Confusion Marks Illinois Ballot Counting In Close Gubernatorial Race
U.S. marshals guarded Chicago ballot boxes as Illinois governor race narrows to a paper thin margin. Reports vary on lead between James Thompson and Adlai Stevenson III with recounts and court challenges likely.
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Chicago
U.S
Associated Press
James Thompson
United Press International
Adlai Stevenson III
Cook County
Thompson
New York mob heroin network crippled in major DEA raid
Federal authorities announced 13 arrests and the seizure of 20 pounds of heroin worth over 20 million dollars. The operation linked traditional New York organized crime families to a pipeline importing about 25 kilograms weekly, enough to fuel thousands of addicts for a month.
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New York City
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William H. Webster
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United States
DEA
Webster
New York
Ex-hostages sue U S for 100 million over Iran claims
Seven former U S hostages and three escapees filed a 100 million suit in the Court of Claims alleging the government owes ten million dollars each for stripping rights to claim against Iran. The suit marks the third anniversary of the Tehran embassy takeover.
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U.S
Iran
Tehran
Carter
Ireland’s Haughey government falls in Dublin vote
Prime Minister Charles Haughey loses a confidence vote 80 to 82 in the Dail after a two day debate on an austerity plan to save the economy. President Hillery calls a general election for November 24, aiming to resolve a hung Dail that has stalled since 1981.
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Ireland
Charles Haughey
Patrick Hillery
Haughey
Final tragic battle ends for Vietnam veteran Moody
Green Beret Stanley Erwin Moody 38 fought an imagined enemy at night in Ocala National Forest near Lake George. He wounded a passerby, Donald Larson 37, before shooting himself. Moody had two Vietnam tours in the mid-1960s and a seizure history.
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Donald Larson
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Gainesville
Morrey Deen
Here
Florida
Ocala High School
Marion County
Ray McNeal
Stan
Gunmen assassinate top Spanish general near Madrid
Two men on a motorcycle shot and killed Gen. Victor Lago Roman, 63, commander of Brunete First Armored Division, as he rode to work on a Madrid street near the Arch of Triumph. His driver was lightly wounded. Police suspect Basque terrorists. no claim of responsibility.
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Arch of Triumph
John Paul II
Victor Lago Roman
Brunete First Armored
Felipe Gonzalez
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