Police Officers Use Classroom For Sniper Hostage Drill
Police and educators probe a training exercise at E R Taylor Elementary that forced 33 students to the library for about 40 minutes while two rifle carrying special response team officers used a fifth grade room. Principal Virginia Gordon defended the drill and praised officers, while police officials questioned the decision to involve a school. Deputy Chief Richard Trueb said a review will consider whether officers' actions were appropriate and whether a K 6 school should have been involved.
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San Francisco
Virginia Gordon
E.R. Taylor
Gordon
John Hennessey
Police Department
Cornelius Murphy
Lord Jim’s
Marilyn Chambers
Warren Hinckle
Richard Trueb
Trueb
15 year old holds students hostage at Spartanburg school
A 15 year old high school freshman seized four students with a .38 pistol in a classroom after being accused of drinking. He fired into a wall and threatened a girl before a minister persuaded him to surrender. He was charged with four counts of kidnapping and sent to Family Court.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Spartanburg Public Safety
W.C. Bain
Bain
Blanding House
Columbia
Dorman High School
Larry Buchanan
Buchanan
Sartzetakis Elected Greek President by One Vote in Rowdy Parliament
Judge Christos Sartzetakis won Greece’s presidency by one vote in a tense session with conservatives protesting and walking out. Backed by Pasok and the Greek Communist Party, he faces a push to transfer executive powers to the prime minister amid looming constitutional reforms.
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Sartzetakis
Athens
Greece
Christos Sartzetakis
Supreme Court
Andreas Papandreou
Socialist
Constantine Caramanlis
Papandreou
Caramanlis
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Pasok
Greek Communist Party
New Democracy
Constantine Mitsotakis
Yiannis Alevras
Mother forgives rape case accuser on NBC Today show
On NBC's Today show in a tearful moment, Barbara Dotson forgave Cathleen Crowell for falsely accusing her son Gary of rape and kidnapping six years ago. Crowell apologized, recanted her testimony, and said she lied to cover up a teen pregnancy fear.
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Chicago
Cathy
Barbara Dotson
Cathleen Crowell
Dotson
Gary
Crowell
New Hampshire
NBC
Homewood
Today Show
New York
British hijacker surrenders at Heathrow after jetliner threat
A Briton posing as an armed hijacker seized a Lufthansa plane and demanded a Hawaii flight but surrendered after an hour on the ground at Heathrow. Prime Minister Thatcher observed from the VIP lounge as armed police surrounded the landing. Police identified the hijacker as Nicholas Shipley, 24, who had been expelled from West Germany on Thursday for traveling to Hamburg without a passport or money.
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London
Lufthansa
Hawaii
Heathrow
Margaret Thatcher
Brussels
Nicholas Shipley
West Germany
Hamburg
Belfast gunmen kill police reservist in Rathfriland
Police report a part time reservist, John Bell, 34, was shot by two gunmen at his Rathfriland filling station and auto repair shop south of Belfast. IRA suspected gunmen also tried to kill Edward Higgins in the Irish Republic, shooting at him and dousing his face with acid during the attack.
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Irish Republic
John Bell
Rathfriland
Belfast
Edward Higgins
Higgins
Major Nicholson body returned amid tension with Moscow
The body of Maj Arthur D Nicholson, slain by a Soviet sentry in East Germany, arrived home at Andrews AFB with military honors as U S officials weigh further retaliation. Vice President Bush called Nicholson murdered. Meanwhile in Minneapolis about 40 students were suspended for punk style attire after a protest at a junior high school led to four arrests.
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Washington
Arthur D. Nicholson
East Germany
U.S
Moscow
Andrews Air Force Base
George Bush
Nicholson
Minneapolis
Soviets allegedly raze 16 Afghan villages near Pakistan
Washington based Committee for a Free Afghanistan alleges Soviet troops destroyed 16 villages in Dur Baba, Nangahar, 15 miles from the Pakistani border, killing women and children. The claim cites Afghan survivor Mohammed Gul and details a village fire campaign with explosives and scorched ruins. No independent confirmation available.
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Washington
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Committee For A Free
Dur Baba
Nangahar
Karen McKay
Peshawar
McKay
United States
Steven Nimetz
Mohammed Gul
Chinar
U.S
Gul
Gazette Company publication details and rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette dates back to 1883 and is published daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates include Carrier 2.25 weekly Morning Editions and Sunday 7 issues 10.40 for 4 weeks 110.00 for 52 weeks. Other states and territories 140.00 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service exists. AP exclusive rights to local news. Postmaster: address changes to P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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AP News
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