Record set for longest cave traverse
Four divers completed the longest and deepest underwater cave traverses in the Sullivan system near Leon and Wakulla counties Florida surfacing after about an hour of breathing special gases. Team member McFaden died during a prior dive in the Little Dismal Sinkhole.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Leon
Wakulla
Parker Turner
National Association For Cave Diving
Turner
Sullivan Sink
Keld’s Head
England
Sullivan System
Gulf of Mexico
McFaden
117 Martyrs Canonized by Pope John Paul II
At St. Peter's Square Pope John Paul II canonized 117 Vietnamese martyrs drawing about 20 000 attendees including 8 000 refugees many of them boat people. The event angered Vietnamese authorities who claimed emigrants used it for anti communist statements. Nearby reunions and meals followed the Mass as Vietnamese Catholics expressed faith amid exodus.
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Vatican City
John Paul II
Vietnam
Hanoi
St. Peter's Square
Vatican
Demonstrators Rally at Summit Against War and Aids
About 2 000 protesters gathered near Toronto’s Ontario Legislature as the 14th annual summit began at the Metropolis center. They called for opposition to U S aid to Nicaragua’s Contras and more aid for AIDS victims while marching despite police orders. A security force protected leaders inside the convention center, and Irish Republican Army operative suspect Michael Derrick Collins was arrested for visa overstaying.
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University Avenue
Reagan
Washington
Canada
Japan
Britain
Italy
France
Germany
Ontario
Metropolitan Toronto Convention Center
Broad Avenue
Toronto
University Ave
Dundas St
Convention Center
Gisela Ramacher
West Gering
Michael Derrick Collins
Irish Republican Army
Collins
Northern Ireland
Branstad in limelight during Soviet tour
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad joins Stavropol officials in a developing U S sister state exchange. He cites reforms as signs of progress while noting Soviet openness to West contact. Branstad’s trip includes Pyatigorsk church services Moscow stops and plans in Budapest with Hungarian officials.
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Joe Burns
Physicians Rehabilitation Agency
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
American Physical Therapy Association
Branstad
Stavropol
U.S
Soviet Union
Pyatigorsk
Moscow
Budapest
Hungary
Donald B. Kursch
Sikh Extremists Kill Hindu Leader in Punjab Ambush
Sikh radicals attack a car carrying Rama Kant Jalota president of the Punjab Shiv Sena near Jalandhar. The assault also killed Jalota's bodyguard and an aide, raising Punjab year to date deaths above 1,320 and marking a second outside Punjab bombing in weeks after Himachal Pradesh bus blasts.
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Punjab
Rama Kant Jalota
Shiv Sena
Army of Shiva
Jalota
Jalandhar
Amritsar
Himachal Pradesh
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