Anti Sandinista Rally Draws Thousands in Managua
In Managua thousands gathered for a banned anti Sandinista protest that was briefly allowed. The march honored Pedro Joaquin Chamorro killed January 10, 1978 as demonstrators urged democracy and denounced repression. Police kept order with no major incidents amid a government decree reimposing a state of emergency.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
la Prensa
Carlos Huembes
Worker's Central Labor Group
Chamorro
Anastasio Somoza
Guillermo Castillo
la Prensa Worker’s Union
Democratic Coordinate
Huembes
Daniel Ortega
Marion Schoen former Glenn Miller singer dies at 67
Marion Hutton Schoen former lead vocalist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra died at her Kirkland Washington home after a long cancer battle. She joined Miller in 1939, later recorded for Armed Forces Radio and MGM, appeared in Universal films with Abbott and Costello and others, and retired in 1954 to focus on helping women with alcoholism.
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Kirkland, Wash
Marion Hutton
Schoen
Glenn Miller
Miller
Army Air Corps
Armed Forces Radio
MGM Records
Universal Studios
Abbott and Costello
Donald O’connor
Marx Brothers
Perry Como
Bob Hope
Jack Carson
Iranian stowaways jump ship in New York Harbor
Four Iranian stowaways were pulled from 39 degree water after leaping from the Panama nian freighter Estoril near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Coast Guard rescued them and INS custody is planned with interviews and interpreters. A fifth man remained aboard Port Newark.
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New York
Port Newark
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Greg Lee
INS
Washington
Coast Guard
Varick Street
Manhattan
Charles Troy
Burlington
Troy
Robert Levalley
Leo
Estoril
Istanbul
Turkey
Michael Schultz
Schultz
Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Levalley
Iraq Basra Front Sees Heavy Fighting in Persian Gulf War
Iraqi forces launch dawn counterattack near Fish Lake six miles east of Basra as Iran claims capture of two Iraqi outposts. Reports cite 600 Iraqi prisoners, 18 Iraqi planes downed, and Iranian strikes on Qom Esfahan and Dezful. Basra endures shelling with multiple casualties.
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Los Angeles Times
Baghdad
Iraq
Basra
3Rd Army
Fish Lake
Baghdad Radio
Iran
IRNA
Nicosia
Cyprus
Qom
Esfahan
Dezful
Ramhormoz
Nahavand
Borujerd
Shatt al-Arab
Umm al-Rasas Island
Shah Muhaygin
Maine murder verdict without reporter testimony
Richard Steeves, 44, convicted of murdering Russell Bailey, 69, a Wells ex convict and gift shop owner, in a bloodied Mobile Home. Bailey died April 19 1985. Steeves faces 25 years to life. Reporter Robert Hohler may face criminal contempt for refusing to testify about an interview used as evidence.
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Rockland, Maine
Richard Steeves
Russell Bailey
Wells
Bailey
Steeves
Robert Hohler
Concord
N.H
Monitor
Fernand LaRochelle
Hohler
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Cory’s
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Kris
Santiago
Marion Schoen
N.Y
G. Arthur Brennan
Brennan
Petites
Dic
Ner
Orlg
Lowe
VISA
Mastercard
American Express
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