Colombia extradites 4 to U S in first under 1982 pact
Four Colombians indicted on U S drug charges were flown to Florida from Colombia in the first extraditions after the 1982 treaty. Justice officials called the transfers a sign of growing Colombian cooperation despite violence threats and political unrest following the assassination of Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
United States
Florida
Justice Department
Department
Thomas DeCair
Miami
DeCair
Colombia
Rodrigo Lara Bonilla
Belisario Betancur
Betancur
Vietnamese Troops Clash With Thai Forces on Border
Vietnamese troops crossed the border near O Bok in northwestern Cambodia and fought Thai forces, killing at least one Thai soldier and wounding nine. Viet Namese gunners then shelled a resistance base opposite Nam Yuen district, sending refugees fleeing into Thailand and prompting border village evacuations. Military officials gave no casualty figures.
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Washington Post
Bangkok
Thailand
Hanoi
O Bok
Cambodia
Nam Yuen
Naruedol Detpradiyuth
Vietnam
Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
Ampil
Paranoid Schizophrenic Seized Pan Am Jet, Hostages Saved
A woman armed with a gun hijacked Pan Am Flight 558 en route to New York, taking seven hostages. After two hours, police stormed the Boeing 727 as the suspect threatened an infant. passenger Oranette Mays was wounded but survived. Hostages described the ordeal and the hijacker as impassive. Authorities identified the suspect as Oranette, with names varying across papers. The FBI and Cleveland police will pursue charges.
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Cleveland
Bonnie Esterquest
Pan American Airways
New York
Pan Am
Brook Hunt
Oranette Mays
SWAT
FBI
John Dunn
Mays
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
Dunn
Frank Esterquest
Mrs. Esterquest
Mother recalls beating over chips at Florida playground
Florence Ellison says her 6 year old son Torrence was taunted by four youths who demanded his potato chips at Pleasant City Community Center in West Palm Beach. Torrence Davis died the day after the scuffle on November 26. Police forwarded manslaughter charges against four boys aged 4, 9, 10 and 13 to the Palm Beach County state attorney.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
State Attorney's Office
Palm Beach County
Jerry Winebrenner
Chrysler and Ford announce modest price increases
Chrysler Corp plans an average 0.9 percent rise in car prices and 1.9 percent in trucks, amounts of about 106 and 234 dollars per vehicle. Ford follows with light-truck price hikes, while GM previously announced a 2 percent car price increase. Space shuttle Discovery readies for a classified payload on Jan. 23 with a Navy-led crew. A five year old mauled by a tiger at Lion Country Safari will be settled out of court for up to 20 million dollars prompt attorney says.
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Warsaw
Poland
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Philip Benton
Ford
Navy
Thomas Mattingly
Westminster
Calif
Lion Country Safari
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Takahiro Adachi
Tokyo
Budokan
Ctes
London
Russell Page
Fitzroy Nuffield Hospital
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Les Halles
Paris
Hallowed Fruit and Vegetable Market
Battersea Gardens
Thames
Rocker
Ethiopia
Bob Geldof
REGIS
Urs
Chrysler
Pad Cape Canaveral, Fla
Boy
Bovives
Jan
Niele S
First
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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