Jilted gunman holds nine at Burke high school
In Burke Virginia a despondent gunman described as angry at a rejected marriage proposal seized nine hostages in the high school offices. By evening two men and two women plus the principal remained captive while five women had been released. One hostages was taken to hospital as a precaution. Police said the gunman James Stevens 18 formerly lived nearby and had dropped out as a senior.
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Burke
June Harrison
Commonwealth Doctors Hospital
Fairfax
Andrew Page
Page
Harrison
Carroll D. Buracker
James Stevens
Stevens
Warren Carmichael
John Isom
Buracker
Isom
Tony Crumm
Frances Churchman
Peggy Rydden
Carol Pogharian
John Atwood
Earth
Air Force
James Moore
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Columbia
Space Agency
U.S
Satellite Business Systems
Telesat Canada
Rumors Sparked Death Plot In Soviet Leadership
Soviet sources reported that a high ranking Kremlin figure had died though no name was confirmed. Brezhnev was absent from a state document he would sign. Kirilenko and Pelshe were repeatedly named in rumors amid changes in TV programming and somber radio music.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Andrei Kirilenko
Arvid Pelshe
Brezhnev
Washington
U.S
State Department
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
Communist Party Central Committee
Supreme Soviet
Vladimir Lenin
Kirilenko
Politburo
Red Square
Pelshe
Taxes like golf drive for the green end in the hole
A witty line compares taxes to golf as an artsy metaphor about effort versus payoff. The quote implies frustration with tax outcomes. Copyright notice accompanies the statement.
Smoothest countdown yet for first commercial shuttle flight
Cape Canaveral officials called the Veterans Day countdown for America's first commercial shuttle mission the smoothest yet as a 6 19 a.m. CST liftoff approached. The flight carries two commercial satellites, with the crew of four aboard for a mission funded by civilian payloads.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vpi
America
California
Columbia
Vance Brand
Robert Overmyer
Joseph Allen
William Lenoir
White Sands
N.M
Jobless benefits dip as claims fall week ending Oct 30
The Labor Department reported 650,000 first time claims for the week ending Oct 30, down 27,000 from the prior week, while total jobless recipients for Oct 23 fell to 4,673,000. Democrats and Republicans debated how to fund a large job program as Rep. Henry Reuss urged a 4.35 billion plan to repair roads bridges and sewers and rehabilitate public buildings.
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Labor Department
House
Democrats
Reagan
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Uneasy Feelings At Dedication Of Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Veteran Dwight Scaffinger arrives in Washington for the memorial dedication alongside about 250000 fellow Vietnam veterans. Cedar Rapids veterans group member Tim Thornton notes Cedar Rapids attendance and reflects on the historical significance and mixed emotions of the gathering.
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Pat Pazour
Hiawatha
Embassy Club
Cedar Rapids
Dwight Scaffinger
Arlington
Scaffinger
Albuquerque
N.M
Washington
Tim Thornton
Thornton
B Ave
Vietnam Veterans’ Interaction Group
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Rydden
Pogharian
Gazette
John McIvor
Abby
U.s.world Living Weather
Marion
East Iowa
Simmons
Gazette Wire Services
Vietnam
Iowa
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