Oil executives in Libya say they resigned to evacuate
In Tripoli, American oil company officials said they embraced the evacuation order despite hope for reconsideration. Mobil plans to fly out 68 workers and families, while some key personnel will remain temporarily. Officials noted Washington refused longer timelines, and fear remains low despite posed threats.
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Libya
Reagan
U.S
United States
Muammar Khadafy
Khadafy
White House
Larry Speakes
Cials
Washington
Oil Company
John Monson
Mari Ann Baden
Pomeroy
Iowa
Paycheck Arrested on Wyoming Indecent Liberties Charge
Country star Johnny Paycheck was arrested in Jefferson City Missouri on a Wyoming warrant charging indecent liberties with a minor. He was jailed pending arraignment and faced extradition proceedings after a recent free inmate concert at Missouri State Penitentiary.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Johnny Paycheck
Wyoming
Paycheck
Missouri State Penitentiary
Cole County
Nashville
Natrona County
Burt Guetz
Casper
Wyo
Missouri
Guetz
Bones of Saint Lucia recovered by Venice police
Venice police recovered the skeleton of Saint Lucia stolen from San Geremia church on the Venice Grand Canal. They found the bones in a hunting lodge near Venice in a plastic sack and arrested 28 year old Gianfranco Tiozzo as a suspect. a second robber is sought. The bones were returned to the patriarch Msgr Marco Ce for study before reburial at the church.
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Venice
Italy
UPI
Santa Lucia
San Geremia
Venice Grand Canal
Idlio Cilfone
Gianfranco Tiozzo
Marcon
Cilfone
Tiozzo
Msgr
Marco Ce
Siracusa
Sicily
Convoy of 140 vehicles leaves Utrecht for Poland
A convoy of about 140 vehicles carrying 200000 Christmas parcels of food clothing and medicine left Utrecht Netherlands for Poland. It aims to reach Poznan today then split into 11 smaller convoys to 32 destinations across Poland. Officials say entry will be allowed despite martial law.
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Poland
Utrecht
Netherlands
Poznan
Fatigue Suspected in Cage Crash That Killed Five Workers
Chicago state official says broken support rods likely failed from metal fatigue, not a snapped cable. Five construction workers died last Friday when a wire cage being hoisted fell 100 feet into a dirt excavation pit. a sixth was gravely hurt as the cage collapsed. James Zagel, head of the Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, discussed the probable cause Saturday.
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Chicago
James Zagel
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Woman Dies After Jumping Into Fountain to Save Boy
Wanda Scherer 32 of Pleasant Grove died after leaping into a shopping mall fountain to rescue a 4 year old boy who fell in. Authorities say she faced an energized water risk and it is unclear whether electrocution, drowning, or both caused her death. The boy and four adults were treated for electrical shock at Bessemer Hospital.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wanda Scherer
Pleasant Grove
Jefferson County
C.C. Robey
Robey
Bessemer Hospital
London car bomb kills two in fashionable square
A car bomb in a chic London square killed two men and seriously hurt a third. Police said no group claimed responsibility and three Middle Eastern men, possibly Iranians, were involved but not identified. Investigators doubt IRA links and consider possible terrorist intent.
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London
London Square
Irish Republican Army
Scotland Yard
Levesque calls PQ referendum on Quebec independence
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque urged the Parti Quebecois to hold a party referendum on independence with autonomy within Canada. He pledged to resign as leader if the vote favors independence without economic ties to Ottawa. The PQ sets dates February 6-7 and January 30-31 in Quebec City. about 300,000 members eligible.
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Montreal
UPI
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Ottawa
Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Quebec City
Canada
Child falls into fountain as electric pump lights center
Donna Parker recounts how her son Eric Parker fell headlong into a fountain after rushing forward to touch the water. He floated unconscious and was pulled out by his mother while bystanders struggled to assist and recover from the shock.
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Eric Parker
Donna Parker
Coast Guard Faces Deterioration Amid Budget Cuts
A House subcommittee warns the Coast Guard is deteriorating as budget cuts bite. It cites a 1980 report noting depleted maintenance and undertrained staff, with excessive overtime and many departures. The panel says about 14,600 more personnel are needed to maintain current services, and 35,000 more to reach optimal levels by 1991.
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Washington
UPI
Coast Guard
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Transportation Department
Office of Management and Budget
Balloonists delay around-the-world voyage in Jules Verne
Unfavorable winds postpone the round the world helium balloon attempt by Maxie Anderson and Don Ida. The pair started Feb 12 from Luxor Egypt and landed Feb 14 near New Delhi after 2,829 miles. They will resume from Jaipur India and finish the 17,000 mile journey in seven to ten days.
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Albuquerque
N.M
India
Jim Mitchell
Maxie Anderson
Don Ida
Boulder
Colo
Luxor
Egypt
Anderson
Ida
New Delhi
Himalayan
Jaipur
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