Dallas mother hires ex commandos in Jordan custody case
A Texas woman in a custody dispute hired former U.S. Army commandos to retrieve her daughter from Jordan. Kathy Mahoon and her 7 year old daughter are in hiding as the State Department protests rise over Americans involvement. The operation involved Corporate Training Unlimited and ex Delta Force specialist J D Roberts who seized the girl from a school bus and fled toward Israeli controlled territory.
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Civilians attack church service in Panama City
In Panama City a group of about eight men in civilian clothes fired guns at a Roman Catholic Mass at El Cristo Rey while roughing up a pamphlet seller and attacking TV news crews. Cameraman Marcello Zanini was struck and his video camera stolen amid the Noriega crackdown context.
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el Cristo Rey
Xavier Villanueva
Marcello Zanini
Zanini
Manuel Antonio Noriega
United States
Cristo Rey
Civic Crusade
Thousands strike in New Zealand over public service bill
Thousands of PSA members stay home to protest the Public Sector Bill limiting heads term age and control. Essential services run by executives and volunteers as hospitals schools and courts hit by 24 hour walkout. TVNZ RNZ report limited coverage while PSA cites demand for negotiated job security and conditions.
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New Zealand
Television New Zealand
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Public Service Association
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Francis
Wevers
State Services Commission
U.S. Protests Rally Over Israel Policies At White House
More than 3,000 demonstrators with Palestinian flags gathered near the White House to denounce U.S. aid to Israel and press for a Palestinian state. They urged Reagan to engage with the PLO while calling for a halt to military support until a political solution is reached.
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White House
West Bank
U.S
Israel
Reagan
Palestine
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Yitzhak Shamir
Middle East
Women presidents lead about ten percent of U.S. colleges
The American Council on Education reports roughly 296 women head colleges and universities in 1987, up from 148 in 1975. Growth mainly among public institutions, with 39 leading four-year public schools and 156 leading four-year private colleges. Nuns head 86 institutions, and minorities comprise 40 leaders.
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American Council On Education
Council
Office of Women In Higher Education
United States
Avalanches kill at least 13 across Austrian Alps resorts
Heavy snow blanketed Austria Italy and West Germany as avalanches buried lodges and buried skiers killing four Swedish tourists and two Austrian women in one lodge. Five more skiers died in Italy and deaths occurred from a snowslab on a barn roof and icy road crashes.
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