West European countries back U S push over Libyan ties
Libya ordered 17 West European diplomats and 19 Italian staffers to leave within a week to ten days in retaliation for Western actions over alleged Libyan support for terrorism. Remaining diplomats face travel limits. expelled include Italians, West Germans, Belgians, Spaniards, a Frenchman, a Dutchman, and a Dane.
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U.S
Libya
JANA
Foreign Ministry
Tripoli
Hans van den Broek
Netherlands
Common Market
Tunisian Confesses to Paris London Bombings Links
A 25 year old Tunisian Habib Muammar confessed to three terrorist acts including bombings at Marks and Spencer in Paris and London. He was charged in Nancy with terrorist acts and illegal possession of explosives. Two women Souad Aissaoui and Isabelle Frigerie face explosives and concealing a criminal charges. A contact in Bi identified as Abu Ibrahim Mohammed Amri is cited by press reports as the operational link.
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Aris
Marks and Spencer
Paris
London
Interior Ministry
Habib Muammar
France
Nancy
Souad Aissaoui
Radiation expert links plutonium to Chernobyl fallout in 15 mile zone
Audrey Wegst of the University of Kansas Medical Center says low grade plutonium for bombs likely spread around a 15 mile radius of the Chernobyl plant. She notes difficulty predicting total deaths and warns of a cancer rise, especially leukemia, from 1996 to 2001.
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University of Kansas
Chernobyl
Soviet Union
Audrey Wegst
Wegst
University of Kansas Medical Center
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna
United Nations
Coe College
Russia
United States
IAEA
Six Die From Chernobyl Radiation Burns Reported
Soviet announce six deaths from radiation and burns after the Chernobyl reactor explosion. The report marks the first civilian nuclear death from radiation. Officials say party members faced punishments over evacuation duties amid the disaster.
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Gazette Wire Services
Moscow
Chernobyl
Communist Party
Chernobyl Plant
Booster maker warned NASA in August before disaster
A August 1985 letter from Morton Thiokol to NASA describes test results on booster O ring seals showing loss of contact at 75 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The document challenges testimony that low temperatures did not cause seal failures. Challenger disintegrated 74 seconds after launch in colder 36 degree conditions.
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New York
Space Agency
James C. Fletcher
NASA
China
Morton Thiokol Inc
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Presidential Investigative Commission
Brian G. Russell
Commis
Linn Countyart Association swap buildings approved
Linn County and the Art Association agreed to swap properties with a 2-1 vote by supervisors. Linn will lease the Paul Building for $1 yearly and vacate by July 1, 1987 while Torch Press is leased by the county for $1 and the Art Association must vacate 120 days before Linn moves. The deal includes building condition delivery and a future demolition for a new art museum complex.
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Torch Press
Linn County
Paul
Art Association
Cedar Rapids
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