Jet plunges 17 200 feet over Atlantic engine failure blamed
An Eastern Airlines L 1011 with 172 aboard plunged 17 200 feet after takeoff from Miami bound for the Bahamas as all engines failed due to missing O rings in oil seals. Pilot Dick Boddy restarted the tail engine and returned to Miami International Airport with no injuries. NTSB blamed missing rings for oil leakage and engine failure and investigated maintenance lapses.
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Atlantic Ocean
Eastern Airlines
Dick Boddy
Miami International
NTSB
Ira Furman
Eastern
Jim Ashlock
Furman
Riots in Paris Over Education and Economics Clash
A bloody faced member of France's small businessmen's union fights with riot policemen in Paris as thousands of students and business owners clash in demonstrations against the Socialist government's education and economic policies.
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France
Small Businessmen's Union
Paris
Costa Rica seeks international force for northern border
Costa Rica asked the OAS for an international force to guard its frontier with Nicaragua. Ambassador Hernando Soto presented the request to Chairman Reginald Wood. Costa Rica proposed a four-nation force from Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. The note included church leaders and about 80 bishops.
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Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
Hernando Soto
United States
Reginald Wood
Bahamas
Polish bishops call for end to martial law ahead of Pope visit
In Warsaw six weeks before Pope John Paul II arrives in Poland for a 10 day homeland visit the bishops release a communique urging the end of martial law amnesty for political prisoners and restoration of full civil rights. In Rome the Italian government says general elections will be held in seven weeks after President Pertini dissolves Parliament. Voting set for June 26 27 with regional and municipal polls.
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Poland
John Paul II
Rome
Sandro Pertini
Reagan rejects House nuclear freeze resolution
President Reagan rebuffed the House passed nonbinding measure seeking a mutual and verifiable freeze on U S and Soviet arsenals. He warned it would face Senate opposition and said amendments clarify but do not water down the intent. He spoke during a western trip amid Cinco de Mayo events in Texas and California.
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Reagan
U.S
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Senate
Jim Leach
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Leach
Congress
White House
Texas
Arizona
California
Ohio
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Central America
Cinco de Mayo
Mexico
Harris parole eased for SLA member in Hearst case
William Harris, once an SLA member who pled guilty to the 1974 Patricia Hearst kidnapping, has been paroled from California’s Men’s Colony San Luis Obispo and is living in Alameda County. His wife Emily, also a Hearst case participant, is due to be released May 27.
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San Francisco
William Harris
Doctors charged again in surgeon assisted death case
In Long Beach California two doctors, Dr. Robert Nejdi and Dr. Neil Barber, face reinstated murder charges for disconnecting life support and withholding food and water from Clarence Herbert, a 55 year old brain damaged patient who died on September 6 1981. Superior Court Judge Robert A Wenke rejected the earlier dismissal noting the morality of conduct and motives not at issue.
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Long Beach
Calif
Robert Nejdi
Neil Barber
Clarence Herbert
Carson
Robert A. Wenke
South Africa bills propose separate legislatures for non-whites
Cape Town reports the white government introduces legislation to create non-white legislatures with limited powers while keeping blacks in political limbo and expanding white executive power. Constitutional Affairs Minister Chris Hennis calls it reform, critics say it weakens sovereignty and fragments the country.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Chris Hennis
Progressive
Gazette Wire Services
Hijacked Chinese Jet Diverted to South Korea Base
A Chinese jet with 105 aboard was hijacked by three to six armed Chinese hijackers including one woman and diverted to a U.S. military base near Seoul. The hijackers sought asylum in a third country and were reportedly captured or surrendered after landing.
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South Korea
U.S
Washington
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