Kidnapped American Priest Seized in West Beirut
Roman Catholic priest Lawrence Martin Jenco 50 of Joliet Illinois was abducted by eight gunmen in West Beirut while en route to Catholic Relief Services offices. Witnesses say he was forced from his car, with his driver beaten, as tensions rise after other disappearances in the city.
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Lebanon
West Beirut
Lawrence Martin Jenco
Joliet
Ill
Catholic Relief Services
West
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Jenco
Eric Wehrli
Amal
Nabih Berri
An Nahar
Wehrli
Atat
Hussein al- Atat
Zurich
Hussein al-Atat
Rome
U.S
Hamra Street
Khaled Krounfel
Vietnamese overrun Ampil rebel camp in Cambodia
Thousands of Khmer People's National Liberation Front guerrillas abandon Ampil after a 30 hour battle as Vietnamese forces seize the base. Rebels flee toward Thailand while Thai troops report casualties and a downed fighter plane. Civilians evacuated to a U.N. site in Thailand.
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Thailand
Ampil
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High Command
Dong Ruk
Cambodia
U.N
Law to remove road signs fails to improve safety, GAO finds
A GAO report on the 1965 Highway Beautification Act shows about 200 000 non conforming and illegal billboards remain, with nearly 200 million dollars spent to compensate owners. It notes three times as many new signs were erected in 1983 as old ones removed, and loopholes and weak enforcement kept the program from boosting highway scenery.
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Washington
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Soviet plant disaster fears in Kuzbass Basin
In western Siberia at an underground defense plant near Leninsk Kuznetsk a major accident killed hundreds. Soviet army and KGB sealed the area. cause unknown. Officials and party leaders rushed to the site in a hush reaction, with no official Soviet press coverage.
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Kuzbass
KGB
Leninsk- Juznetski
Kuzbass Basin
Tomsk
Supreme Court rules airline practiced age discrimination
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Trans World Airlines illegally barred pilots from becoming flight engineers at age 60. The decision allows aging pilots to "bump" less senior engineers, with damages to be determined by lower courts. Police detention ruling also upheld, expanding stop and question authority on wanted flyers.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Supreme Court
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Sandra Day O'Connor
Kentucky
Heston to Make London Stage Debut in The Caine Mutiny
Hollywood star Charlton Heston plans to perform Capt. Queeg in London marking his long held dream to act on the stage there. He said acting in London equates to acting on stage and feels exhilaration about joining the production.
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Hollywood
Chariton Heston
Capt. Queeg
Heston
Freed vigilante Goetz posts bail after subway shooting
Bernhard Goetz released from Rikers Island after posting 50000 in cash bail. He left with attorney Frank Brenner and is due in Manhattan Criminal Court for arraignment.
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New York
Bernhard Goetz
Riker’s Island
Frank Brenner
Correction Department
Goetz
Manhattan Criminal Court
Bogard Resigns as LSC President Amid Criticism
Washington The Legal Services Corp. president Donald Bogard resigns after a two year tenure described as a lightning rod for criticism. He will leave January 31 amid accusations he shared President Reagan’s push to abolish the agency. The LSC funds 320 programs offering non criminal legal help to the poor nationwide.
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Washington
Donald Bogard
Legal Services Corp
Bogard
Reagan
Congress
Deputy shot between eyes continues pursuit and helps capture robbers
Port Huron deputy Ray Gleason was hit by a .38 caliber bullet between his eye and nose but kept chasing two bank robbery suspects on I-94. The suspects fled to a Kimball Township home before deputies halted them, recovering about $12,000. Gleason was listed in fair condition and expected to go home in days.
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Mich
Ray Gleason
St. Clair County
David Doktor
Gleason
Port Huron Hospital
Peg Larkin
Nicholas Douvas
Douvas
Lindke
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