Thatcher clinches landslide to solidify reform agenda
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wins a large majority to push economic restructuring and defend US defense ties. She rejects extremism claims and vows freedom and justice as Labour suffers its worst defeat in 60 years with the Social Democrats Liberals alliance gaining seats but limited by Britain’s winner take all system.
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Margaret Thatcher
Britain
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Downing St
Labor Party
Labor
House of Commons
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Alliance
Michael Foot
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein
IRA
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Truck driver hits 1.24 million then 10000 jackpot at Harrah's
William Robinson 59 of Wildwood won 1,236,319.10 after a $21 stake on a $3 progressive slot. He and Antonina Oliveri involved in publicity moment as casino officials awarded her 10,690.45 for being asked to move. The event set a Harrah's record near the national $1.25 million payout.
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Wildwood
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Atlantic City
Marina
Antonina Oliveri
Robinson
Oliveri
Hightstown
Harrah
Alyce Parker
Parker
George Epp
Golden Nugget
Honduras seeks US troop pledge amid Nicaragua crisis
Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Martinez told Gazette wire services that Honduras might need U S combat troops if Nicaragua attacks, urging Washington to stand with Honduras in defending democracy. He warned U S intervention could follow if war ensues, while Nicaragua denies imminent invasion threats.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Honduras
Gustavo Alvarez Martinez
United States
Nicaragua
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Alvarez
U.S
Humberto Ortega Saavedra
Three Israelis killed in ambush near Tyre Lebanon
Guerrillas hiding in a lemon grove killed three Israeli soldiers in a Friday ambush seven miles northeast of Tyre. One soldier was reportedly captured, a claim disputed by an Israeli army spokesman. another report said the guerrilla group claimed responsibility. The death toll in Lebanon since the 1982 invasion reached 495.
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Lebanon
Port
Tyre
Voice of Arab Lebanon
Lebanese National Resistance Front
Israel
One-Third of Employees Report Theft in Survey Findings
A survey of 47 corporations involving 9,175 workers shows about one third admit stealing company property and nearly two thirds engage in long lunch breaks or misused sick leave. Unmarried young men show highest theft. distrust of supervisors links to higher theft. Grant funded the study across Dallas Fort Worth Minneapolis St Paul and Cleveland.
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Washington
James K. Stewart
Justice Department
National Institute of Justice
University of Minnesota
Department of Sociology
Dallas-Fort Worth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Cleveland
Appeals court orders California welfare eligibility count
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled California must use a family's after tax income to determine Aid to Families with Dependent Children eligibility and benefits. The decision could boost monthly welfare payments nationwide by millions and will be appealed by a Health and Human Services official.
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San Francisco
California
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Department of Health and Human Services
Reading Test Shows 90 Percent Failure in Cleveland Schools
Ninety percent of Cleveland public school students in grades 1 through 9 failed a new reading competency test. The exam, written by teachers, covered vocabulary comprehension phonics word structure and study skills. It was taken by 50 000 students last month with 45 000 failing. Results will affect next year's promotions. Parents will receive scores and tips to aid reading skills.
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Cleveland
Frederick D. Holliday
Rights chief to visit Mississippi over voting rights claims
Washington AP. William Bradford Reynolds, Reagan administration civil rights chief, will go to Mississippi next week to investigate alleged voting rights violations cited by Jesse Jackson. Jackson and others reported information from the state. Reynolds will assess reported problems as counties redraw election districts after the 1980 Census.
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Mississippi
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
William Bradford Reynolds
Boards of Supervisors
Justice Courts
Western 727 narrows miss with law helicopter near Reagan visit
A Western Airlines Boeing 727 managing its landing in Minneapolis veered to avoid a law enforcement helicopter guarding President Reagan's motorcade. FAA records show 100 feet between the planes as the president landed at Minneapolis-St. Paul International for events with Senator Rudy Boschwitz.
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Minneapolis
Western Airlines
Reagan
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Minnesota
Rudy Boschwitz
Rally near Vietnam Memorial prompts protest debate
Opponents of U.S. intervention in Central America plan a July 2 rally at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial arguing the granite wall is unsuitable for political protests. Organizers say a nearby area will dramatize the risk of “another Vietnam War” in El Salvador and beyond.
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el Salvador
United States
Vietnam
Washington
Central America
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Militant leader Wickstrom convicted in impersonation case
Shawano Wisconsin James Wickstrom head of the Posse Comitatus was found guilty on two counts of impersonating a public official by posing as the judge and clerk of the Constitution Township of Tigerton Dells for 1982. He faced up to 20 000 in fines and nine months in jail.
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Posse Comitatus
James Wickstrom
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Posse
Washington loses again in Chicago council ruling
The Illinois Appellate Court, in a 2-1 decision, ruled Friday that dissident aldermen acted properly when they reorganized the City Council, essentially stripping Mayor Harold Washington’s allies of power and upholding a circuit court ruling.
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Chicago
Harold Washington
Illinois
U.S. Angola Talks Near Cuban Troop Withdrawal
West German Foreign Ministry specialists said U S Angola negotiations have entered a final phase. They forecast 20 000 Cuban troops could depart Angola soon paving the way for South Africa to withdraw from Namibia and for elections to set the stage for independence. Washington Post Service
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