Holiday security tightens as London guards shoppers
London deploys hundreds of extra police and bomb-sniffing teams to guard major shopping districts after a car bomb near Harrods wounded 91 and killed five. Harrods resumes business, authorities discuss banning Sinn Fein, and a reward is offered for information leading to the bombers.
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London
Harrods Department Store
IRA
Harrods
Aleck Craddock
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Prince Charles
Princess Diana
House of Commons
Leon Brittan
Brittan
Knightsbridge
Oxford Street
Scotland Yard
Fourteen ill after eating deadly mushrooms in Napa party
In San Francisco area hospitals fourteen Laotian refugees, after a mushroom hunting trip near Napa, were in intensive care with Amanita phalloides poisoning. Seven treated at Brookside Hospital, three children aged 7 to 9 in good condition, others in stable or critical status. There is no antidote and death can occur within days.
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San Francisco
Napa
Olga Woo
Brookside Hospital
San Pablo
Felter
Woo
Bay Area
Ms. Woo
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Army to buy more camo battle dress uniforms amid heat complaints
The Army proceeds with over 400 million in new camouflage battle dress gear despite troop protests that the fabric is heavy and hot. A lighter version will be field tested next year for warmer climates, with 6.4 million sets bought so far and plans for 13.4 million more.
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Washington
Grenada
Army
United States
Forces Command
Easy credit blamed for rise of women gamblers
Atlantic City officials and gambling experts report a rise in female compulsive gamblers, now about 40 percent of help seekers in Las Vegas area and 15-20 percent in New York metro, driven by easier access to credit and widespread casinos and lotteries.
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Easy Credit
Atlantic City
N.J
Gamblers Anonymous
Arnie Wexler
The
National Council On
Wexler
Las Vegas
New York
Caroline to remarry in Monaco wedding this December
Princess Caroline of Monaco will wed Stefano Casiraghi in a civil ceremony at the royal palace on December 29. Rainier III announced the marriage to the 27 year old daughter, with a family affair planned and Casiraghi described as a 23 year old Italian with oil and real estate wealth.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Caroline of
Royal Palace
Prince Rainier Ili
Stefano Casiraghi
Rainier
Caroline
Grace
Casiraghi
Nadia Lacoste
Vatican panel weighs annulment request for Caroline Junot marriage
A three judge Vatican panel reviews Caroline Casiraghi’s marriage to Philippe Junot, a French playboy seventeen years older. No decision before December 29 is known. Casiraghi’s first marriage follows a romance started after meeting Caroline at a Monte Carlo nightclub via mutual friends. Caroline had earlier dated Casiraghi’s childhood sweetheart before their union.
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Vatican
Caroline
Philippe Junot
Casiraghi
Monte Carlo
Paris Match
Brooke Shields Maintains Near A Average At Princeton
Brooke Shields 18 says in ABC-TV interview that during her first Princeton semester she earned mostly As with one B plus. She cites a lighter schedule than high school and more free time for city trips, work, and travel.
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New York
Brooke Shields
Princeton University
Abc-Tv
Random House drops corrected edition of Hutton biography
Random House will not issue a corrected version of Poor Little Rich Girl about Barbara Hutton. The 58,000 copies were recalled after errors about doctor Edward Kantor, including false dating of his training and early treatment years. The recall followed a potential libel suit and stormed as a major publishing recall.
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New York
Random House
Barbara Hutton
Miss Hutton
Edward Kantor
Kantor
Hutton
Thieves take hams as aid pours in after break in
In Lexington an inner city kitchen lost six large hams and a small amount of meat and cheese after a Wednesday night burglary. The theft did not deter widespread generosity as donations of turkeys, cash, and canned goods flooded in from banks, churches, crews, and grocery chains to support Christmas meals for 350 to 450 daily diners.
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Lexington
Community Kitchen Inc
Don Thibodeau
Christ Church Episcopal
Citizens Union Bank
Preston Lawson
Foodtown
Randall’s Grocery
Thibodeau
Cedar Rapids and area local government agendas and events
A schedule lists multiple meetings in Cedar Rapids Linn County and nearby towns. Items include Cedar Rapids City Council sessions, Linn Supervisors, zoning and civil defense meetings, Marion and Lisbon council talks, Coggon insurance decisions, and a school board gathering. A holiday program at Mount Mercy Auditorium is noted with a United Cerebral Palsy Association sponsorship and free admission.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
East Central
Iowa
Marion
City Hall
Lisbon
Coggon
Marion Zoning Board of Adjustment
Linn County Municipal Civil Defense Administration
City Hall Civil Defense Center
McAuley Auditorium
Mount Mercy
United Cerebral Palsy Association
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Garret FitzGerald
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Britain
James Prior
CBS
Provisional Ira
Belfast
Gerry Adams
Dawn Rogers
Memphis, Tenn
Princess Caroline
C. David Heymann
Hillendale Christian
College Community School Board
Prairie High School Library
Amana
Amana Society
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