Russians Free Seven Anti Whaling Activists At Sea
Seven Greenpeace activists released after five days in Soviet custody for landing at a Lorino whaling station to photograph protests. They were transferred from a Soviet ship to the Rainbow Warrior near the International Date Line and headed to Nome, Alaska.
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Soviet Union
Greenpeace Foundation
Alaska
Siberia
Fedor Matisen
Nome
Patrick Moore
Greenpeace Canada
Moore
Vancouver
British Columbia
Peter Willcox
Lorino
Ivan Nikonorov
International Whaling Commission
England
Nikonorov
Soviets Record World Record Low Temperature In Antarctica
Soviet polar explorers at Vostok station in Antarctica reported a new record low of minus 128.6 Fahrenheit on July 21. The previous record of minus 126.9 F dated from August 24, 1960, with 21 staffers at the station in good health and spirits.
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Moscow
Antarctica
Space
Tass
Vostok
Leningrad
Arnold Budretsky
Budretsky
Heat Wave Pushes Death Toll Across Midwest and South
The nationwide heat wave reaches 123 deaths with record highs in multiple states. Chicago nursing home deaths tied to cooling failure. St Louis, Louisville, Dayton report fatalities. Cooling centers open as utilities and hospitals cope with surging demand and evacuations.
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Center For Human Development
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Harold Washington
Ware
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Protesters urge Trudeau to Refuse the Cruise across U S
Thousands protest cruise missile tests across major Canadian cities and U S consulates. Demonstrations in Toronto Montreal Vancouver Edmonton Saskatoon Winnipeg Montreal Halifax St John s Dallas Charlotte and other locales target Canada US plans for missile tests and urge Prime Minister Trudeau to refuse the cruise.
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Canada
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Toronto
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Hiroshima
Boston
Dian Anti
Ken Perseau
Peo
Ple
Dallas
Jan Danielson
Charlotte
N.C
SANE
Betsy Bilger
Reynolds Buried Amid Mourners Including President
Television anchor Frank Reynolds was laid to rest in a ceremony attended by President Reagan and First Lady. Pope John Paul II sent condolences to Reynolds’s widow and five sons as autopsies begin on two unidentified men found dead in cardboard boxes near a Los Angeles freeway.
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Washington
Frank Reynolds
United States
Vatican
John Paul II
Reynolds
Reagan
Los Angeles
Educator Held in Lebanon Iran Thankful After Release
David S. Dodge, former acting president of the American University in Beirut, thanked the Syrian government for help with his release after a year in captivity in Lebanon and Iran. He declined to discuss his kidnapping publicly and appeared for medical evaluation at Yale-New Haven Hospital after state debriefing.
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Lebanon
Iran
Beirut
David S. Dodge
American University
Yale-New Haven
State Department
Dodge
Flooding and landslides kill 45 in Japan
Torrential storms drenched southwestern Honshu with up to 22 inches of rain leaving 45 dead 38 injured and 59 missing. Shimane prefecture suffered the worst damage as police reported the high casualty toll.
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Honshu
Japan
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Shimane
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