Islander evacuation after Pacific volcano eruption
All 53 residents on a remote western Pacific island were evacuated by the Japanese cargo ship Hoyo Maru after a volcanic eruption sent lava toward the village. Mayor Daniel Castro was ashore in Saipan and joined the rescue voyage to the scene.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Coast Guard
Daniel Castro
Saipan
Marianas
Bill Southwood
Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center
Guam
J. G. Ed Marmol
Southwood
Anderson Air Force Base
Soviet and U S carriers move toward Middle East waters
In a tense escalation, Israel seeks a diplomatic path via U S envoy Habib as Syria warns of battle. The Moskva nears Lebanon’s coast to back Syria while U S carrier groups, including the Independence, approach the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. Habib plans Saudi and Damascus stops as Begin weighs action against Soviet SAM-6 missiles.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Syria
Lebanon
Washington
Pentagon
Moskva
Independence
Norfolk
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Forrestal
Habib
Israel Radio
Saudi Arabia
Damascus
Middle East
Reagan
Arab League
Begin
Pope John Paul II begins therapy after shooting
Pope John Paul II started moving his arms and legs in physical therapy as recovery brightens. Italian prosecutors doubt Mehmet Ali Agca acted alone and issued warrants for unknown accomplices, with Turkish and Italian investigators seeking clear links to an international group.
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Rome
John Paul II
Italy
Luciano Infelisi
Mehmet Ali
Agca
Infelisi
Turin
la Stampa
Luigi Candia
Turkey
U S rejects Kremlin protest over airport cargo search
The State Department denounced Soviet claims as unfounded after U S authorities searched a Moscow bound Aero flot airliner at Dulles delaying takeoff five hours. Four Soviet officials sought cargo cartons but left without them after demanding a certificate of undamaged contents.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Kremlin
U.S
Dulles International
Dulles
Moscow
United
Crane Collapse Kills Two in Downtown Los Angeles
Rescue and construction crews survey wreckage from a crane and scaffolding collapse into an excavation site in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. The crane struck at street level, killing two workers.
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Los Angeles
Midwestern leader named president of Teamsters
Roy L. Williams, longtime Midwest Teamsters figure, was named interim president of the union in a closed meeting at the Jockey Club in Las Vegas. He succeeds Frank Fitzsimmons who died May 6 and is expected to win a full five year term. Williams faces federal scrutiny over alleged influence schemes and is under a Labor Department suit over pension fund assets. The appointment comes as the convention opens June 1.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Roy L. Williams
Teamsters
Williams
Jockey Club
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
James Hoffa
Union
Salvatore “Sam” Provenzano
New Jersey
Jackie Presser
Cleveland
Provenzano
Justice Department
Kansas City
Central Conference of Teamsters
Ray Schoessling
Presser
Ohio
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Department
Labor Department
Pension Fund
Eight ritual slayings linked to single killer prompt arrest
In San Rafael, David Joseph Carpenter, 51, was arrested on a Marin County warrant for the March 29 killing of Ellen Hansen, 20, and the wounding of Stephen Haertle, 20. Ballistics tie him to other Marin County homicides as authorities pursue a single sadistic suspect.
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San Rafael
Calif
David Joseph Carpenter
San Francisco
Santa Cruz County
Ellen Hansen
Stephen Haertle
Marin County
al Howenstein
Carpenter
Howenstein
Mitterrand to Begin Socialist Rule as Giscard Expected to Approve
President-elect Francois Mitterrand proposed a seven year Socialist term starting Wednesday after his win with 51.7 percent. Giscard d Estaing was expected to grant formal approval, while Mitterrand faced pressure from the Communist Party to include Communists in his cabinet.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Mitterrand
Giscard d’Estaing
Communist Party
France
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