German envoy killed in Guatemala City ambush
West German diplomat Konrad Friedrich Schultz, 46, was shot by men with submachine guns as his car traveled through southern Guatemala City before dawn. Witnesses alleged security forces fired on him. police could not identify attackers. Schultz, an industrial assistance expert for the United Nations based in El Salvador, often visited Guatemala. Also reported was a alleged massacre of 20 villagers by leftist guerrillas in a highland hamlet, as U S officials prepared to meet Guatemala's junta about renewed military aid.
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Colorado
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Miners killed in partial cave in Apache Leap mine
Two men attempted to rescue a third from a partial cave-in deep inside a copper mine on Apache Leap Mountain 60 miles east of Phoenix. A body was recovered, and the other two men were confirmed dead later, with names listed as George Michael Martinez Joe Cassaro and Joe Granillo.
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Superior, Ariz
Apache Leap Mountain
Phoenix
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Grants, N.M
Joe Cassaro
Joe Granillo
Strike Violence in Lisbon Ties to Papal Visit
A 24 hour Communist sponsored strike in Lisbon aimed at ousting PM Balsemao’s cabinet disrupted industry and led to violence as pickets clashed with buses injuring a woman whose leg was amputated. Authorities denied a reported fatality. Billy Graham met six Soviet Pentecostals living in the U S Embassy basement for 75 minutes and spoke briefly about mercy.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
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Francisco Pinto Balsemao
Moscow
Billy Graham
U.S
Graham
Soviet Union
Hinckley siblings recount push toward institutionalizing John
Washington testimony from John Hinckley Sr and his daughter Diane along with brother Scott and sister in law describes early March 1981 discussions to institutionalize John Hinckley Jr. A psychiatrist advised against hospitalization citing potential emotional harm. John Hinckley Jr. later shot Reagan on March 30 1981.
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New York Times Service
Washington
John Hinckley
John
Scott Hinckley
John Hinckley Sr
John Hopper
John Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Scott
Diane Hinckley Sims
Haig calls SALT II treaty dead and urges new arms plan
Secretary of State Alexander Haig testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that ratifying SALT II is dead and pressed for national backing of President Reagan's plan for deep cuts in nuclear arsenals. He warned a nuclear freeze would undercut reductions and urged a strong military modernization program as key bargaining leverage.
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