Guard fires on soccer fans at Cibali Stadium
A stadium guard in Catania fired nine shells from an automatic shotgun into a crowd after taunts and rock throwing by youths, killing Lorenzo Marino and wounding at least a dozen. The 54 year old Angelo Grasso was overpowered and charged with murder. many victims were treated on site or at three hospitals as fans fled in panic.
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Garibaldi Hospital
Salvatore Ragusa
Vittorio Emanuele Hospital
Angelo Garofalo
Santa Marta
U S and Soviet hold talks on Lebanon crisis
U S and Soviet officials held direct discussions on Lebanon's tense crisis in Washington and Moscow. Draper said the talks aim to avoid a shared withdrawal plan and noted U S concern over Soviet missiles in Syria. In Beirut, two bombs hit Israeli convoys wounding two soldiers, with no claimed responsibility.
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Morris Draper
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Soviet Union
Lebanon
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Israel
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Syria
ABC. TV
David Brinkley
Moscow
Beirut
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Long distance call to Pioneer 10 edges solar system
Los Angeles AP reports a 900 number lets listeners hear Pioneer 10 signals live from 2.8 billion miles out. For 50 cents, callers between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. hear a sample of how the probe talks with Earth and a tape on timing and processing. Pioneer 10 launched in 1972 on a voyage beyond the solar system that could last over 5 billion years.
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Solar System
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TRW Inc
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Two boys rescue five youngsters from blaze in Kissimmee
In Kissimmee Florida two boys Emerson Pinellas 11 and Damon Thomas 13 ran into a burning first floor apartment to pull out five children aged 8 5 4 2 and 6 months old who were watching TV as heavy smoke filled the room. The children were unharmed authorities said and fire damage was about 10000.
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Rick Halquist
Rios Montt Sets 1984 Plan for Constituent Assembly
Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt said elections for a constituent assembly would occur in the latter half of 1984. U S envoy Richard Stone, visiting Guatemala, said the move represents another step toward democratization. Some Cabinet members accuse Sharon, a minister without portfolio, of misleading them and widening the war beyond Cabinet goals from last June.
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Efrain Rios Montt
U.S
Richard Stone
Guatemala
Belize
Mexico
Rios Montt
Sharon
Sharon Seeks Inquiry But Backed By Begin Support
Former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon urged the Cabinet to form an inquiry into its conduct during the Lebanon invasion. He withdrew after Prime Minister Menachem Begin assured him the Cabinet bears collective responsibility for Israel's war moves. Begin stated the Cabinet is always collectively responsible.
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Ariel Sharon
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Israel
Begin
Stormy OAU summit ends with peace plan for Western Sahara
African leaders wrapped up a troubled Addis Ababa gathering with a Western Sahara peace plan and a temporary halt to disputes. The summit deadlocked on replacing secretary-general Edem Kodjo as Nigeria's Peter Onu was asked to serve as acting chief until the 1984 meeting after 47 ballots failed to elect a majority.
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Ethiopia
Western Sahara
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Edem Kodjo
Togo
Peter Onu
Mayors join Evers family in Arlington ceremony marking 20th anniversary
U S mayors and officials joined family and friends of the late Medgar Evers at Arlington National Cemetery Sunday for a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of his assassination. Evers died June 12, 1963, from gunshot wounds in Jackson Mississippi.
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Evers
Jackson
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Los Angeles Producer Roy Radin Identified as Homicide Victim
Roy Alexander Radin, 33, a New York producer missing for nearly a month, was identified by the Los Angeles coroner as the man found deceased in a northern LA canyon. A single gunshot caused his death, and investigators said no leads or substantiated links to organized crime exist. His mother offered a 1 million dollar reward for his safe return and conviction against any attackers.
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Roy Alexander Radin
Radin
New York
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Broussard
Renie
John O'Grady
Zimbabwe kidnappers killed six tourists after abduction
Fresh evidence from the Zimbabwean government, based on prisoners with links to the abductors, indicates six tourists including two Americans were killed the day after their July 23 kidnapping near Bulawayo. Names include Brett Baldwin Kevin Ellis James Greenwell Martyn Hodgson William Butler and Tony Barzell.
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Zimbabwe
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Brett Baldwin
Kevin Ellis
Seattle
James Greenwell
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Martyn Hodgson
Peterborough
William Butler
New South Wales
Tony Barzell
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State Department
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Bulawayo
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
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