Economic summit ends with broad pledge in Ottawa
United States and six other democracies closed their seventh annual economic conference in Ottawa with a pledge to revitalize economies. Leaders led by President Reagan avoided precise near term policy promises while stressing inflation reduction, high interest rates, and investment growth as central goals.
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Reagan
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Canada
France
Italy
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National Arts Center
Francois Mitterrand
Helmut Schmidt
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Layton conspiracy trial opens with 250 jurors eyed
In San Francisco UPI reports former Peoples Temple lieutenant Larry Layton faces a federal conspiracy trial. Judge Robert Peckham swore in about 250 potential jurors as screening begins and objections arise to closed door juror interviews scheduled after the pool is narrowed to roughly 200. Layton, 35, is charged with aiding the Jonestown attack that killed Rep. Leo Ryan and wounded diplomat Richard Dwyer in 1978. The airstrip shooting precipitated Jim Jones leading his followers to mass death.
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Larry Layton
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Robert Peckham
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Layton
Leo Ryan
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Richard Dwyer
Jonestown
Guyana
Jim Jones
Maze hunger strike talks fail as IRA-linked leaders demand presence
A surprise bid to end the Maze hunger strike failed after prisoners refused discussion without their IRA commander. In Maghera gunmen fatally shot a man misidentified as an Ulster Defence Regiment member, thought to be IRA Provisional wing. Thatcher ruled out negotiations under duress as hunger strikers press for political status amid rising deaths.
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Northern Ireland
Maze
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Maghera
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Provisional
Kieran Doherty
Kevin Lynch
Irish National Liberation Army
Margaret Thatcher
Hazardous device explodes in Swiss department store
In Lausanne a powerful explosion injures 25 in a midtown department store. Armenian extremists claimed responsibility via the June 9th Organization. This follows two earlier blasts in Bern and Zurich within 48 hours, none and five injuries respectively.
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Pentagon identifies remains of three Vietnam War pilots
The Pentagon named three American pilots identified as killed during the Vietnam War and turned over by Hanoi on July 7. An expert said one pilot died on impact and the other two perished in captivity, with more than 160 other servicemen still unaccounted for among 2,456 missing in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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Hillside Strangler murder charges upheld against Buono
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused to dismiss 10 Hillside Strangler murder charges against Angelo Buono, citing insufficient reason. The case remains for a jury after a key witness offered conflicting accounts. the 1977 1978 hillside killings were the backdrop of the prosecution.
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Polish airline and dockers avert threatened strikes
The Polish government,LOT workers and Baltic port dockers reached a compromise to avoid looming strikes. Solidarity at LOT suspended action after a government pledge to keep negotiations going, though workers sought a director chosen by employees in June.
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Henryk Tarasiewicz
Wojciech Jaruzelski
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Polish plane hijacked lands in West Berlin
A 21-year-old Polish hijacked a LOT airliner with 50 aboard, diverting to Templehof in West Berlin where he surrendered. The craft then flew to Gdansk with all others aboard except the suspect. No injuries reported as Berlin police take custody. The hijacker reportedly carried a hand grenade and a handgun.
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