More Soviet spies at British center
A government report suggests Prime may not have been Britain’s only mole at Cheltenham GCHQ. It notes ongoing inquiries by the Security Service and states no positive evidence yet of further spies. Prime spied 1964 to 1977, accessing top secrets and satellite data before his 1982 arrest and 35 year sentence.
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London
Geoffrey Prime
West
Britain
Security Commission
Margaret Thatcher
Cheltenham
Security Service
Prime
Berlin
Government
Commission
United States
Vienna
Gem scam swindled victims across states and nations
Police say a scheme dating to 1980 used overvalued gems to acquire property, involving 14 states and six nations. Victims included prominent individuals with losses around 25000 to 25000, as investigators pursue FBI and attorney general involvement. No arrests reported as four connected groups operated the fraud.
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Anaheim
Calif
Los Angeles
Dean Gross
FBI
State Attorney General’s Office
White House writes off black vote for 1984 Reagan bid
Black Reagan appointees say the White House will not court black voters in 1984. They cite the absence of a black liaison for more than two months and Whittlesey’s staff grooming to target blue collar and female voters while sidelining blacks.
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White House
Washington Post
Washington
Reagan
Office of Public Liaison
Faith Ryan Whittlesey
Whittlesey
NAACP
Chester County
Dee Jepsen
Roger W. Jepsen
Alona
Five expatriates expelled over Riyadh Christian group activity
In Saudi Arabia five expatriates including two Americans were expelled for leading the Riyadh International Christian Fellowship a group ordered to disband last year for being too active in the Islamic country. Names include Rev. William Antablin and Kenneth Smith with three others.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh International Christian Fellowship
William Antablin
Kenneth Smith
Allen Carter
Terry Finney
Munis Jabbar
Waterbed sting leads to 82 drug arrests in Michigan
Police set up a waterbed store as part of a sting and arrested 82 suspects on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Warrants seeking 250 felony charges were issued against 145 individuals accused of selling drugs or stolen property to officers at the store and a separate drug house. Suspects were held at Kent County and Grand Rapids jails for arraignments later Thursday.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Victor Gillis
Kent County
Grand Rapids
Thatcher Conservatives Lead Opinion Poll by 21 Points
The Harris Opinion Survey released by Thames Television shows the Conservatives at 52 percent, a record 21-point lead over Labour. Thatcher urged MPs to stay calm, insisting polls do not win elections but hard work does.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Harris
Thames Television
Stuttgart Man Sold Bogus Hitler Diaries to Stern
A Stuttgart merchant in Nazi paraphernalia authored the fake Hitler diaries and sold them to Stern magazine for about 4 million dollars, according to the Stuttgarter Nachrichten citing reliable sources.
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Stuttgart
West Germany
Hitler
Stern Magazine
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
The Gazette Established 1883 Cedar Rapids Iowa
The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with second class postage. Subscription rates include carrier 1.95 per week and mail options for 7 issues per week or 52 weeks across regions. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Eastern Airlines suspends two mechanics over near crash
Eastern Airlines says Lynn Burris and James Sunbury were suspended without pay for 30 days and will be reassigned under supervision after investigators found they failed to install oil-sealing rings on an L 1011. The jet stalled when all oil leaked during a May 5 Miami Nassau flight.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Atlantic Ocean
Eastern
Jim Ashlock
Lynn H. Burris
James A. Sunbury
Nassau
Bahamas
Deportation urged for Nazi death camp guard Demjanjuk
The Justice Department urged that John Demjanjuk be deported to the Soviet Union. At a hearing Judge Adolph Angelilli explained Demjanjuk and his lawyer may choose a nation to seek relief and present arguments to suspend deportation. Demjanjuk, 63, a Seven Hills resident and former autoworker, lost citizenship after a 1981 trial over alleged false past as Treblinka gas chamber operator.
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Cleveland
Justice Department
John Demjanjuk
Ivan the Terrible
Soviet Union
U.S
Adolph Angelilli
Demjanjuk
Seven Hills
Treblinka
Poland
Columnist Jory Graham Dies After Cancer Battle
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jory Graham died at 51 after six years of writing A Time to Live to reach out to fellow cancer patients. She began the column to break through emotional isolation for those living with and dying from cancer.
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Chicago
Jory Graham
Chicago Sun-Times
Miss Graham
Lebanon seeks Syria support for withdrawal pact
Lebanese Foreign Minister Elie Salem met President Hafez Assad in Damascus to persuade Syria to back the Israeli Lebanese withdrawal agreement. Officials in Beirut weigh approval while Washington ponders direct talks with Damascus. Assad aims to avoid immediate Lebanese calls for Syrian troop pullout. Diplomats seek Saudi mediation as the two sides inch toward initialing the accord.
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New York Times
Damascus
Syria
Elie Salem
Lebanon
Salem
Hafez Assad
U.S
George Shultz
Beirut
Washington
State Department
Reagan
Assad
New lead in AIDS mystery linked to cancer virus
Scientists report a tenuous link between the HTLV cancer virus and AIDS, with five related studies to be published. Researchers caution it is too early to claim causation, but the virus may be involved in the disease or act as a secondary infection after immune decline.
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Washington
United States
Science
Harvard School of Public Health
Pasteur Institute
France
National Cancer Institute
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Spain
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Mary Edwards
Chester
Konrad Fischer
Konrad Kujau
Gerd Heidemann
Hamburg
Stern
Fischer
Chile
Santiago
Mechanics
Amin Gemayel
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