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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1985
Page
4
Actress Joan Collins quietly married Swedish businessman Peter Holm in a private Las Vegas wedding Wednesday night. Publicist Jeffrey Lane says the couple will host a small private party Friday for close friends. Collins is currently “at home today.”
Stefan Vernea a 38 year old Romanian merchant seaman assigned to a ship near Jacksonville Florida was granted political asylum in the United States after seeking help from a private security guard and saying he wanted to become an American. Immigration officials cited a well founded fear of persecution if he returned to Romania.
Federal judge H. Lee Sarokin ruled Rubin Carter's 1966 triple murder convictions were tainted by racial prejudice and prosecutorial errors. The decision clears the way for his release after 19 years. a bail hearing could follow and an appeal is possible.
An anonymous caller claimed Islamic Jihad planned to execute six American hostages in Lebanon, but no bodies were found and authentication of the claim was uncertain. White House officials said negotiations continued as other reports of executions remained unconfirmed.
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