Inmates riot at four Tennessee prisons over new uniforms
Ram paging convicts seized hostages and set fires at four facilities, including Tennessee State Prison in Nashville and Turney Center in Only. Inmates cited striped uniforms, hunger and crowding as causes while officials sought to end the uprisings without broader chaos.
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Census finds drop in school-age kids amid toddler rise
Census Bureau estimates show the school-age population 5 to 17 fell 5.3 percent from 1980 to 1984, with sharp declines in D.C., Connecticut, and Massachusetts. In contrast, under-5 children rose 9 percent to 17.8 million as the postwar baby boom advances into schools.
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Israelis Strike Protest as Nation Shuts Down in Mass Workers Walkout
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis staged a general strike protesting emergency economic decrees costing about 10,000 jobs and freezing wages. The Knesset backed the program in a confidence test for Prime Minister Shimon Peres ninth month in office. Pope John Paul II urged Slavs in the East bloc toward religious freedom and European unity in his fourth encyclical, praising ninth century saints who spread Christianity and envisioning a Europe living in cultural and spiritual harmony.
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Sinatra ends boycott of Atlantic City after critic’s remark
Frank Sinatra will return to perform in New Jersey after Casino Control Commissioner Joel R. Jacobson criticized Doonesbury strips about a 1983 incident and called Sinatra an obnoxious bully. Sinatra said it is time to put the incident behind and resume appearances in New Jersey.
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Arson Fire Destroys 47 Homes in Baldwin Hills Area
A fast moving arson fire in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles killed at least two people and destroyed 47 houses with about 50 more damaged. Officials estimated damages over 7.6 million dollars as Mayor Tom Bradley declared a local state of emergency. Police say the blaze is being treated as arson.
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Unwed teacher awarded damages in immorality lawsuit
Jeanne Eckmann, 38, won $3.3 million from Hawthorn School Board in a civil rights and defamation case after being fired in 1982 for keeping a baby she says resulted from a November 1980 rape. Compensatory $2 million and punitive $1.3 million awarded. board members face appeal.
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Reagan Wins Ruling On CFC Excluding Advocates
Supreme Court split 4-3 upholds government broad power to exclude legal and political advocacy groups from the Combined Federal Campaign, limiting their charity drive access. The ruling comes as the 1984 85 term ends and reverses a lower court decision. AR: Environmental Protection Agency orders landlords and utilities to remove thousands of PCB fluid transformers from buildings within five years and strengthen protections for non removal transformers.
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Remains of 13 Airmen Returned From Laos Crash
The White House says remains of 13 American airmen killed in a Laos gunship crash have been recovered by a U.S. Laotian team in February and identified in Hawaii. Families have been notified as the incident marks a postwar reconvening of fallen service members.
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