Conan the Lobster laid to rest in Galveston Texas
In Galveston Sea-A-Rama mourners held a simple funeral for Conan the Lobster a 22 pound giant aged 154 weeks and spared from dinner after a Mesquite raffle plan. He was buried on the aquarium grounds near an otter exhibit with a cross shaped coffin and a temporary marker.
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Dallas Times Herald
Alveston
Texas
John Kerivan
Conan
Galveston
Mark White
New England
Dallas
Mesquite
Alamo
Sea-A-Rama
Conan II
Afghan guerrilla leaders seek more aid from U S
Four Afghan guerrilla chiefs representing major groups plan to press President Reagan for increased weapons and support during a four day visit to Washington. They will also meet Vice President Bush and Secretary Shultz and travel to Britain and France amid intensified Soviet pressure in Afghanistan.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Reagan
Afghanistan
Washington
Masood Khalili
Khalili
George Bush
George Shultz
Britain
France
Soviet Union
United States
China
Saudia Arabia
U.S
Code Blue rally urges cut in nuclear weapons funding
White coated doctors from more than a dozen states gathered on the Capitol steps for a Code Blue rally calling on Congress to cut funding for nuclear weapons tests. Dr. Jack Geiger of NYC urged immediate action as he described radiation injuries seen after Chernobyl.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
Jack Geiger
New York
City University of New York Medical School
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Geiger
Moscow
Chernobyl
Goddess of Liberty Replaced On Texas Capitol Dome
Mississippi National Guard helicopter crew lifted a 3,000 pound Goddess of Liberty statue to the Texas Capitol dome after a November removal. The four crew members received Sesquicentennial medals and honorary Texan status for the mission, replacing the weathered zinc statue.
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Austin
Texas
Texas National Guard
Mississippi National Guard
Mississippi
Texas Guard
LaRouche supporters barred from Illinois Democratic convention
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Mark Fairchild and about a dozen LaRouche supporters were blocked from entering the United Auto Workers hall in Springfield Illinois where the state Democratic convention was held. A 10 minute shouting match ensued before security halted the confrontation.
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Springfield
Ill
Lyndon LaRouche
Mark Fairchild
Borges Dies in Geneva at Age 86 World Literature Figure
Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, a major modern literature figure, died in Geneva of liver cancer at age 86. He had lived in Switzerland for three months, was blind for nearly 30 years, and his works include Ficciones El Aleph and El Hacedor.
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Geneva
Jorge Luis Borges
Latin America
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Osvaldo Bidaurre
Borges
Historia Universal de la Infamia
Tive
Juan D. Peron
Peron
National Library
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