Polish teen Grzegorz Przemyk mourned in mass and funeral
About 20,000 people marched at a Warsaw cemetery to mourn Grzegorz Przemyk, a high school senior who died after a police detention. His mother alleged beatings and damaged organs. police deny cause, while Solidarity and church figures urged investigation and remembrance.
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Solidarity
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Wieslawa Gromlawska
Grzegorz
St. Kostanislaw Kostka Church
Walesa
Powazki
Lawmaker Says Memo Shows EPA Abuse Ties
Gazette dispatch reports Rita Lavelle, former EPA hazardous waste chief, proposed that President Reagan announce 5.2 million in federal cleanup contracts to aid New Jersey Republican candidates. Rep. John Dingell cited the memo as proof of politicizing the Superfund, while Deaver denied manipulation.
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Washington
Rita Lavelle
Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Deaver
White House
Reagan
New Jersey
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Energy Committee
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Lavelle
Trenton
N.J
Thomas Kean
Edwin B. Forsythe
Millicent Fenwick
EPA
Fenwick
Senate
Dingell
GNP shows weaker than expected first quarter growth
Washington reports the Commerce Department lowered first quarter real GNP growth to an annual rate of 2.5 percent from 3.1 percent. Despite later signs of improvement in April factory output, retail sales, and personal income, officials say the pace remains modest and the economy is on the mend with stronger growth anticipated in coming quarters.
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Commerce Department
Commerce Report
White House
Larry Speakes
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Dioxin containers found in northern French town
Forty one containers of dioxin missing since last fall were discovered in Anguibourt-le-Sart near Saint Quentin. The poison, traced to Seveso Italy, had vanished from a Saint Quentin depot in September. State Prosecutor Alain le Goult said a middleman, Bernard Paringaux, implicated after ending his silence, and under arrest since March 30, transported the substance into France on false papers.
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Anguibourt-le-Sart
Saint Quentin
Seveso
Italy
Alain le Goult
Bernard Paringaux
France
Pilotless Learjet crash off Iceland ends across Europe
Aviation experts said a West German Learjet 250 with three crew ran 1,600 miles off course across Northern Europe after an oxygen system failure. The jet ran out of fuel and dived into the North Atlantic 200 miles south of Iceland, authorities reported.
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London
Europe
North Atlantic
Iceland
U.S
Spy expelled after obtaining secret Thai document
Thai authorities seized a Soviet embassy officer at a Bangkok hotel coffee shop on Thursday after he received a secret military document and ordered his expulsion. The Foreign Ministry said the spy was Victor Baryshev.
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Thailand
Foreign Ministry
Victor Baryshev
Morris Plan loan offer for 5000 to 15000 dollars
Advertisement promises a loan of 5000 to 15000 dollars with no payment due for ninety days. It suggests consolidating total monthly payments into one and deferring the first payment for ninety days. Contact Ken or John at 3630261 for details.
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Man hijacks New York bound jet to Cuba in apparent air piracy
A man claiming explosives hijacked Eastern Airlines Flight 24 bound for New York. The Boeing 727 with 125 passengers and seven crew returned to Miami then proceeded to New York after hours in Havana. All aboard safe. hijacker in Havana custody. Letelier and Ronnie Moffitt referenced as related names.
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Eastern Airlines
Cuba
New York
Havana
Teacher pleads guilty in mistreatment case at academy
Stephen Boatwright, 35, admitted guilt to four counts of reported incident at Papoose Palace Academy in Reno. He said he did not want his victims to testify, facing automatic life sentences for each charge.
Townley Extradition Sought to Face Argentine Murders
The United States moves to extradite Michael Townley to Argentina to face charges for the 1974 car bomb killings of Chilean General Carlos Prats Gonzalez and his wife Sofia in Buenos Aires. Townley, born in Waterloo Iowa, was convicted in 1979 of planting the bomb that killed former Chilean Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier.
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Michael Townley
Argentina
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Alexandria
Townley
Carlos Prats Gonzalez
Sofia
Buenos Aires
Waterloo
Iowa
Orlando
Actress Monique Van Vooren Charged in Social Security Scheme
In New York 29 people were charged in Brooklyn and Manhattan with cashing checks of deceased relatives or friends. Actress Monique Van Vooren, 58, allegedly forged her late mother's signature to withdraw Social Security funds after the 1976 death and faced perjury charges for denying signing the name at a grand jury hearing.
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Monique van Vooren
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Miss van Vooren
Reagan to lift ban on Israeli F-16 deliveries
President Reagan will release 75 F-16 fighters held until Israel withdraws from Lebanon. The move, tied to the Lebanon peace accord with Syria and the PLO, aims to bolster Arab support while Habib travels to Saudi Arabia for discussions with King Fahd. Shultz notes growing Arab pressure for Syria's withdrawal.
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Washington Post
Washington
Reagan
Israel
Lebanon
U.S
Syria
Palestine Liberation Organization
George Shultz
House
Shultz
Mideast
Philip Habib
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
Middle East
DeLorean allegedly offered to fund heroin and cocaine deals
Government documents reveal John DeLorean offered to invest in Asian heroin and Colombian cocaine and called the failed funding a tragedy. Prosecutors say the automaker founder sought $2 million to back cocaine distribution as part of a scheme to save his company. trial set for Aug. 9.
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DeLorean
Los Angeles
John DeLorean
U.S
Robert Takasugi
Northern Ireland
John Z. DeLorean
James Walsh
FBI
Whiz kid debunked by NASA on Mercury Venus heat
A six year old student challenged a textbook claim that Mercury is the hottest planet. NASA data from Mariner 10 missions indicate Mercury at 950 F and Venus at 900 F, supporting the textbook assertion.
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Fla
America
James Brown III
Mercury
McGraw-Hill Book Co
James
Venus
Eisenhower
McGraw-Hill
John Mongillo
New York
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Mariner 10
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