Vatican Kremlin discuss papal visit to Lithuania next year
Preliminary Vatican Kremlin talks on Pope John Paul II visiting Soviet Lithuania next March for the 500th anniversary of St. Casimir. Polish church sources call the plan possible but far from certain, with Western diplomats skeptical Russia would permit such a trip. Rome and Moscow approach cautious, while Lithuanian church leaders express strong desire.
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Lithuania
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Soviet Union
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Lithuanian Conference of Bishops
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Hollywood stunt duo scales 73-story Detroit tower during tornado watch
Hollywood stunt man Ron Broyles and Kenneth Rick scaled the 73 story Westin Hotel in Detroit amid a tornado watch finishing what they called the first double climb of a skyscraper. Police arrested all three climbers including Fred Jones as disorderly conduct suspects.
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Mich
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Renaissance Center
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Houston
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Ontario
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Arson Suspect Held Without Bond After Tampa Inferno
John William Ferry Jr., 30, was ordered held without bond on charges of first degree murder and first degree arson for spraying gasoline inside a suburban supermarket and triggering a blaze that killed two women and injured 16 others. The attack left eight hospitalized.
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Envoy to Salvador to arrange talks with guerrillas
Richard Stone, Reagan's special envoy to Central America, will return to El Salvador this week to set up a meeting between El Salvador's peace commission and Marxist guerrillas seeking to overthrow the government. The State Department would not comment.
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Falwell Links AIDS to Politics at Fourth of July Rally
In Cincinnati Jerry Falwell blamed politicians for not acting against AIDS due to homosexual voting power. He called AIDS God’s punishment and warned Reagan against the “gay plague” while about 50 demonstrators gathered outside the hotel.
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Reagan
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Prison riot at Moberly Center leaves guard dead
About 20 inmates segregated after a Sunday night disturbance at the Moberly Training Center for Men in Missouri left guard Thomas Jackson, 62, dead and five others injured. Guards fired shotgun rounds to end the melee in a housing unit. one other guard, Harold Maupin, was hospitalized after surgery for a damaged artery. The facility houses about 1,300 inmates.
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Thomas Jackson
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Trans World jet lands in Iceland after engine problem
A TWA Boeing 747 en route from London to Los Angeles made an unscheduled landing at Keflavik Airport due to a malfunction in the No 1 engine. The 293 passengers were taken to Reykjavik while spare parts were flown in from London for repairs.
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Woman killed as Florida furniture store roof caves in
In Orlando, a 5,000 square foot steel and concrete roof collapsed at Aaron Sells furniture store just before noon. One woman died, another woman was rescued after 75 minutes, and Karen Miller, 24, sustained minor injuries. Weather and high winds suspected as factors.
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Tenn
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Magic Mart Discount
Death row hits record with 1050 prisoners awaiting execution
Washington AP reports 1050 inmates were on death row at year end, the highest in U.S. history, up 22.7 percent from 1981. The Justice Department notes longer appeals and more sentences, with California and Florida leading in new death sentences and southern states housing most inmates.
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Bush in Dublin for 24 hour visit amid protests
Vice President George Bush arrived in Dublin to a 24 hour visit marked by about 100 demonstrators outside the U.S. Embassy. Protesters carried placards calling for peace and U.S. pullout from Central America while about 200 police ringed the compound. The crowd remained peaceful as Bush entered in a bulletproof limousine for a Fourth of July event.
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Central America
Both Sides Claim Victory In Chihuahua Elections
In Chihuahua on Sunday both the government party and the National Action party claimed victory in mayoral and congressional races but provided no figures. Official returns for Chihuahua Durango Zacatecas Michoacan and Campeche were not due until later in the week. The vote served as a popularity test for President Miguel de la Madrid amid a severe recession.
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National Action
Chihuahua
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Zacatecas
Michoacan
Campeche
Miguel de la Madrid
Caricom Summit Opens In Port of Spain
Jamaica's Prime Minister Edward Seaga urged the Communi ty's 12 English-speaking Caribbean leaders to uphold human rights and political freedom at the opening of the Caricom summit in Port of Spain.
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Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad
Edward Seaga
Jamaica
CARICOM set to debate divisive issues at four day meeting
Remarks implied criticism of Grenada and Guyana, signaling that contentious political topics will be debated during the four day meeting of the Caribbean Community and Common Market and its membership requirements.
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Caribbean Community and Common Market
Landslide after 5.5 quake blocks road near San Jose
An earthquake measuring 5.5 jolted Costa Rica and left six motorists trapped under tons of rubble east of San Jose. One woman was killed, at least 50 injured, and about 400 were left homeless as engineers used bulldozers to reach the trapped motorists.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Sandinista Army Repels 150-Man Invasion Force
Defense Ministry spokesman said government troops routed a 150-man anti Sandinista invasion group in southern Nicaragua and forced them into Costa Rica. Capt. Roberto Sanchez noted San Juan del Norte was under Sandinista control while rebels fired from Costa Rican soil. sporadic fighting also reported in northern Nicaragua with Honduras based rebels, though unconfirmed due to poor communications.
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Nicaragua
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Costa Rica
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San Juan del Norte
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