El Salvador troops accused of killing 100 civilians in three towns
Survivors and foreign journalists described troops rounding up and killing more than 100 leftist supporters, including women and children, in Copapayo San Nicolas and La Escopeta near Lake Suchitlan. The army acknowledged about 100 casualties among subversives killed during a November operation.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
High Command
Atlacatl
el Tablo
Morazan
Radio Venceremos
Radio Farabundo Marti
Atlacatl Army Infantry Battalion
Copapayo
San Nicolas
la Escopeta
Lake Suchitlan
U.S. and Soviet Warships Collide in Arabian Sea
In the northern Arabian Sea a U S Navy destroyer and a Soviet guided missile destroyer had a minor collision. The USS Fife showed two 15 foot scuff marks while the Soviet Razyaschy appeared undamaged. No injuries reported and both vessels remained at sea. An investigation was started.
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Manila
Philippines
U.S. Navy
Arabian Sea
7Th Fleet
Steve Honda
Fife
Razyaschy
Honda
Subic U.S. Navy
Ranger
United Steelworkers pick chief to lead after McBride
USW leaders elect Canadian union executive Lynn R. Williams to serve as president until a special election on March 29, defeating Joseph Odorcich 16 to 12. Williams, 59, McBride’s chosen successor, and Odorcich both intend to run in the election, signaling potential leadership split. Three members dissented in a later call for unanimous vote.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Lloyd McBride
Lynn R. Williams
McBride
Joseph Odorcich
USW
Odorcich
Williams
Bacteria Linked to Sore Throats Could Boost Cures
Boston AP reports two bacteria now identified as major causes of sore throats. Previously thought viral, these bacteria may account for about a third of cases and respond to commonly available antibiotics, offering potential for more effective treatment.
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Boston
Donovan to Testify in Perjury Trial of Union Leaders
Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan agreed to testify at the perjury trial of two former union leaders after a judge rejected his bid to quash a defense subpoena. Donovan is tentatively set to take the stand this afternoon. Louis Sanzo, 45, former Local 29 president of the Blasters Drill-Runners and Miners Union, and Amadio.
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New York
Raymond Donovan
Donovan
Louis Sanzo
The
Blasters, Drill-Runners and Miners Union
Amadio
Lavelle trial begins amid defense claim of honesty
Rita Lavelle a former EPA official faces trial on perjury and obstructing a congressional investigation with up to 25 years in prison. The defense portrayed her as a driven manager harmed by EPA bureaucratic in-fighting and male lawyers. The Nation magazine won an appeal overturning a ruling that it violated the law.
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Washington (Ap
Rita Lavelle
Environmental Protection Agency
Lavelle
EPA
Appeal New York
the Nation Magazine
Sudan army frees two British oil workers in raid
Sudanese army commandos rescued two British oil workers from a rebel base in southern Sudan on Thursday. Nine other foreigners abducted Tuesday remain missing as rebels warned of killings within 48 hours unless their demands are met. The rebels, led by the Liberation Army of the Sudanese People, threaten to strike against Chevron pipeline and a White Nile canal project tied to farming plans.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Gaatar Nimeiri
Nimeiri
Paris
Libya
Ethiopia
Liberation Army
Chevron
White Nile
Greek gun tied to 75 Welch killing linked to Tsantos death
Greek police said the same .45 caliber magnum used to assassinate CIA station chief Richard Welch in Athens in December 1975 was used to shoot and kill U S Navy Capt George Tsantos in Athens Tuesday morning. The group November 17 Organization claimed both killings as it marked the 10th anniversary anti American march to the U S Embassy. No arrests reported.
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Athens
Greece
CIA
Richard Welch
U.S. Navy
George Tsantos
Welch
U.S
Athens Polytechnic University
British models win Miss World crown tight London pageant
The 19 year old British model Sarah Jane Hutt earned the Miss World title in a London ceremony. Miss Colombia Rocio Florez, 18, finished second and Miss Brazil Catia Pedrosa, 20, placed third.
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Sarah-Jane Hutt
London
Colombia
Rocio Florez
Brazil
Catia Pedrosa
Judge sides with family in baby records case
A federal judge in Uniondale New York rejected the Reagan administration request to obtain the medical records of Baby Jane Doe the 38 day old infant. The ruling dismissed government records pursuit and noted no evidence of discrimination during the first week of life. The decision limits federal intrusion into hospital records in sensitive infant care cases.
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Uniondale
N.Y
Reagan Administration
Jane Doe
Justice Department
Leonard Wexler
U.S
Wexler
Richard Rifkin
Charles Cooper
Century of Standard Time Zoned Railways Across North America
Historians and clock enthusiasts mark the 100th anniversary of the railroad time standardization. On Sunday at noon November 18, 1883, train stations and many timekeepers adopted four zones Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific, ending a patchwork of over 50 local times.
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Washington (Ap
United States
Canada
Flynt Arrested In Flag Desecration Case In Los Angeles
FBI agents arrested Larry Flynt at a federal courtroom in Los Angeles on a flag desecration charge. He wore the flag as a diaper while counting $1 bills to satisfy a daily contempt fine tied to his refusal to reveal the source of an audio tape tied to the John De Lorean drug trafficking case. The Hustler publisher, paraplegic, wore a bulletproof vest with a purple heart and combat helmet.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Larry Flynt
Flynt
John de Lorean
FDA to ban look alike pills and diet aids
The FDA will bar look-alike stimulant pills and caffeinated diet aids from sale, declaring them unlawful for containing caffeine or two of caffeine, phenylpropanolamine, and ephedrine. Manufacturers would need a new drug application, a lengthy process, before marketing. About 350 firms are involved in making or selling these mail order products.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Paul Hile
Hile
Snipers Wound Two U.S. Troops on Green Island Grenada
Two 82nd Airborne soldiers were wounded lightly by small arms fire at 3:20 a.m. while manning an observation post on Green Island near Grenada. The incident raises the U.S. wounded to 115 since the invasion began over three weeks ago. 18 U.S. troops have been killed. No assailants were found on Green Island.
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ST. George's
Grenada
U.S
Green Island
Douglas Frey
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Frey
Judge offers rapists option of castration or prison
Three men pleaded guilty to raping and beating a 23 year old woman in Anderson County. Circuit Judge C Victor Pyle Jr gave a choice of chemical or surgical castration or 30 years in prison, calling the sentence a viable alternative. He noted chemical castration as acceptable and ordered five years probation if castration is chosen. Names given as Mark Wallace Vaughn, Roscoe James Brown, and Michael Braxton.
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Anderson County General Sessions Court
George Dunworth
Pyle
Mark Wallace Vaughn
Clemson
Roscoe James Brown
Pendleton
Michael Braxton
Sarasota
Fla
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