least 68 injured, 28 arrested, and police promising an investigation into a student's death amid police allegations.
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Paris
Latin Quarter
Jacques Chirac
Charles Pasqua
General Confederation of Labor
France
Sydney Harris Dies At 69 Syndicated Columnist
Chicago author and syndicated columnist Sydney J. Harris died Sunday at age 69 after heart problems and a recent stroke. His Strictly Personal column appeared in over 200 newspapers nationwide.
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Chicago
Sydney J. Harris
Harris
Hazardous spill closes 35 miles of I 80 near Lovelock
A truck carrying 28 000 pounds of hazardous chemicals veered off Interstate 80 near Lovelock Nevada, spilling ammonium fluoride and hydrofluoric acid solution as it rolled through ravines. Nevada Highway Patrol said the closure would last until California hazmat teams arrive to clean up the site.
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Lovelock
Nev
Nevada Highway Patrol
California
Lawrencville raid nets 104 dogs. couple charged
Gwinnett County officers seized 104 dogs from a Lawrenceville home, some in travel carriers and others in pens and a storage room. Dale Phillips, 51, was charged with obstructing an officer, and Bobette Phillips with cruelty to animals. both released on property bonds after Friday’s raid following neighbor complaints.
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Lawrenceville
Gwinnett County Animal Control
Regina Hicks
Dale
Bobette Phillips
Phillips
Two Hundred Holocaust Survivors Launch Beit HaShoah Museum
Two hundred concentration camp survivors marked the Beit HaShoah Museum of Tolerance groundbreaking in Los Angeles. The project by the Simon Wiesenthal Center aims to educate on prejudice using multimedia displays and monitoring anti Semitic activity worldwide.
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Los Angeles
Beit HaShoah Museum of Tolerance
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Marvin Hier
Yeshiva University of Los Angeles
Wiesenthal
State Assembly
Frances Belzberg
America
U.S
Belzberg
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