Helms resigns as FAA director
J Lynn Helms the FAA administrator who guided the air traffic system recovery after the 1981 controller crisis resigned effective January 31 with Reagan noting the move. He praised for reforms and modernization plans while facing ethics scrutiny from a Wall Street Journal report and congressional questions.
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J. Lynn Helms
Federal Aviation Administration
Reagan
Helms
FAA
Senate
Piper Aircraft Co
Helm
Marines Hear Hope and Stars on USS Guam Christmas Show
On the USS Guam off Beirut, Bob Hope Brooke Shields and Cathy Lee Crosby entertained 1800 Marines. Miss Jillian and Vic Damone performed as tensions lingered and the performers aimed to lift morale on Christmas Day aboard six ships.
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Lebanon
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Mississippi
Bob Hope
Brooke Shields
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Vic Damone
George Kirby
Miss Jillian
Bishop leads Indian exodus from Nicaragua into Honduras
American Bishop Salvador Schlaefer and about 1,300 Miskito refugees crossed into Honduras after fleeing Sandinista forces. He said planes and soldiers pursued them and fired as they escaped through jungle and mountains over three days. Honduras airlifted some refugees while others followed by land.
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Milwaukee
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Radio Nicaragua
Bomb Rocks Paris Restaurant Grand Vefour
A bomb outside the Grand Vefour restaurant near the Palais Royal shattered a wall and window injuring 10 people two critically. Police called the blast criminal in origin and Islamic Jihad has been cited by witnesses.
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Palais Royale
Bruce Hager
New York City
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Islamic Jihad
Lebanon
U.S
Kuwait
Ice patch caused Texas bus crash killing church group
A head on collision between a church bus from Hardin ISD and a tractor trailer on Texas Highway 61 near Devers killed nine people and injured at least 20. The crash occurred about 7:45 p.m. with patches of ice reported on overpasses and bridges in the area.
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Texas
Department of Public Safety
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Houston
Hardin Independent
Larry Todd
DPS
Austin
Cranston Hospitalized Pleurisy Sets Presidential Campaign Tone
Senator Alan Cranston 69 of California was admitted to Bethesda Naval Hospital with pleurisy of the right lung after diagnostic surgery confirmed mild inflammation. Campaign aides say doctors expect a swift recovery and note the condition stems from scar tissue.
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Washington
Alan Cranston
Bethesda Naval Hospital
California
John Russonello
Cranston
Russonello
Terror Attacks Rise Amid Chilean Violence Near Palace
In Santiago two gunmen wounded two policemen near a police station during morning rush hour. Terrorists also bombed a railroad bridge and killed a health worker at a slum clinic. Interior Minister Jarpa vowed harsher anti terrorism measures.
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Chile
Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Troops in Bethlehem mass for Christmas security
Busloads of Israeli troops entered Bethlehem to guard holiday celebrations amid threats from Palestinian and Jewish extremists. The force included anti terrorist squads, women soldiers for female searches, and bomb detection units. An Israeli colonel said security was tighter than since 1967.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Israel
Lilly reports higher cancer signal in Oraflex mice
Eli Lilly says it found an increased incidence of liver cancer in mice exposed to Oraflex. The firm notified the FDA and physicians after withdrawing the drug in 1982. Lilly began alerting about 534 doctors treating roughly 1,200 patients, about 800 of whom use it for arthritis.
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Washington
Eli Lilly & Co
Food and Drug Administration
Lilly
FDA
Fire charges dropped against UMass Amherst student
A Hampshire County prosecutor dismissed all charges against Yvette Henry in relation to one of more than 40 dorm fires at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. The DA cited new witness statements as the basis, offering no further details. Separately, a 21 year old janitor at the university was arrested for allegedly writing threatening graffiti on dormitory walls.
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Yvette Henry
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