U S to triple force in Honduras advisers training base
The Reagan administration won approval to triple American military advisers in Honduras and open a training base for Salvadoran soldiers at Puerto Castilla, despite Senate opposition. The move, backed by Honduran leaders, amends a 1950s pact and expands U S training roles in the region.
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Death toll climbs in Nile steamer fire in Egypt
In Cairo and Aswan officials report 194 bodies recovered after a Nile River steamer fire, with little or no hope of finding 108 missing alive. Fire injuries include burns and drowning as the tragedy unfolds along the Nile.
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Divers recover wheel from Breadalbane shipwreck explored in Arctic
Divers in armored suits explored the Arctic wreck of HMS Breadalbane, retrieved the wheel and other artifacts, and reported exceptional preservation. The Breadalbane, the world's northernmost shipwreck, sank 130 years ago after being crushed by ice.
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Washington
Arctic Ocean
National Geographic Society
H.M.S. Breadalbane
Bomb detonated under car in Bloemfontein
A blast targeted a parked car in Bloemfontein during lunch hour, causing property damage but no injuries. The outlawed African National Congress, which earlier killed 17 and wounded 218 in Pretoria, refused comment on the Bloemfontein incident.
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South Africa
African National Congress
Pretoria
EPA region chief resigns after signaling flip in SF
Sonia Crow quit as head of the EPA San Francisco region after a high level meeting with William Ruckelshaus. The agency briefly announced her departure then retracted it, amid internal talk of a White House appeal in a separate case tying Crow to six federal credit card fraud counts.
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Environmental Protection Agency
San Francisco
Sonia Crow
EPA
William Ruckelshaus
Chris Rice
U.S. District Court
Ross T. Roberts
Lewis
Nazi convict in Oroville slaying of teen informant
A 41-year-old self styled Nazi, Perry Red Warthan, was found guilty of first degree murder in the September 30 execution style killing of 17-year-old Joseph Hoover near Oroville. Hoover had told police details about Warthan’s Nazi band.
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Calif
Perry
Warthan
Sheriff's
Joseph Hoover
Gable widow Kay Gable dies after long illness
Kay Gable widow of Clark Gable dies at 66 after a long illness. She gave birth to Gable's only son after his 1960 death and passed away Wednesday from a heart ailment at Methodist Hospital, Houston officials said.
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Kay Gable
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Gable
Methodist Hospital
Colleen Fox
Challenger rolls to launch pad at Cape Canaveral
Challenger moved to its seaside launch pad 39A as ground ops chief Al O Hara voiced confidence in a June 18 liftoff. The 100 ton shuttle towed from the assembly building and began the 3 mile trip to the pad, clinging to the external fuel tank.
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Fla
al O'Hara
Man convicted of murder after rape and beating
In Madison County Illinois a judge seated without a jury found Randy Brackett 23 guilty of murder in the death of Elizabeth Winslow an 86 year old widow who choked on food a month after she was raped and beaten The judge rejected the idea of psychological murder but held Brackett responsible for the consequences of his forcible felonies in the Alton case
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Madison County
Philip J. Rarick
Randy Brackett
Elizabeth Winslow
Brackett
Rarick
Boston Mayor Kevin White ends bid for fifth term
Mayor Kevin White announced he will not seek re election, ending weeks of speculation. He cited a need for change while praising Boston’s handling of crises and fiscal trauma. The move follows investigations into a 1981 birthday party fundraiser with donors including city workers.
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Kevin White
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New
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