IRA Apology Says Harrods Bomb Not Authorized
Dublin report says IRA planted the Harrods car bomb in London that killed five and injured 91. Publicity Bureau claims the act was not authorized by the Army Council and promises steps to prevent repetition. British police accused of evacuation failure after a 40 minute warning. An American victim, Kenneth Salvesan, 28, was among the dead.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Harrods Department Store
London
Irish Republican Publicity Bureau
Army Council of the Ira
Britain
Harrods
Metropolitan Police
Kenneth Salvesan
Chelsea
Italian sailors' bus falls from cliff killing 34
A bus carrying Italian sailors crashed through guardrails on a rain soaked highway near Genoa. Police say 34 died and four survived. The bus skidded after heavy rain and wind, with worn rear tires noted. Driver Alfio Tizzone perished as investigators probe cause.
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Genoa
Italy
Turin
Defense Ministry
Armed Forces
Associated Press
Alfio Tizzone
Francesca Manca
Reagan says end-times talk not to be taken as defeatist
President Reagan told People magazine that he has not given up despite end of world prophecies. He denied making Armageddon remarks publicly and said the current generation should continue to do what is right, citing theologians who warned of many prophecies aligning.
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New York
Reagan
People Magazine
Letter from Lech Walesa replies to Okla Nobel note
A Texas woman who wrote to Lech Walesa congratulating him on the Nobel Peace Prize received a reply translated by a priest. The former Polish leader thanked her, spoke of democracy as a future fact, and urged patience for the long road ahead with God's help.
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Odessa
Texas
Lech Walesa
Carol Bourgeois
Lech Welesa
Keith Richards Marries Patricia Hansen in Cabo San Lucas
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards wed actress Patricia Hansen in a secret civil ceremony in Cabo San Lucas on Sunday. Best man Mick Jagger learned of the plans only a day before the event. fellow Stones members Bill Wyman Charlie Watts and Ron Wood did not attend.
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Mexico City
Rolling Stones
Keith Richards
Patricia Hansen
Cabo San Lucas
Mick Jagger
Paul Wasserman
Bill Wyman
Charlie Watts
Ron Woods
Survey on U S health shows alarming access gaps
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a nationwide health survey noting one in eight Americans have serious trouble obtaining care and one in nine lack a regular source of care. The report cites income and insurance status as major factors and highlights improvements from Medicare Medicaid and more providers.
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Washington
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
United States
Robert Blendon
Foundation
America
Navy shells Syrian posts as jets draw fire in Lebanon
U S Navy ships fired 60 rounds at Syrian held positions in the Metn mountains after anti air craft fire hit two recon aircraft east of Beirut. The Ticonderoga and Tattnall returned fire while no casualties were reported. The clash followed Israeli gunboat strikes on Tripoli amid mounting regional tensions and a looming PLO evacuation. France agreed to escort warships to ensure safe conduct.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
United States
Tripoli
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
France
Damascus
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Switzerland
Israel
Washington
Pentagon
Jim Santana
U.S. Navy
Dennis Brooks
Ticonderoga
Tattnall
Metn
Middle East
Khalil Wazir
Clerk Wins Million Dollar Hawaii Radio Contest
Mery Arakaki, a 48 year old Honolulu clerk, won $1 million from KSSK radio in a breakfast drawing at a hotel. The prize pays $20,000 a year for 50 years after a two month contest that drew 4,032,715 entries, with listeners allowed unlimited entries.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Mery Arakaki
Kssk Radio
Two Cornell Coeds Shot to Death in Dormitory
Two Cornell University women Yong Suh 20 and Erin Nieswand 19 were killed in a dormitory room on the north campus. A man named Su Yong Kim 26 of Queens shot himself after a car chase with campus police and died later. Kim knew one victim.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Su Yong Kim
New York City
Queens
Kim
Yong Suh
Erin Nieswand
Fire in Detroit apartment kills at least six residents
A Sunday fire at an old Detroit apartment building housing mostly elderly and handicapped residents killed at least six people. Four others were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. injuries to a firefighter and others were reported but not quantified.
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Detroit
Melvin Hall
Cass Methodist Church
Madrid discotheque owners questioned over locked exits
Police in Madrid questioned the owners of the Alcala 20 discotheque about reports that emergency exits were locked when a fire broke out Saturday. The coroner said 79 people died and survivors said several exits were blocked by locked grilles under a magistrate's authority to detain suspects for up to 72 hours.
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Madrid
Spain
Alcala 20
Jet fire prompts evacuation at Winnipeg airport
An engine on a Northwest Orient DC-10 caught fire while starting at Winnipeg International Airport. The incident forced 280 people to evacuate the jet as airport workers extinguished the blaze within minutes and passengers returned to the terminal, according to Transport Canada officials.
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg International
Transport Canada
Don Beaulieau
Plan to Use British Troops at Nuclear Missile Base
The Observer reports a secret document proposed using British troops as security for nuclear cruise missiles arriving at Greenham Common on November 14. Authored allegedly by Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine, the plan circulated to ministers last October. clashes involved unarmed British troops and police with demonstrators.
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London
The
Observer
Britain
U.S
U.S. Air Force Base
Greenham Common
Liberal Observer
Michael Heseltine
Passengers Survive Malaysian Jet Crash at Subang
A Malaysian Airlines Airbus A300 crash landed at Subang International Airport during heavy rain. The plane split in two and burned but all 247 aboard survived, with 27 injured and 10 hospitalized, according to airline officials.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Subang International Airport
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Rome
Anna Bulgari Calissoni
Giorgio
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Lech
Washington Post Service
Princeton, N.J
Louis Harris and Associates
Clerk
Jet Fire Forces
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Center Point Road
N.E
Vern Cooper
Sears
Sears Sale Tab
Sun
3Rd St
Continental Cleaners & Guaranty Bonk
Guild Vision
Bausch & Some
Guild
2Nd St
McDonald's
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