Arafat vows Beirut graveyard of invaders in siege
As fighting raged near Beirut airport, Yasser Arafat vowed in a choked radio address to make the enclave a graveyard for invaders. Palestinian guerrillas planted mines while Israel pressed bombardment and airstrikes. Egypt and other mediators discussed a multinational force to hasten withdrawal.
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Gazette
Beirut
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
West Beirut
Stalingrad
PLO
United States
Egypt
Lebanon
France
Fertility Drug Breakthrough Aims to Curb Multiple Births
Australian researchers report GnRH therapy using a shoulder pump to deliver hormones over three weeks to stimulate ovulation. They say this safer method reduces risk of multiple births compared to injections.
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Melbourne
Australia
UPI
David Hurley
Medical Research Center
Prince Henry's Hospital
Hurley
Wyoming Attorney General Rules Federal Water Laws Must Follow State Rules
Attorney General William French Smith declared in Cheyenne that federal agencies must comply with state water law unless Congress says otherwise. The ruling reverses Carter era policy permitting federal appropriation of water on federal lands and aims to apply across all agencies, affecting lawsuits dating back to 1926.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
UPI
William French Smith
Smith
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Attorney General
Natick double murder linked to panicked 911 call
A Natick Mass couple, Giraloma and Francis Basile, were found bludgeoned to death in their home after a 911 call reported they were being beaten with a baseball bat. Their son, Francis E. Basile, 26, is charged with the murders. The call went unanswered by responders, and authorities say tracing the line was not possible.
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Natick
Mass
Francis
Giraloma Basile
Dominic Ferrazzi
Framingham
Ferrazzi
John Arena
Basile
Peter
Basiles
Middlesex County District Attorney's Office
Francis E. Basile
Salem
N.H
Leonard Morse Hospital
John Luttrell
One Parent Families Double as Unwed Mothers Rise
A Census Bureau study shows one parent families doubled from 1970 to 1981, with unwed mothers heading about 1 million households in 1981 and 90 percent of single parent homes led by women. Fathers rearing children alone also increased, from 345,000 to 692,000, while divorce‑headed households rose 181 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
America
Bruce Chapman
Bureau
Budget negotiators back GOP plan outline for 1983
House and Senate negotiators approved a Republican drafted budget outline calling for 20.9 billion in higher taxes and big cuts to social programs with a deficit near 104 billion. The measure moves to full chambers for a ratification vote with President Reagan expected to back it.
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Washington
House
Senate
Reagan
Robert Michel
Illinois
Jesse Helms
Rn.c
Helms
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