Grishin ousted as Moscow party chief by Gorbachev
Viktor Grishin is replaced by Boris Yeltsin as head of Moscow's Communist Party chapter. Tass notes retirement but hints at possible Politburo removal. Gorbachev strengthens reformist circle ahead of February party congress amid housing and construction graft rumors.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Viktor Grishin
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Grishin
Boris Yeltsin
Tass
Politburo
Moscow Party
Konstantin Chernenko
Man calms angry spouse with ten million lottery win
Lloyd Christie a 50 year old bank mail sorter in Queens won a ten million dollar lottery jackpot becoming sole winner. He had bought several tickets and the claim caused his wife Nilva to scold him before the match was confirmed. She later calmed and admitted relief.
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New York
Lloyd Christie
Christie
Nilva
Queens
Rebels raid Lima supermarket during Christmas shopping rush
In a Christmas propaganda raid, leftist rebels seized Scala Supermarket in downtown Lima and urged looting. A shootout wounded a guard and three bystanders before rebels fled, police said. The A Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement claimed the action.
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Lima
Peru
Tupac Amaru
Scala
Federal judge weighs espionage case against courier
U S Magistrate Jean Dwyer ruled probable cause was barely met to charge Randy Miles Jeffries a 26 year old Acme Reporting Co courier with espionage. The hearing revealed a coworker saw him with documents before a person nearing the Soviet embassy and the judge noted the case remains weak but properly held him without bail pending grand jury action. The FBI stated he retrieved documents at work and a call from an identified source offered to sell top secret and secret papers later traced to a Defense Department transcript processed by Acme.
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Washington
U.S
Jean Dwyer
Randy Miles Jeffries
Acme Reporting Co
Dwyer
FBI
Jeffries
Giglia
Acme
Kevin Collins
Collins
Dano
Mall Crash Nightmarish Scene At Sunvalley Mall
A Beechcraft Baron crashed through the Macy’s roof at Sunvalley Mall near Buchanan Field, killing four people including the pilot and injuring 88. Debris and burning fuel showered a crowded area as children waited for Santa, with confusion and vivid suffering reported by witnesses and officials.
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Concord
Calif
Macy’s
Sunvalley
Santa Claus
David Sylstra
San Pablo
Santa
Christopher
Buchanan Field
Harold Wight
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Spain backs Nicaraguan peace talks amid Contadora stalemate
In Managua government leaders meet privately with opposition figures under a Spanish backed initiative. The aim is to end a four year conflict that has killed more than 15,000 in Nicaragua. A third session is planned next month with Independent Liberals and Social Christians participants.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Spain
Felipe Gonzalez
Contadora
Luis Cuervo Y Larregas
Sandinista Front
Independent Liberals
Social Christians
Mexico
Panama
Venezuela
Colombia
AIDS inmates turned over to Mother Teresa
Gov. Mario Cuomo, after a Christmas Eve plea from Mother Teresa, released three Sing Sing inmates with AIDS into her care. The inmates were granted medical furloughs and moved to St. Clare’s Hospital in New York City following phone discussions between Cuomo and the nun.
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Albany
N.Y
Mario Cuomo
Mother Teresa
Sing Sing State Prison
St. Clare’s Hospital
New York City
Thomas Coughlin
Cuomo
Gary Fryer
India
Sing Sing
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Mount of Olives
Chateliffs
Vernon Village Center
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Defense Department
Sunvalley Shopping Center
William Maxfield
Contra Costa County
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AIDS
Yang Ahn
Eureka Power Team
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