New Mayors Take Office
New mayors take oaths as they assume office. In Philadelphia W. Wilson Goode, the citys first black mayor, recites the oath with Judge Lawrence Prattis administering. His family observes as Goode succeeds William Green. In Boston Raymond Flynn is sworn in with wife Cathy watching, Judge Edward Hennessey officiating, succeeding Kevin White.
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W. Wilson Goode
Philadelphia
Goode
Natasha
Velma
W. Wilson Jr
Lawrence Prattis
William Green
Boston
Raymond Flynn
Cathy
Edward Hennessey
Flynn
Kevin White
Record flood swamps Leningrad amid Baltic storm of New Year
Soviet officials report a New Year coastal storm from Estonia drove the Baltic Sea level up at Kronstadt and along the Neva delta flooding more than 35 square kilometers of Leningrad seafront and nearby resort areas. No casualties listed. Repairs under way as flood barriers advance.
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Moscow
Estonia
Leningrad
Baltic
Neva
Tass
Peter the Great
Baltic Sea
Kronstadt
Tallinn
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Finland
El Salvador bridge destroyed halting traffic and costing repairs
Rebels destroyed the Cuscatlan Bridge on the Pan American Highway crippling traffic in the eastern third of El Salvador. Government engineers estimate 3.7 million dollars needed for repairs after a New Year’s Day assault overwhelmed 200 defenders.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Cuscatlan
Duvalier Parade Throws Money As Urchins Scramble
In Port-au-Prince hundreds of street children mobbed the streets as President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier rode in a Mercedes Benz procession. Officials tossed coins and paper money from the limousine while youths bounced off the fenders trying to snatch the loot in an annual January ritual.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Duvalier
Saudi Prince Talal to Visit Cairo in Historic Middle East Move
Prince Talal Ibn Abdel-Aziz, half-brother of King Fahd, will travel to Cairo at the invitation of the Egyptian government for meetings with President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Fuad Mohieddin and Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ali. The visit marks a rare high level Saudi engagement since Egypt’s 1979 peace with Israel.
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Cairo
Egypt
Talal Ibn Abdel- Aiz
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Talal
Hosni Mubarak
Fuad Mohieddin
Kamal Hassan Aly
Moon son dies after December traffic crash
Heung Jin Moon aged 17, one of the 13 children of Rev Sun Myung Moon, died in a hospital after injuries from a Dec 22 collision on Route 9 with a tractor trailer. The Unification Church, founded by the elder Moon, runs a Barrytown seminary and US headquarters in New York City.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Heung Jin Moon
Irvington
Elder Moon
Barrytown
U.S
New York City
U S China Reach Industrial Cooperation Pact
The United States and China have a cooperation pact on industrial and technological development seen as a gesture of goodwill rather than a binding treaty. It aims to expand American involvement in Chinese industry, timed with Zhao Ziyang's Washington visit and amid a rising export climate for high technology items.
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Washington Post Service
Washington
United States
China
Zhao Ziyang
U.S
Commerce Department
Ington
Zhao
Reagan
Carter
Bo Yibo
Taiwan
Peking
Malcolm Baldrige
Nigerian military ruler orders price cuts and curbs corruption
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari directs top civil servants to stamp out corruption and deploys soldiers to Lagos markets to force price reductions. Lagos Radio cites dusk to dawn curfew, border closures, and arrests as civilian leaders face roundup. Shagari whereabouts unknown amid coup fallout.
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London
Nigeria
Mohammed Buhari
Lagos Radio
Buhari
Lagos
Shehu Shagari
Shagari
Father shoots man after New Year’s party delay
In Ferndale Michigan a father killed Joseph Blazers 25 after his daughter’s boyfriend Kevin Olli was late from a New Year’s Eve party. Victor Svehar 42 was arraigned on open murder charges as witnesses said the shooting followed a 4 a.m. return home.
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Ferndale, Mich
Joseph Blazers
Kevin Olli
Victor Svehar
Svehar
Olli
Blazers
Woman sets herself afire in Southington condo
A 58 year old woman poured kerosene over her body and set herself ablaze in her Southington condominium on Monday. She rushed to a terrace where she died despite her husband’s attempts to extinguish the flames. Andrea Nichols left a death by own action note.
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Southington
Conn
Andrea Nichols
Arthur Toth
Salem nuclear plant begins controlled shutdown after leak
A minute leak of radioactive water in the Salem reactor vessel led to a controlled shutdown as workers were restaging the plant after fixing a non nuclear system repair. Officials said the incident occurred during the return to service on Monday.
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Lower
Alloways Creek
N.J
Salem
U S chief justice calls for more federal judgeships
Chief Justice Warren Burger says the nation needs 51 new trial judges and 24 new appellate judges to curb backlogs. He criticizes a "lawyer glut" and blames Congress for delaying judgeships since 1978. He urges creation based on Judicial Conference surveys rather than ad hoc expansions.
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Washington
Warren Burger
Glut
Burger
United States
U.S. Judicial Conference
Congress
Judicial Conference
Electrical blast injures guests at Westin on Copley Square
An electrical fire and transformer explosion at the 37 story Westin Hotel in Boston caused thick smoke and a power outage. Sixty six people including 26 firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation as 114 guests evacuated or sheltered outside. Damage exceeded 500000 dollars.
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Boston Hotel
Boston
Westin
Copley Square
Huntington Avenue
Ken Bruynell
Bruynell
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China Legal System
Zhongguo Fazhi Bao
Communist Party
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Northern Ireland
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Irish Republic
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Irish Republican Army
America
Earl Scheib
Dupont
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