Advocate of gun control shoots teen
Syndicated columnist Carl Rowan shot and wounded a teen at his Ro wan Maryland home after a pre-dawn pool incident. Ben Smith 18 and Laura Bachman 19 were detained. Smith said he was trespassing and had no threat, while Rowan described a confrontation and a warned shot.
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Meese orders deportation of IRA member jailed in US
Attorney General Edwin Meese orders the deportation of Joseph Patrick Doherty an IRA fugitive held in New York for five years to Britain where he is sought for killing a British soldier. Doherty was convicted in 1981 and fled to the United States after escaping a Northern Ireland prison.
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Morton Thiokol Rocket Booster Test Fire Draws Praise
In Brigham City Utah Morton Thiokol tested a redesigned solid fuel booster with no apparent problems in the penultimate test before shuttle flights resume NASA solid rocket program manager Royce Kell called the test excellent and noted the motor performed very well and smoothly.
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Church Officer Re elected State Clerk of Presbyterian Church USA
The Rev. James Andrews won a second four year term as stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U S A promising to end divisions within the denomination after a narrow re election.
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Armenians End Strike Over Nagorno Karabakh Ties
In Armenia a general strike was halted after the local Communist Party pledged support for incorporating a disputed region from Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani leaders vowed they would not yield Nagorno Karabakh, a mainly Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan for 65 years, creating a constitutional clash for Moscow.
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Dukakis and Bush clash over SDI and education proposal
Dukakis says we do not need SDI in a defense speech while Bush accuses him of being wrong twice for opposing the Strategic Defense Initiative and the MX missile. Bush also pitches a new 500 million education program. poll shows Dukakis ahead 52 to 38.
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Soviet top general apologizes for 1985 U S officer shooting
Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov apologized to U S Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci at a Moscow summit for the March 24 1985 shooting of Maj Arthur Nicholson Jr in East Germany. The Pentagon said Yazov offered no new details or compensation. Nicholson, 37, from West Redding Connecticut, was with the U S Military Liaison Mission under a 1947 treaty monitoring Soviet activity.
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Fundamentalist Elected Head of Southern Baptists
The Rev. Jerry Vines narrowly defeats Rev. Richard Jackson for president of the Southern Baptists, claiming 50.5 percent to 48.3 percent of votes. James Craig and Shorrosh earned minor support as the victory extends the conservative wing’s influence into a landmark decade.
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