Smallest Atlantic crossing yacht ends in Portugal drift
British sailor Tom McClean, 40, in a 7 foot 9 inch Giltspur, battles adverse winds after departing St John’s Newfoundland June 6. His wife says he remains on course toward Portugal, aiming to land in two or three days, despite missing England. He had set a 9 foot 9 inch record previously and claims the smaller craft as the limit for ocean sailing.
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England
Tom McClean
Portugal
Atlantic
Jill McClean
McClean
Isle of Skye
Scotland
St. John's
Newfoundland
Giltspur
Solo Pacific rower Peter Bird ends voyage in Australia
Peter Bird, who spent ten months rowing the Hele On Britannia from San Francisco to Australia, was rescued off Cape Weymouth near the Great Barrier Reef. He completed 8,990 nautical miles a mile from the reef as heavy waves threatened his craft. Bird plans a U.S. lecture tour before moving to Australia for tourism promotion work.
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London
Peter Bird
Pacific Ocean
Bird
San Francisco
Australia
Hele-On- Britannia
Cape Weymouth
Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea
U.S
Kennedy says another Democrat could run but not him
Senator Edward Kennedy indicates space for a new Democratic candidate in the crowded 1984 race though he reiterates he will not enter. Newspaper quotes Kennedy saying he would like to be president but adds his mind is made up. Some leaders urge reconsideration amid Moynihan’s view he could win.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Pin Bontae Tisoats
Poston Meralg
Kennedy
New York
Daniel Moynihan
Rooney tests horse racing method amid Sugar Babies run
Mickey Rooney, starring in Sugar Babies at the Wang Center in Boston, discusses his horse racing approach. He travels to tracks nationwide and filters contenders by post position seven and past performance, seeking those with a recent drop in odds despite poor finishes.
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Boston
Mickey Rooney
Wang Center For the Performing Arts
America
Rooney
Buried treasure clues lead to $10,000 strongbox
Susan Young, an eighth grade English teacher in Stokes County, published Belinda's Book in March 1982. The book gives clues to locate a buried strongbox in King, North Carolina containing a note promising $10,000 in gold coins. She says teens could solve it but months pass with few correct answers.
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KING
N.C
Susan Young
Pancoast ordered held for trial in Morgan murder
Marvin Pancoast, 33, is held without bail to await an Aug 12 arraignment in Van Nuys Superior Court for the baseball bat beating death of his roommate model Vicki Morgan. The hearing raised questions of competence but judge Satt ruled a fair trial possible. Morgan, once linked to Alfred Bloomingdale, died after a series of blows. Pancoast contends innocence and insanity.
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Los Angeles
Marvin Pancoast
Vicki Morgan
Pancoast
Miss Morgan
James E. Satt
Stanley Weisberg
van Nuys
Satt
Arthur Bar
Ens
Barens
Robert Bucklin
Weisberg
Waitress wins harassment case over skimpy uniforms
Monique Brand and a coworker won a federal ruling that the hotpants violated equal employment rules. They returned to work at the Holiday Inn lounge in Tewksbury wearing skirts or slacks, while customers wore the short shorts in question.
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Tewksbury
Mass
Monique Brand
Tewksbury Holiday Inn
Explosion at Rajneesh hotel in Portland injures man and shocks city
A Los Angeles man, Stephen P. Poster, 34, was charged with arson after a 1:19 a.m. explosion rocked the Hotel Rajneesh in downtown Portland. Two more blasts and a fire followed about 90 minutes later. One police officer inhaled smoke. the man is in critical condition after surgery. Bomb squad investigated as Rajneesh followers denounced violence amid protests over the sect’s Oregon presence.
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Ore
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Jeanne Bradley
Stephen P. Poster
Los Angeles
Paster
Malva
Rajneesh
YWCA
Richard Rictor
Swami Krishna Deva
Oregon
Rajneeshpuram
Sensory Theory
Deva
Woman guilty in murder heartrending tape evidence
A 21 year old Brownsville mother Sherry Wolf was found guilty of the July 16 1982 murder of Billy Staton. The jury heard a tape recording recorded on Staton s dying gasps and voices including the couple s daughter. Prosecution argued the voice was hers while defense disputed it. Sentencing set for October 15 before Judge Darrell Hester.
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Brownsville
Texas
Sherry Wolf
Billy Staton
Staton
Mrs. Wolf
Jim Bates
Ted Campagnolo
Hester
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