Three Soviet Soldiers Interned in Neutral Switzerland War Prevents
Three captured Soviet troops in Afghanistan are kept in a private wing of the St Johannsen facility near Lake Biel Switzerland. They receive 15 francs daily, work in fields, watch TV and swim while awaiting the Afghan war's end under a Geneva Convention accord brokered by the Red Cross and Soviet authorities.
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Lake Bienne
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Red Cross
Moscow
Pakistan
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Pappy Boyington to Speak in Osaka Meeting with Zero Pilots
World War II ace Col Gregory Pappy Boyington will be the featured speaker at the Zero Fighter Pilots Association annual meeting in Osaka on August 7. He recalls being shot down off Rabaul in 1944 and later held as a prisoner. he plans to meet the aviators who once fought him.
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Calif
UPI
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Zero Fighter Pilots Association
Osaka
Japan
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
Rabaul
Takeo Tanimizu
Administration backs Habib amid Bechtel consultancy
U S special Middle East envoy Philip Habib remains a consultant to Bechtel despite questions raised by Sen Larry Pressler He has full White House backing and state dept reassurance that his Bechtel ties do not affect peacekeeping efforts in the region.
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U.S
Middle East
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Bechtel Group Inc
Arab World
Reagan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bechtel
Habib
White House
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Rome
State Department
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Weinberger
Shultz
Fischer
George Shultz
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
Pressier
Rapid City
S.D
Saudi Arabia
Senate
Ex-con says diagram shows security at nuclear plant
King, a 30 year old ex convict, told police a diagram taped in his YMCA room outlined a Arkansas nuclear plant’s security. Police found a truckload of stolen electronics and explosives, including dynamite caps and a grenade, with officers charging him in burglary and possession of explosives.
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UPI
Arkansas
Michael Gerald King
FBI
Tennessee
Russellville
William Kell
King
Knoxville
Tommy Stiles
Stiles
University of Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Devastating Japan storm leaves hundreds dead and missing
The typhoon battered Kyushu and surrounding regions killing at least 210 people with 184 missing and about 33,000 homeless. Nagasaki suffered the brunt as 2,000 rescuers searched muddy debris for more bodies after heavy rainfall. 199 bodies were recovered in southern and western Japan.
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UPI
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U.S
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National Police Agency
Williams on Belushi in Los Angeles Times interview
Robin Williams publicly addressed John Belushi's overdose death saying he did not see Belushi use drugs the night he died. Williams denied ever using drugs that night and recalled Belushi seemed tired after a late conversation.
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UPI
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John Belushi
Los Angeles Times
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Mark
National Enquirer
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Blast Kills Woman in Colorado Bar Explosion
A gas blast at the Colorado Bar in Oak Creek, Colorado, killed 71-year-old co-owner Bessie Dallas and injures four others. Police say it was an accidental gas explosion with no hint of an explosive device. The blast occurred after 10 p.m. as 15 to 20 people were inside and rattled the town of about 900.
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Colorado Bureau of Investigation
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