Pro and anti abortion protesters across states clash
Hundreds arrested in four states as abortion opponents blocked clinics while pro choice demonstrators rallied nationwide. In St Petersburg, 90 chained protesters were removed, and police negotiated surrender as counterdemonstrators faced the crowd. Chicago saw 77 charged with mob action amid a 2000 strong rally at Daley Plaza. In West Hartford anti abortion picketers occupied a center, halting operations as opponents sang outside.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Fla
Christopher Osborne
River of Life Fellowship
Deborah Struthers
All Women’s Health Clinic
Wendall Creager
Linda Osten
Upper Pinellas
North Side Clinic
James Larner
Daley Plaza
Chicago
West Hartford
Conn
Summit Women’s Center
Astronaut S. David Griggs dies in vintage plane crash
S. David Griggs, 49, an astronaut who flew on the space shuttle in 1985 and was training for a November mission, died when his World War II T-6 trainer crashed near Earle Arkansas. The crash, reported after 9 a.m., occurred during what witnesses described as aerobatic maneuvers.
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Earle
Ark
S. David Griggs
Lamar Coleman
Crittenden County
Coleman
Griggs
NASA
Jeff Carr
Houston
McNeely Charter Service
Civil Air Patrol
Jeff Crum
Crum
Bush fails to gain support for plan to arm Cambodians
The Bush administration admitted they cannot win congressional approval for secretly arming non communist Cambodian guerrillas via CIA channels. Officials said they would drop the push and pursue diplomatic steps instead. Key figures like Robert Kimmitt cited three aims: remove Vietnamese troops, block Khmer Rouge return, and secure Cambodian self determination.
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New York Times
Washington
Bush Administration
Cambodia
CIA
Congress
Bush
Robert Kimmitt
State Department
Kimmitt
United States
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
China
Japan
France
Britain
Senate
Phnom Penh
Hun Sen
Thailand
U.S
National Guard Copter Crash Kills Six in Massachusetts
A UH-1 Bell helicopter from a Delaware unit crashed in dense fog near Camp Edwards in Mashpee, killing all six crew aboard. The craft cut a 20-foot path through trees and landed behind a neighbor’s house, narrowly missing homes in Yarmouth. Witnesses described a devastating scene as rescue workers found all victims, who were said to be young, marking a tragic end to the training flight returning from Warwick, Rhode Island.
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Yarmouth
Mass
National Guard
Cape Cod
Bell
John Palino
Palino
Delaware Army National Guard
New Castle
Del
Camp Edwards
Mashpee
Rhode Island
Warwick
Army
Colleen Hammond
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Gazette Carier
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