Plane designer Sopwith dies at 101 in England
Aviation pioneer Sir Thomas Sopwith, who built Britain's top fighter planes in three wars and designed the aircraft that felled the Red Baron, died Friday at his mansion near Winchester. He was 101 and his son called his death due to old age after a marvelous life.
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Dutch pardon war criminals in the Hague strikes back
Dutch legislators freed Nazi war criminals Franz Fischer aged 87 and Ferdinand aus der Fuenten aged 79 after 43 years in jail and sent them to West Germany. They were convicted for roles in the Holocaust deaths of more than 10,000 Dutch Jews drawing opposition from those who urged lifelong imprisonment.
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Poland to host talks on Solidarity future
Solidarity leaders and top government officials agreed to meet February 6 in Warsaw to discuss political and economic freedom and the future of the banned independent union. Lech Walesa said he was satisfied and very tired after hours of overtime outside the Episcopate where he was staying.
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Warsaw Pact states pledge cuts in troops and spending
Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria said they will reduce military forces and defense budgets to align with Warsaw Pact partners. Romania remains largely isolated as the bloc quest continues.
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Police raid 50 homes in hunt for leftist extremist leader
Argentine police raided 50 homes as they hunt for Enrique Gorriaran Merlo who led an assault on an infantry base that killed 38 people. The government says the Monday attack was tied to his claim of involvement in Somoza’s 1980 assassination.
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Soviet AIDS outbreak reported in southern Russia hospital
Moscow AP reports 27 children infected with AIDS by tainted syringes at a republican children's hospital in Elista. The labor daily Trud cites suspected criminal negligence and a headlined Diagnosis Syringe as the article details the outbreak, the largest single incident in the Soviet Union.
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Search for Bundy victim continues in Utah snow
Salt Lake City AP reports searchers used metal detectors on snow covered sagebrush seeking the remains of 15 year old Sue Curtis. Curtis vanished in 1975 from Brigham Young University in Provo and investigators follow a lead Bundy gave 45 minutes before his death. The hunt centers on three dirt roads about ten miles southeast of Price, Utah, according to Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jerry Cowan.
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Hills Cleared to be Trade Representative by Senate Panel
The Senate Finance Committee voted 18-0 to recommend confirming attorney Carla Hills as U S trade representative. She pledged to push for open global markets and enforce existing agreements.
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Judge says presidential testimony during Iran Contras trial indisputable
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell asserted the court can compel presidential testimony and presidential records including Reagan’s diary, though warned to use such power as a last resort. North faces limited charges as trial set for Tuesday with a task force deeming classified documents non threatening.
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Wreck kills 50 Haitians in Dominican Republic sugar run
A truck carrying about 100 Haitian sugar cane workers plunged from a cliff near Cajabon and overturned, killing 50 people and injuring 40. Officials said 41 men, six children, and three women died. all victims were Haitian except one Dominican police officer. Rescue teams worked for hours amid scattered bodies.
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LaRouche is sentenced to 15 years in prison in Alexandria
Political activist Lyndon LaRouche received a 15 year prison sentence in Alexandria for defrauding the IRS and defaulting on over 30 million dollars in loans from supporters. Six LaRouche aides were also convicted on 35 counts of mail fraud and conspiracy, with shorter terms and fines.
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Guilty pleas tie campaign money to defense fraud case
Three Unisys and Pentagon officials admit illegal campaign contributions and bribe schemes in a widening federal probe of military procurement. The Plea documents name Sen James Sasser and reps Dyson Dickson Ray Chappell among recipients, with Unisys and a Marine Corps supervisor implicated in bribery and coercion allegations.
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Man Arrested in Woodrow Wilson High School Shooting
Washington police charged 18 year old Rodney Reardon with assault with intent to murder after gunfire outside Woodrow Wilson High School wounded four students. An affidavit says he was one of at least four gunmen targeting students over a seat dispute. another suspect is at large.
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