El Salvador vote hit by tabulation dispute and outages
Voters faced ballot shortages and power outages as a dispute over impartial tabulators stalled results. Guerrilla violence was limited, with clashes killing six soldiers and 10 rebels. most voting lines remained in place though many could not cast ballots. The race centered on Roberto d Aubuisson and Jose Napoleon Duarte with a runoff possible if no candidate wins a majority.
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Roberto d’Aubuisson
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Salvador
Center Point's grandma cop patrols town beat
Center Point Iowa employs Barbara Roorda 37 mother of three as the towns lone full time officer. She works from a pump house under the water tower with off duty Linn County deputies aiding evenings. Roorda found policing after a life of work as a bookkeeper and dispatcher before joining Eddyville and then Center Point in 1981.
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Barbara Roorda
Iowa
Ben Yarrington
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Des Moines
Roorda
Linn County
Oskaloosa
Eddyville
Center Point
Eileen Neenan
Soviet Defector Describes Western Assassination Plan
A Soviet defector writes in Military Review that in a war with the West Soviet Special Forces would target Western leaders and destroy nuclear and ration stocks. He cites KGB teams and naval units, including mini submarines, involved in these missions and notes prior submarine intrusions in Swedish waters in 1982 and 1983.
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New York Times Service
NEW York
KGB
Assassi
Viktor Suvorov
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Military Review
Suvorov
Hart wins Montana caucuses strengthens bid for New England sweep
Hart secures 11 delegates with 49 percent in Montana while Mondale trails at 8 delegates 35 percent. Both candidates court New York Jewish voters and aim for Connecticut Tuesday before New York primary. A USA Today poll shows Mondale leading Hart 44 37 in New York with 8 percent for Jackson and 11 percent undecided.
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Associated Press
Gary Hart
Walter Mondale
New York
Connecticut
Hart
Montana
New England
Mondale
Jesse Jackson
USA Today
New York City
Demos
French withdraw as Lebanon violence lingers and sway shifts
French troops begin leaving Beirut as Druse leader Walid Jumblatt pledges militia withdrawal to avert renewed sectarian clashes. Frontlines remain active with heavy shelling near Souk el Gharb and along the Green Line while international forces retreat.
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New York Times
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Druse
Walid Jumblatt
West Beirut
Jumblatt
Amin Gemayel
Souk el-Gharb
France
Goat Breaks Into Men's Clothing Store
A billy goat entered a men’s clothing shop and browsed suits with curious interest, causing minor disruption as bystanders watched the animal inspect various fabrics and fits. No injuries reported.
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Billy Goat
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