U S moves to turn Point Salines into a Grenada base
U S military steps to secure Point Salines airport in Grenada with heavy construction equipment arriving and civilian access barred. Helicopter patrols sweep the area while Washington cites the base as a high priority amid Cuba and Soviet weapons concerns.
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Gazette Wire
ST. George’s
Grenada
United States
Point Salines
U.S
St. George’s Harbor
Pearls
Buono Convicted in Three More Hillside Strangler Murders
A Los Angeles jury convict Angelo Buono of three additional Hillside Strangler murders bringing his total convictions to eight in California's longest criminal trial. Buono, 50, an auto upholsterer from Glendale, has also been acquitted of one slaying and jurors were told to resume deliberations on the final count involving 20-year-old college student Cindy Lee Hudspeth.
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Los Angeles
Angelo Buono
California
Buono
Glendale
Calif
Cindy Lee Hudspeth
Art mound bulldozed at Williams College by grounds crew
The Williams College grounds crew bulldozed a dirt mound covered with hay they mistook for a mound of earth art. Vice President Will Reed called it a culpable act and promised an apology to artist Alice Aycock. the piece, described by Lucy Lippard as an earth-covered concrete block chamber, was built to be crawled into.
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Cuba
Central America
Africa
U.S
St. George’s
Associated Press
United States
Grenada
George Bush
Caribbean
Bush
Andrews Air Force Base
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Will Reed
Alice Aycock
Lucy Lippard
Mass killer gets life in Texas court
Henry Lee Lucas, 47, convicted of murdering his teenage common law wife Frieda Becky Powell, 15, with a butcher knife. He told jurors he stabbed Powell during a quarrel and sat beside her corpse discussing what to do with the body. Lucas has claimed 165 victims.
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Denton, Texas
Henry Lee Lucas
Lucas
Frieda
Becky” Powell
San Francisco approves strong smoking ordinance after tally
After a costly campaign, San Francisco voters narrowly approve an ordinance giving non-smokers power to enforce smoke free zones in private workplaces. Employers have three months to craft policies. fines up to 500 dollars daily apply if non-smokers are dissatisfied and seek a total ban.
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San Francisco
San
Soviet Beams Microwave Radiation at U.S. Embassy
U S Ambassador Hartman says the Soviet Union has resumed microwave radiation aimed at the American Embassy in Moscow after a five year pause. He notes the intensity is below harmful levels and vows protests last Wednesday as a matter of principle. The purpose remains unknown and Soviet officials have not acknowledged the action.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Arthur Hartman
Hartman
State Department
Washington
Iran imposes sanctions on France over jet deliveries
Iran announces a new wave of economic measures against France in retaliation for France delivering five Super Etendard jets to Iraq. The actions target French banks hindering Iranian foreign trade, demand closure of the French commercial attache office, and shuttering of the French Institute for Research in Iran after a century of work.
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Paris
Iran
France
Iraq
Tehran
French Institute For Research
Elections Under Threat as Ayacucho Voters Face Arrest
In Ayacucho Peru voters face coercion amid Shining Path threats. A military commander orders arrests for anyone on the street without a voter registration card while campaign speeches are censored. Rebels have warned against participation.
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Ayacucho
Peru
Shining Path
Luther Anniversary Observance in Eisleben
About five thousand Christians gathered in Eisleben to honor Martin Luther on the 500th anniversary of his birth. Church leaders and worshipers from around the world attended as trumpeters played hymns and floodlights lit the cobblestoned square in a hour long salute.
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Eisleben
East Germany
Martin Luther
Luther
Gazette Wire
Congress Fails to Meet Deadline on Money Bill
Senate action edges toward a stopgap bill to keep federal funds flowing, with a veto risk. Abortions for federal employees remain banned unless the mother's life is at stake, a provision opposed by some Republicans. House and Senate negotiators plan to finish a conference report Friday after Veterans Day.
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Washington
Senate
House
Howard Baker
Rtenn
Reagan
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Neal Smith
Berkley Bedell
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Judge vacates Korematsu conviction for wartime internment evasion
In San Francisco a federal judge vacated Fred Korematsu’s 1942 conviction for resisting internment, citing unsubstantiated facts and racist justifications. Attorney Dale Minami praised the ruling as a long awaited correction, noting it holds implications for Japanese American citizens and future cases.
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San Francisco
Dale Minami
Fred Korematsu
Bomb trigger in Capitol blast mirrors other attacks
FBI Director William Webster said the Capitol blast used a dual firing mechanism similar to 10 or 11 earlier bombings nationwide. He noted no suspects or firm links, and said dynamite may have powered the Marine compound blast, while cautions on definitive causes remain.
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Washington
FBI
William Webster
Capitol
Webster
Beirut
U.S. Marine
Democrats deny early Iowa New Hampshire caucus requests
The national Democratic Party refused requests from Iowa and New Hampshire to begin their 1984 caucuses and primary earlier than rules allow. Maine may seek an exemption to hold its first caucuses on March 4, 1984, outside the 12 week window. The Compliance Review Commission will vote on that recommendation, likely by telephone this weekend.
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Washington
National Democratic Party
Iowa
New Hampshire
Maine
National Party
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