Syria says missiles downed 2 Israeli planes in Bekaa Valley
Syrian command reports two Israeli spy planes shot down over eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley at 12:19 p.m. by surface to air missiles. One drone and a wreckage retrieved near Kafraya and Jib Jamnin, as Arab ministers meet in Tunis to address the crisis.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Damascus
Israel
Syria
Leonid Brezhnev
Kafraya
Jib Jannin
Jib Jamnin
Chtaura
Bekaa
Tel Aviv
Hafez Assad
Baath Party
Menachem Begin
Reagan
Philip Habib
Elias Sarkis
Brezhnev
Tbilisi
Middle East
Mideast
Tunis
Algeria
Rioting erupts after O’Hara hunger striker dies in Ulster
In Belfast and other towns fierce rioting, firebombing, and sniper fire followed the death of hunger striker Patsy O’Hara at Maze Prison. One rioter was killed and about 12 others injured, including five soldiers. Police detained around 25 rioters as arson and attacks spread from Belfast to Londonderry Dungannon and Newry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Patrick
Maze
Irish National Liberation Army
IRA
Provisional
INLA
Bobby Sands
Francis Hughes
McCreesh
Brendan McLaughlin
Londonderry
Dungannon
Newry
O’hara
Cincinnati Opera Auditions Extend To Unusual Cast For Aida
Bass baritone Hal Thomas of the Cincinnati Opera, a singing cockatoo, and GM James de Blasis observe a high note during auditions. The company is auditioning elephants, chimps, cheetahs, and exotic birds for the production of Aida.
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Hal Thomas
Cincinnati Opera
James de Blasis
Opera
Cincinnati
Opera Company
Teamsters leader awaits grand jury decision amid probe
Washington AP reports interim president Roy Lee Williams, accused by Senate investigators of ties to organized crime, awaits a federal grand jury decision on corruption charges. The probe centers on mob influence over the Central States pension fund ahead of the June 1 Teamsters election in Las Vegas.
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Washington
Teamsters
Roy Lee Williams
Senate
Chicago
Central States Pension Fund
Justice Department
Williams
Warrensburg
Star-Journal
Las Vegas
Nev
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Grand Jury
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Teamsters Pension Fund
Labor Department
Yorkshire Ripper found guilty of 13 murders in UK trial
A six man six woman jury in London convicts Peter Sutcliffe of 13 murder charges, rejecting his insanity plea for diminished responsibility. He is sentenced to life with a minimum 30 year term. The court notes the victims were mainly prostitutes and killed by hammer blows with mutilation. Sutcliffe claims a divine mission and denies sexual motive.
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London
UPI
Yorkshire
Sutcliffe
England
Boreham
Breakthrough Sought in Atlanta Murders Case
Douglas County Sheriff Earl Lee says an out-of-state resident may offer a break in Eddie Duncan slaying and the wave of killings of 27 young black men. Police search for Ronald Crawford, 22, missing since Monday, amid hopes a new informant could help solve the 22 month case.
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Atlanta
UPI
Ronald Crawford
Crawford
Douglas County
Earl Lee
Georgia
Eddie
Bubba” Duncan
Lee
Duncan
Chattahoochee River
Reagan plan for nerve gas funds advances in Senate
The Senate moved toward final approval of a 20 million dollar nerve gas weapons program, attaching it to a 13.3 billion dollar supplemental bill after a 50 48 vote to kill a shelve the measure. House approval had already been secured.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Senate
Japan says no records support bomb claim
The Foreign Ministry rejected former ambassador A Alexis Johnson's assertion that US atomic bombs were stored on a ship off Japan over 20 years ago. No corroborating records exist, ministry officials said, and the remarks seem hearsay based on others' accounts.
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Japan
Tokyo
US. Navy
U.S
Foreign Ministry
A. Alexis Johnson
Johnson
Washington
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station
Iwakuni
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Alexia Morrison
District of Columbia Superior Court
H. Carl
Moultrie III
Ms. Morrison
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Ala
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Jim Husham
TVA
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Tenn
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Hamden, Conn
Watertown
Conn
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United Nations
Helmut Schmidt
White House
National Press Club
Schmidt
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Moscow
Santa Barbara
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Minolta Tailors Reliable Co
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