Hinckley trial hears psychiatry on insanity level
A defense psychiatrist told the court John Hinckley surpassed the fictional Taxi Driver in insanity. The judge urged the jury to avoid sympathy or prejudice as Hinckley left the room twice with guards. Medical testimony marked a clash over brain scans and Hinckley’s mental state on the day of the Reagan shooting.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
John Hinckley
U.S
Barrington Parker
Hinckley
Jodie Foster
Vincent Fuller
Fuller
Harvard
Reagan
David Bear
John
Bear
Parker
Roger Adelman
Adelman
Sally Johnson
Hints drop on plan for basing MX missiles
Washington AP reports no final basing decision on MX missiles though closely spaced silos appear most likely. White House aide Speakes says Reagan weighs deployment options while defense officials note fratricide advantages but stress continued review and other alternatives. Weinberger has eyed airborne launch planes as another option.
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Washington
White House
Larry Speakes
Reagan
Speakes
Baltimore Sun
Pentagon
U.S
Caspar Weinberger
Election terrorism tests Gandhi popularity in India voting
In New Delhi about 37 million voters cast ballots amid bombings, boycotts, and fraud allegations. A boy died and 50 were wounded. police detained over 2,000 extremists on election eve as first results loom. Voters marked Congress palm emblem amid illiteracy in many regions.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Congress Party
Begin survives narrow no confidence vote in Israel
Prime Minister Menahem Begin won a razor thin no confidence motion in the Knesset by 58 to 57 with three abstentions. The debate highlighted defections from his Likud bloc and the fragile political footing as analysts predict possible elections and a strained economy marked by rising inflation and widening inequality.
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Begin
TELEM
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
Amnon Linn
Yitzhak Peretz
Boy shoots parents then self after spanking in Hazel Dell
In Hazel Dell near Vancouver Washington a 12 year old boy killed his mother and critically wounded his father then killed himself with a 12 gauge shotgun after being spanked for riding a motorcycle without permission. A neighbor reported the boy threatened to shoot his parents. Names: James Mathis, Darlene Mathis. The incident occurred Tuesday and police found the boy with a shotgun in his fist.
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Vancouver
Wash
Clark County
Frank Kanekoa
James Mathis
Hazel Dell
Darlene Mathis
Women fast for ERA as Illinois leads in protest
Seven women from five states began a hunger strike led by Sonia Johnson to pressure Illinois ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. They vow to abstain from solid food until June 30, the ERA deadline, while urging nationwide weekly fasts and white ribbons.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Sonia Johnson
Idaho
U.S. Supreme Court
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