Brazilians elect civilian president in landmark vote
Brazil’s electoral college selected Tancredo Neves, 74, as president by 480 to 180 over Paulo Maluf with 17 abstentions. Neves will assume office in two months and pledges direct elections in 1988 while promising inflation fight and gradual democratic reforms. Strong support comes from diverse groups forming a Liberal Front.
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New York Times
Brasilia
Brazil
Tancredo Neves
Neves
Paulo Salim Maluf
Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Joao Baptista Figueiredo
Aureliano Chaves
Upi
Risoleta
Neves urges conciliation in Brazil transition
In a Tuesday speech Neves called for conciliation between divergent groups and government, praising Figueiredo and the armed forces for keeping hands off the succession and avoiding intervention after two decades of military rule.
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Neves
Figueiredo
Taiwan says its intelligence officers involved in California murder
Taiwan confirms some military intelligence officers aided the killing of Chinese American author Henry Liu in Daly City California in October. Gen Wang Hsi Ling loses post as authorities say several officers were arrested. No extradition treaty exists between the United States and Taiwan.
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Washington Post
Los Angeles
Taiwan
California
United States
Taipei
Wang Hsi-Ling
Reuters
Henry Liu
Daly City
Calif
Chen Chen
National Taiwan *University
Chen
Liu
Nationalist Party
State Department
Alan Romberg
FBI
U.S
Boy rescues ten from ice floe near Urk Netherlands
Twelve year old H Rense Bakker navigated a six foot inflatable dinghy through icy water off Urk to rescue ten children stranded on a breaking ice floe. Police used spotlights as aid and a larger rowboat later collected four others and an adult. The Ark lifeboat could not reach them due to being frozen in harbor.
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Urk
Netherlands
H Rense Bakker
Rense
Henk Stam
Ark Town
Ijsselmeer
Stam
Explosion at Union Imports fireworks plant kills one
An explosion at the Union Imports fireworks factory on an Ohio farm killed one worker and left three others critically burned. The blast happened about 3 30 p.m. destroying a wood and metal building the size of a two car garage.
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Old Washington
Ohio
Union Imports
Moore Regains Lone Ranger Mask Rights In 1980 New Year
Actor Clayton Moore, aged 70, regains the right to wear the Lone Ranger mask after Wrather Corp. won a 1979 court order. The restraining order was dropped last year and Moore will resume public appearances with the mask.
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Clayton Moore
Moore
Crusader
Wrather Corp
Wrather
Superior Court
U S Expands Limited Military Aid To Mozambique
Washington plans 1985 non-lethal military assistance totaling 1 million dollars for Mozambique plus 150000 dollars for training Mozambican forces as the United States cultivates a limited ties with the Marxist country amid improved relations in the past two years.
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Washington
United States
Mozambique
U.S
Veteran shoots self at Vietnam Memorial in Washington
Randolph Taylor a 38 year old Vietnam War veteran in California who sought VA treatment shot himself near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in predawn hours. He was listed in fair condition at George Washington University Hospital. This marks the second such incident near the memorial in four months.
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Washington Post Service
Washington
Randolph Taylor
Veterans Administration
California
Taylor
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
George Washington University Hospital
Price hikes spark riots in Jamaica
Riots paralyzed Jamaica as thousands protested fuel price increases blocking roads with burning tires. Police reported deaths and injuries amid clashes in Kingston and across the island, with flights canceled and Parliament session called off.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Caribbean
People’s National Party
Clarendon
Jamaica Defense Force
Government Information Service
Ocho Rios
Montego Bay
Playboy ends staples in centerfolds
Playboy magazine will switch from staple binding to glue binding starting with the October issue. Nat Lehrman says the change makes ads easier to swap by region and gives the magazine a booklike appearance. The exact centerfold display method will be decided by August.
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Chicago
Playboy Magazine
Nat Lehrman
Playboy
Lehrman
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