Bomb damages U.S. Army housing in Giessen in fourth attack this month
A bomb under a sergeant's car exploded in Giessen West Germany injuring no one but wrecking 20 cars and sending debris through apartment windows. Police capped security as residents describe fear and evacuation of two families. The blast, timed at 3 25 a m, mirrors tactics linked to anti American terrorism amid growing anxiety.
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Los Angeles
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Gilberto Sanchez Jr
Puerto Rico
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Dulles
United States
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Orangeburg
S.C
Detty Wallace
Killeen
Texas
Hypnosis alibi fails as bank robbery conviction stands
Larry McCollum testified he was hypnotized during a Sunset Boulevard bank incident and claimed a producer friend coerced him with a note and danger of bombs. The jury rejected the hypnosis defense, convicting him of attempted bank robbery despite expert testimony. He faces sentencing December 6.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Los Angeles
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Hollywood
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Sunset Boulevard
Sarah
U.S
Robert Pallemon
William P. Gray
Lunch programs decline as fewer children enroll
Washington reports a 3.2 million drop in national school lunch participation in the last year and over 2700 schools dropping out. One third of nonparticipants come from low income families. The 1981 subsidy cuts prompted price increases and reduced school lunch purchases.
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Federal Food and Nutrition Service
Congress
Extortion arraignment in Newark over Tylenol demand
Vernon Williams Jr., 35, of Newark, is to be arraigned on a $100,000 extortion charge after a letter threatened to contaminate Tylenol unless payment was delivered. FBI says no product tampering suspected and he is not tied to September Chicago killings.
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N.J
Johnson & Johnson
FBI
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James Cagnassola Jr
Williams
Esmat Sadat jailed with sons in corruption probe
Esmat Sadat 57, brother of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, and three of his sons were jailed at Tora prison amid an investigation into alleged corruption. The court froze his assets and barred the family from leaving the country while authorities probe accusations of illegal imports, evasion, misappropriation, black market sales, and protection payments.
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Egypt
Esmat Sadat
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Tora
Shultz Says U S Soviet Ties Need Not Rest on Force
Secretary of State George Shultz told U S News that future Soviet leaders must recognize America's resolve to maintain strength in military, economy, and values. He said cooperation is possible if Moscow moderates behavior and pursues arms reductions and better human values. Brezhnev's successor would face a strong, self-sufficient United States if behavior remains adversarial.
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United States
Nicaragua
Newsweek Magazine
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Honduras
Newsweek
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U.S
John Negroponte
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Washington
George Shultz
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S. News & World Report
Shultz
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
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