Mt Rainier Mount Hood Tragedy Kills Across Two Peaks
United Press International reports 16 climbers dead or missing after a massive ice fall on Mount Rainier and a separate fatal fall on Mount Hood. Survivors describe a chaotic avalanche like disaster as rescuers race through high winds and dangerous conditions.
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Mount Rainier
Washington
Mount Hood
Oregon
John Goss
Portland
Ore
Jim Darby
Newberg
Garth Westcott
Bend
George Anderson
Boring
Larry Young
Leah Sorenson
Sorenson
Gary Gregory
Bill Briggle
United States
Bob Shaw
Bainbridge Island
Wash
Forecasters See Inflation Easing in 1981
Private economists project 1981 inflation easing from double digits to around 5.1 to 9 percent, with the EAF forecast and others predicting lower rates than prior months. The Reagan White House targets about 10.2 percent, while oil and food prices slow, aiding relief from 1980s high CPI gains.
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Midwest
Donald Ratajczak
Georgia State University
Sandra Shaber
Chase Econometrics
Pennsylvania
Ratajczak
E.F. Hutton & Co. Inc
Edward Yardens
Ms. Shaber
Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates
Bani-Sadr Fired As Khomeini Calls For Return
Tehran Radio reports Ayatollah Khomeini dismissed Abolhassan Bani-Sadr from the presidency of Iran and urged the fugitive former leader to repent and rejoin the Islamic revolution as a thinker. The move came after Parliament declared him unable to continue in office amid clashes with leftist followers. Bani-Sadr has not been seen since Tuesday.
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Iran
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Bani-Sadr
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Tehran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bani Sadr
Pope John Paul II to have X rays and tests in Rome
The pope underwent chest and abdominal X rays plus blood tests to determine if pneumonia pleurisy or other lung infection or abdominal issues are delaying recovery after the May 13 shooting. Doctors said his life is not in danger and he is on a normal diet.
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Rome
John Paul II
Emilio Tresalti
Gemelli Hospital
John Paul
Tion
St. Peter’s Square
Tresalti
Luigi Candia
Arab oil embargo urged against United States during Baghdad talks
Iraq's Parliament speaker called on Arab governments to impose an oil embargo and sever diplomatic ties with the United States after Israel's attack on Iraq's nuclear facility near Baghdad. Eight resolutions urged unified Arab action against Israel's ally.
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U.S
Nicosia
Cyprus
Iraq
United States
Naim Haddad
Baghdad
INA
Israel
Haddad
U.S. envoy Habib in Beirut for Lebanese missile talks
UPI reports U.S. special envoy Philip Habib arrived in Beirut from Saudi Arabia for further talks with Lebanese leaders on the Israeli-Syrian missile crisis. He met with Ambassador Dean and planned talks with President Elias Sarkis as the Arab League committee meets in Jeddah to push a broader Lebanese security settlement.
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Lebanon
UPI
U.S
Philip Habib
Saudi Arabia
Habib
John Gunther Dean
Elias Sarkis
Saud al Faisal
Arab League Committee
Middle East
Jeddah
Syria
Israel
Reagan aides brace for toughest fight over economic plan
President Reagan faces a hard battle as Congress revisits the 1982 37.8 billion in cuts. White House officials push for deeper reductions and maintain pressure through calls, meetings, and a Jaycees speech in San Antonio while the Senate prepares a quicker action.
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Reagan
House
White House
Congress
Jaycees
San Antonio
Texas
Treasury
Donald Regan
Senate
Kandahar Struck by Soviet Jets and Tanks
An Afghan official reports Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city, was strafed by Soviet jets and its old quarter leveled by tanks. He says hundreds were killed and that more than 1,000 residents fled the damaged area. The witness could not have Independent verification. The bombing lasted about 30 minutes.
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Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Afghan State Corporation
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