Cubans storm embassy in Quito seek asylum in Cuba
A Cuban group stormed the Ecuadorean Embassy in Havana taking Ambassador Jorge Perez Concha and two diplomats hostage. They demanded safe conduct and asylum, overpowering embassy guards and vowing to stay until granted exit from Cuba.
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Plane crash near Leningrad kills 23 Soviet generals and admirals
A Soviet IL-62 crash near Leningrad on February 7 killed 23 generals and admirals including Pacific fleet commander Adm. Emil Spiridonov and Vice Admiral Vladimir Sabaneev. The funeral for all 70 victims occurred in Leningrad as the party congress approached.
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Pipeline Explosion Shuts Beaumont Area Marsh Fire
An ethylene pipeline exploded and burned in a marsh by the Neches River near Beaumont Texas during parallel line construction. Three people were hospitalized after evacuation by boat and helicopter.
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Poland to Meet Walesa in bid to avert fratricidal war
Poland's deputy premier for labor affairs Mieczyslaw Rakowski said he will meet independent union leader Lech Walesa in Warsaw in a move seen as a major step toward avoiding a civil split. Jaruzelski urged a 90 day strike moratorium to stabilize the economy.
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Fire burns wing of Evelyn Acres Rest Home in New Jersey
Fire engulfed a wing of the Evelyn Acres Rest Home in Winslow New Jersey but authorities said no one was believed to be in that area. All residents were evacuated as firefighters fought the two story wood frame building. The blaze began around 530 p m CST and by 615 p m most of it was knocked down. Five nursing home fires in seven months have killed 62 people in New Jersey.
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Garwood avoids prison term after court martial
Garwood, the only U S turncoat of the Vietnam era, was sentenced to dishonorable discharge and demotion with no prison time. The Marine sergeant admitted loyalty to the Corps and the country while a civilian sexual misconduct case in Jacksonville was pending.
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Former hostages sue Iran for damages over Tehran embassy seizure
Three former American hostages file suit in U S District Court seeking 30 million dollars each from Iran and Ayatollah Khomeini for injuries and emotional distress during captivity after the November 4 1979 seizure of the U S Embassy in Tehran.
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