FIST II crackdown nets 102 fugitives in Southern California
A UPI report says a federal strike force arrested 102 fugitives across Southern California in two months as part of FIST II. Officials note 865 total offenses, including armed robbery and credit card fraud, with 50 armed and dangerous suspects.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
U.S
Stephen Trott
Washington
William French Smith
United States
Smith
Trott
Miami
Justice Department
Thomas Vokes
Williams Defense Concludes Homosexuality Question in Trial
Defense rests its character witnesses for Wayne Williams amid testimony denying homosexual tendencies as prosecutors link the suspect to multiple killings in Atlanta. Separate items note George Wallace ethics ruling, ozone crop damage estimates, Social Security gaps for women, and a Ford contract approval by UAW leaders.
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UPI
Wayne Williams
Darlene Evans Cann
Williams
Jimmy Ray Payne
Nathaniel Cater
Chicago
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford Council
Ford
Pan Am 727 aborts takeoff after engine fire at Miami
A Pan Am Boeing 727 aborted takeoff from Miami when flames erupted from an engine. Two passengers were slightly injured during the emergency evacuation as the plane slid down chutes. The incident closed runways for over an hour and prompted an airport fire investigation.
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Miami
API
Pan American World Airways
Flight 975
Orlando
Ed Newbern
Pan Am
Pope John Paul II Visits Three African Nations in One Day
Pope John Paul II capped a brief Africa tour with landings in Nigeria Benin and Gabon nearly back to back. He urged Catholics to stay faithful while noting political contrasts as Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, a Benin native, drew the strongest applause.
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Los Angeles Times
Libreville
Gabon
John Paul II
el Italia
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Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea
Cotonou
Mathieu Kerekou
Kerekou
John Paul
Bernardin Gantin
Gantin
Curia
Mugabe sacks Nkomo and allies in cabinet shakeup
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe fired rival Joshua Nkomo and three supporters from the Cabinet, breaking a 22 month coalition and warning of potential unrest. He reshuffled portfolios to improve efficiency while seeking to maintain two thirds support in the National Assembly. The two leaders had earlier allied in the guerrilla war against white-minority rule in Rhodesia.
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Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Mugabe
Nkomo
National Assembly
Rhodesia
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