Two Boys Rescue Five Kids From Burning Florida Apartment
In Kissimmee Florida two youths Emerson Pinellas 11 and Damon Thomas 13 rushed into a bedroom blaze to save five children aged 8 5 4 2 and 6 months who were watching television as smoke filled the room None injured Authorities say a ceiling light short may have sparked the fire Damage estimated at 10 000 by Fire Lt Rick Halquist The mother Kathy Brown praised the boys saying her trained children would have waited for her return
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Emerson
Mrs. Brown
Rick Halquist
Guatemalan President Says Constituent Assembly Elections Planned
President Efrain Rios Montt announced elections for a constituent assembly will take place in the second half of 1984. U S envoy Richard Stone, after weekend talks, said the move would mark another step toward democratization, while cabinet members accused minister Sharon of misleading them and widening the war beyond cabinet goals set last June.
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Guatemala City
Efrain Rios Montt
U.S
Richard Stone
Guatemala
Belize
Mexico
Rios Montt
Sharon
Guard opens fire at Sicily stadium killing one
A 54-year-old guard at Cibali Stadium in Catania fired nine shells from an automatic shotgun after clashes with taunting fans. Lorenzo Marino, 28, died. at least a dozen were wounded as spectators fled. Grasso was overpowered and charged with murder. Hospitals reported several shotgun and pellet injuries amid panic in the almost 12,000-seat arena.
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Catania
Sicily
Cibali Stadium
Angelo Grasso
Lorenzo Marino
U.S. and Soviet talks on Lebanon raise cautious hopes
U.S. special envoy Morris Draper said direct talks with the Soviet Union over Lebanon are under way but not a plan for a joint pullout. He cited “serious discussions” in Washington and Moscow and noted concerns over Soviet missiles in Syria. In Beirut, two bombs hit Israeli convoys wounding two soldiers, with no claim of responsibility.
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Washington
Morris Draper
U.S
Middle East
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Soviet Union
Lebanon
Draper
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
ABCTV
David Brinkley
Moscow
Beirut
Lebanese National Resistance Front
Longest long distance call to Pioneer 10 telecasts sounds
Los Angeles AP reports a 900 number offers live Pioneer 10 audio from the edge of the solar system. For 50 cents callers hear a tape about signal timing and processing, followed by beeps from the first human made craft to exit the system. Launch in 1972.
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Los Angeles
Solar System
Julian Levine
TRW Inc
Levine
Pioneer
Earth
Sharon pushes inquiry into Lebanon war conduct
Former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon asked the Cabinet to establish an inquiry into its conduct during the Lebanon invasion. He backed down after Prime Minister Menachem Begin assured him the Cabinet bore responsibility for Israel's war moves as Begin stated that the Cabinet is always collectively responsible.
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Jerusalem
Ariel Sharon
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Israel
Begin
Stormy OAU summit ends with peace plan for Western Sahara
African leaders wrapped up a troubled summit in Addis Ababa with a peace plan for Western Sahara while shelving deep rifts over replacing Edem Kodjo as secretary-general. After 47 ballots none of three candidates secured a majority, and the assembly named Peter Onu of Nigeria as acting secretary-general until the 1984 summit.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Western Sahara
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Edem Kodjo
Togo
Peter Onu
Mayors seek deficit cuts and aid amid recession
The U S Conference of Mayors resolutions committee urged Washington to curb deficits and defense spending and to fund aid for the growing ranks of the new poor, calling the period the worst in 50 years. At Arlington, officials and Evers family marked the 20th anniversary of Medgar Evers' 1963 assassination in Jackson.
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U.S. Conference of Mayors
Washington
Resolutions Committee
Mayors
Medgar Evers
Arlington National Cemetery
Evers
Jackson
Miss
Premature Baby Girl Cleared From Critical List
A 14 ounce girl born 42 months premature was removed from Hermann Hospital’s critical list Sunday but remained on a respirator in the neonatal ICU. Spokeswoman said Melissa Michelle Maurer was born June 1 and weighed 18 ounces at birth.
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Houston
Hermann Hospital
Melissa Michelle Maurer
Los Angeles producer Roy Radin found dead homicide identified
The body of Roy Alexander Radin, 33, a New York producer missing for nearly a month, was identified by the Los Angeles coroner as a homicide victim with a single gunshot wound. Remains were found in northern Los Angeles County after a earlier Beverly Hills meeting led to his disappearance. No solid leads, and private claims of organized crime involvement have not been substantiated.
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Los Angeles
Roy Alexander Radin
Radin
New York
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles County
Phil Schwartzberg
Broussard
Renie
John O'Grady
Tourists abducted in Zimbabwe may have been killed
Fresh evidence from Zimbabwe reported by Foreign Minister Bill Hayden on Sunday suggests six kidnapped tourists including two Americans were killed the day after their July abduction. The group—Americans Brett Baldwin and Kevin Ellis Britons James Greenwell and Martyn Hodgson Australians William Butler and Tony Barzell—were taken near a roadblock 50 miles north of Bulawayo while traveling on a London to Johannesburg tour. The kidnappers demanded the release of two aides of dissident Joshua Nkomo.
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Australia
Zimbabwe
Bill Hayden
Hayden
Brett Baldwin
Kevin Ellis
Seattle
James Greenwell
Liverpool
Martyn Hodgson
Peterborough
William Butler
New South Wales
Tony Barzell
Tasmania
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State Department
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Bulawayo
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
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