Gunmen open fire on church in Northern Ireland
Gunmen attacked the Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church in Darkley County Armagh killing three worshipers and wounding seven during a service. Police traced the attackers by car and searched the border area as bloodstained Bibles lay inside the single story church.
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Darkley
Northern Ireland
Mountain Lodge
Craigavon
Press Association
Adrian Carroll
Armagh
Carroll
Roderick
Irish National Liberation Army
Tornadoes Hit Southeast From Alabama To Florida
Severe storms spawned at least nine tornadoes from Alabama to Florida causing damage across multiple counties. Homes, camps and a horse stable were damaged or destroyed. One man was killed by lightning while another two people were injured as crews reported extensive rainfall and downed power lines.
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Alabama
Florida
Inlet Beach
Pensacola
Bay County
John Davis
National Weather Service
Putnam County
Cocoa
Cape Canaveral
Tallahassee
Fla
Milton
Georgia
Columbus
Coweta
Turin
Atlanta
Ann Artwood
Louisiana
Lincoln Parish
Dubach
Wayne Houck
Sheriff's Office
East Carroll Parish
Lake Providence
Prince William Makes First Public Walkabout
Seventeen month old Prince William took his first public steps at Highgrove House. The News of the World claims exclusive photos show him toddling from a stroller and walking about fifty yards under his own steam before resting in the stroller. A police bodyguard pushed the stroller as Charles and Diana were not present.
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London
Prince William
News of the World
Highgrove House
Diana
Prince Charles
Charles
Oswald Library Untouched in Texas Crates
Jane Oswald Porter says her grandmother Marguerite Oswald left a vast library about Lee Harvey Oswald at Texas Christian University sealed in crates. The collection, donated by her uncle Robert, remains inaccessible to family and is reportedly not examined. Porter also notes she has not seen the grave site of her father.
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New York
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Texas University
TCU
Texas Christian University
Jane Oswald Porter
Oswald
Marguerite
Robert
People Magazine
Ms. Porter
University of Texas In Austin
Beat It dominates Billboard Video Music Awards haul
Michael Jackson's Beat It clip wins five awards at the First International Music Conference including best overall and best choreography. Billy Joel earns three awards, Herbie Hancock's Rockit takes two, Annie Lennox wins best female performance for Love Is a Stranger.
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Pasadena
Calif
Michael Jackson
Billy Joel
Herbie Hancock
Joel
Allentown
Hancock
Rockit
Annie Lennox
The
Eurythmics
Bombing at Paris restaurant wounds 30, shocks city
A motorcyclist threw a bomb onto a terrace in Paris injuring 30 people as glass shattered and the ceiling partly collapsed. Owner Robert Taieb called it a terrorist act but police found no claimed motive and no group took responsibility by Sunday. Most victims were treated and released. authorities cautioned the blast could have killed if it hit the glass doors.
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Paris
Robert Taieb
Swedish authorities guard four containers tied to Soviet tech move
Police and watchdogs at a Swedish port guard four containers believed to hold U.S. high technology equipment bound for the Soviet Union. The Sunday Times cites U.S. State Department concerns that the kit includes a computer for missile guidance. The items were sent from Digital Equipment Corp to South Africa, then routed via Hamburg and Helsingborg toward the Soviet bloc. A U.S. official said Sweden is examining whether the shipment’s illegalities allow return to the United States.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.S
Soviet Union
Sunday Times of London
U.S. State Department
United States
Soviet Bloc
Digital Equipment Corp
South Africa
Hamburg
West Germany
Helsingborg
Sunday Times
Washington
First foal of Shergar fetches record price at auction
The six month old colt THOMASTOWN CASTLE sold for a European record of 409,500 dollars. British Bloodstock Agency of Newmarket bought it for a small syndicate of Americans and Europeans. Shergar, stolen from an Irish stud in February, rose to fame winning the 1981 English Derby by ten lengths and later the Irish Derby and major stakes.
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Thomastown Castle
Ireland
Shergar
Newmarket
England
Aga Khan
Bulgari heiress and son abducted from villa south of Rome
Three masked gunmen abducted Anna Bulgari Calissoni and her teenage son Giorgio from the Campo di Carne estate near Rome. Her husband Franco was beaten and hospitalized. eight servants were tied up. The victims fled in the car later found abandoned. no ransom reported.
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Campo DI Carne
Italy
Bulgari
Rome
Anna Bulgari Calissoni
Franco
Giorgio
York
Paris
Geneva
Monte Carlo
Calissoni
Gianni Bulgari
Calissoni Villa
WWII Sherman Tank for sale in England at 7500 pounds
Ian McGregor of Southampton offers a World War II Sherman tank with two prior owners for 7500 pounds plus tax. The lot includes 16 Sherman tanks and five Sexton guns, shipped from France after purchase from the Portuguese army. Tanks cannot be driven on British roads and barrels are sawed off, plus they burn gas at about one mile per gallon.
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Southampton
England
Ian McGregor
McGregor
France
Canada
Freighter Runs Aground Off Oregon Coast Splits In Half
A 350 foot Japanese freighter named Blue Magpie ran aground on a rock jetty at Yaquina Bay and split into two sections during a storm. The incident spilled 600 gallons of diesel fuel while 19 crewmen were rescued by helicopters as Coast Guard crews reported the captain misunderstood harbor entry instructions.
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Newport, Ore
Oregon
Coast Guard
Yaquina Bay
Plane Crash in Franklin Kills Six on Flight from Plattsburgh
A twin engine plane en route from Plattsburgh New York to Youngstown Ohio lost power in a rainstorm and crashed in a wooded area near Franklin Pennsylvania Sunday killing all six aboard authorities said pilot reported power loss and authorities identified the craft and flight details with ongoing investigations
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Franklin, Pa
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Youngstown
Ohio
George
Walesa calls for action against rising food prices in Poland
Lech Walesa urged a struggle against forthcoming food price hikes after meeting with underground Solidarity activists. He warned the plan would worsen living standards and deepen government concerns as the Communist party discussed economic measures.
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Walesa
New York Times
Warsaw
Poland
Lech Walesa
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Zbigniew Bujak
Communist Party
Central Committee
TKK
Denver Siamese twin girls in critical condition
Siamese twins Krista and Klare, born six weeks premature in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, were on their third life day in critical condition. Doctors considered early surgery to place tubes aiding blood flow from heart to lungs, with a Children’s Hospital spokeswoman saying a separation attempt was not yet decided. Names of the victims were not available.
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Denver
Krista
Klare
Children’s Hospital
Robyn King-Martin
Jimmy
Steamboat Springs
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3Rd St
Continental Cleaners & Guaranty Bank
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Center Pt
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Valcho
Federal Aviation Administration
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