U S trains foreign antiterrorist squads under Reagan policy
U S military and CIA personnel train antiterrorist units for foreign governments as part of a broad Reagan era push to counter terrorism. The program draws on Strike Force Delta methods, operates in about a dozen countries including Lebanon and Honduras, and may involve real-time advisory support during incidents.
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Bangladeshi Ferry Capsizes Killing Feared Many Rescued
A ferry capsized in the Buri Ganga River near Dhaka with over 300 aboard. More than 200 feared drowned, about 100 swam ashore. Survivors report a storm and collision with dredging material en route from Chand Pur to Dhaka.
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Four Undocumented Immigrants Die After Eating Poisonous Mushrooms
In San Diego four undocumented men lacking food or funds ate wild amanita mushrooms. Two died Saturday and two remained critically ill. Victims Jose Ortiz and Luis DeJesus died early morning at Mercy Hospital where three victims were treated.
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Pan Am Reaches Tentative Settlement With Striking Ground Crew
Pan American World Airways and striking ground workers reached a tentative settlement after a 24 day walkout that halted half the airline’s flights. The agreement goes to a ratification vote by 5 800 Transport Workers Union members before crews return to work. The carrier still faces an April 1 strike deadline from its 6 000 flight attendants.
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Missouri battleship Missouri to be recommissioned in 1986
The 58,000-ton battleship Missouri, once mothballed for nearly 30 years, is undergoing a 475 million refurbish to gain nuclear capability and will be rejoined to the New Jersey and Iowa in the active fleet in spring 1986. Tugboats moved it from the drydock to a pier as work continues in Long Beach California. In Florida a neighbor of murder suspect Roswell Ward Gilbert says the terminally ill wife Emily begged to die minutes before he shot her.
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