Titanic explorers return with photo treasures from wreck
At Woods Hole the expedition led by Robert D Ballard arrived aboard the Atlantis II with 57 000 color photos and hours of videotapes from the Titanic wreck 74 years submerged 24 miles below. Ballard says a photo mosaic will form from about 100 of the images and the team produced 140 videotapes. The Navy funded the five year 2 8 million project to test deep sea vehicles and the ship cannot be raised.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Robert D. Ballard
Ballard
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Washington, D.C
William Lange
U.S. Navy
Adm
Brad Mooney
Office of Naval Research
Navy
Rebellion charges filed in Philippines linked to Tolentino raid
Justice Ministry announces rebellion charges against Arturo Tolentino, 25 civilians, and 15 military men for a 38 hour July revolt against the government. Separate move proposes dropping rebellion charges against some troops who pledged loyalty to Aquino. In Peru, guerrillas threaten Lima anniversary. 167 arrests reported. In London, police arrest man over eight elderly stranglings with fingerprints linked to cases.
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Manila
Philippines
Arturo Tolentino
Justice Ministry
Tolentino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Hawaii
Corazon Aquino
Neptali Gonzales
Aquino
London
Press Association
Britain
Scotland Yard
Arested
O Neal Indicted in Maryland Boat Deaths
Griffin ONeal son of actor Ryan ONeal faces six counts including boat manslaughter in the Memorial Day boating death of Francis Ford Coppola s son Gian Carlo Coppola The incident occurred on the South River near Annapolis when the rented boat struck a tow rope.
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Young O’neal
Ryan O’neal
Annapolis
Francis Ford Coppola
Griffin O’neal
Warren Duckett
Anne Arundel County
O’neal
Gian- Carlo Coppola
South River
Coppola
Scientists plan Antarctic ozone hole expedition this year
Atmospheric researchers prepare a rare McMurdo Sound mission to study the South Pole ozone hole as the problem worsens. Biologists warn of rising ultraviolet risk to humans and oceans, with debate on whether the hole is a temporary climate phenomenon or driven by manmade gases.
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New York
South Pole
Antarctic
McMurdo Sound
South America
Australia
Africa
North Pole
United States
Antartica
Detroit city workers reject new contract amid 13 day walkout
Detroit striking workers voted down a proposed contract by about two to one, prolonging a 13 day walkout that has halted bus service and left garbage uncollected. Union spokesman Phil Sparks of AFSCME Council 25 described the defeat and ongoing labor dispute. In a separate memo, U.S. officials disclosed shipments of sensitive high technology to the Soviet bloc, highlighted as a major conspiracy by the Wall Street Journal.
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Detroit
Phil Sparks
Council 25
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Soviet Bloc
U.S
The
Wall Street Journal
W R Grace found guilty of contaminating wells
A federal jury found W R Grace and Co substantially contributed to contamination of two Woburn wells, causing leukemia in six residents and illness among others. Beatrice Foods was cleared. Trial moves to Sept 15 for causation phase. Grace disputes link to illnesses.
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Boston
W.R. Grace and Co
Woburn
Beatrice Foods Co
Jan R. Schlichtmann
Bea
Supreme Court blocks Creech execution and stays
The Supreme Court refused to allow the scheduled execution of Idaho murderer Thomas Eugene Creech. The ruling upheld a federal appeals court stay, keeping Creech, 35, from dying for the 1981 murder of prison inmate David Jensen who was bludgeoned with a sock full of batteries.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Idaho
Thomas Eugene Creech
Creech
David Jensen
Reagan Admin Probes Alleged Large Diversion Attempt
Washington officials say the Reagan administration is investigating an alleged attempt to divert large sums, with details focusing on financial maneuvering and potential actors unnamed in initial briefings. No charges have been filed as investigations continue.
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Prince Charles
Walter Cronkite
Harvard University
Prince of Wales
America
George Plimpton
George Shultz
Harvard
Shultz
Reagan
Washington
Reagan Administration
White House backs Shultz stance on grain sales dispute
The White House refused to back Secretary Shultz's opposition to a Senate plan to sell subsidized grain to the Soviet Union and China. Shultz called subsidizing such sales ridiculous and warned of possible international incidents with Australia.
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Washington
White House
Senate
George Shultz
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Shultz
Larry Speakes
Australia
House
Secretary of
Richard Lyng
Reagan
Speakes
Bob Dole
R.kane
Iate
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N.Y
Memorial Medical Center
Lewiston
Fitzgerald
Ray Smith
Mel Torme
Associated Press
New York Times
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Center For Earth and Planetary Physics
Ralph J. Cicerone
National Center For Atmospheric Research
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West Berlin
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Trice
Grace
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