French hostage says Americans mistreated in Lebanon
French journalist JeanPaul Kauffmann recalled brutal conditions faced by American hostages in Lebanon. He described frequent transfers, mistreatment, and poor food while noting some captors were unstable or perverse. He plans a news conference to discuss the hostages and their condition.
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Walesa rallies tired Solidarity strikers in Gdansk
In Gdansk a tense shipyard scene unfolds as Lech Walesa delivers an impromptu speech to exhausted strikers amid food shortages and police surround the Lenin shipyard. A court sentences Bogdan Lis to three months for an illegal strike while authorities tighten anti strike laws.
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Norway plane crash kills 36 in Broennoeysund area
An eight four engine Wideroe airline flight from Namsos to Broennoeysund crashed nine miles from the destination killing all 36 aboard. The Broennoeysund control tower lost contact five minutes before landing. Rescue teams found no survivors amid fire and explosions in rugged terrain.
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Israeli premier orders deportation of Palestinian American
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir ordered the deportation of Mubarak Awad, a Palestinian American who advocates non-violent resistance in the occupied territories. The United States objected, and an Israeli government statement labeled Awad a major contributor to violent disturbances in the West Bank and Gaza. Awad was arrested after midnight at his east Jerusalem home by 18 police, mostly in civilian clothes, according to his wife Nancy Nye.
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Factional clashes in Beirut leave 27 dead in street battles
Rival Shiite groups fought in southern Beirut while Palestinian guerrillas battled in a nearby refugee camp. Authorities reported 27 deaths from the two separate fights, with 16 killed and 32 wounded in the Shiite clash between the pro Iran Party of God and Amal. The incidents appeared unrelated.
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Pittsburgh Mayor Richard Caliguiri Dies at 56
Richard S. Caliguiri, credited with reviving Pittsburgh as mayor, died Friday the day he was to meet doctors about a heart transplant for amyloidosis. He was 56. City Council President Sophie Masloff praised his dignity and vision for the city.
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Four missing after refinery blast in Norco Louisiana
In Norco Louisiana workers in protective gear and oxygen tanks searched the Shell Oil refinery for four missing men after an explosion killed three and injured 42. The site remains chaotic with large equipment displaced, hindering progress and slowing the search.
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Reagan voices anger at Regan book attack
President Reagan expressed irritation at an upcoming book by former chief of staff Donald Regan. He said he would have preferred if Regan had attacked him and not his wife Nancy. Time's Strobe Talbott described the book as portraying the Reagan administration through a sensational lens with Astrology tied to schedules.
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Bush says Meese does trouble him
George Bush said unauthorized comments by aides accusing Attorney General Edwin Meese of being a campaign liability troubled him. He defended the system and an ongoing independent probe, saying its report due soon would reveal more. Billings remarks echoed earlier Idaho talks with reporters.
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