Bank extortion attempt ends with bomb discovery in Dodge City
A man claiming illness tried to extort 2 million dollars from First National Bank in Dodge City by planting three bombs and wiring dynamite to a clerk. He was persuaded to place explosives in a vault, later apprehended. area was evacuated and bombs were deactivated with no injuries.
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Rogers
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Go Ask Alice Tops School Censorship List
New York AP report notes Go Ask Alice the diary of a troubled teen is the most censored book in high school libraries. A survey of 860 librarians finds rising local groups of school critics and 34 percent reporting book challenges, with removal or denial most common outcomes.
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Committee Against Censorship
National Council of Teachers of English
Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English
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David Burress
J.D. Salinger
Aztec Great Temple Reopens in Mexico City Tour Draws Crowds
In downtown Mexico City the Great Temple resumes public access after a five year dig that uncovered one of the nation’s richest finds. President Jose Lopez Portillo and successor Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated the site near the National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral. Tour guides describe Tenochtitlan history as visitors learn how Cortez’s forces once used temple stone for the cathedral.
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UPI
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Miguel de la Madrid
Metropolitan Cathedral
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Tenochtitlan
Mysterious GOES West satellite failure hinders weather forecasts
Forecasters faced a breakdown of GOES West an 1980 satellite delivering western US and Pacific data delaying storm tracking during Hurricane Iva. NOAA-7 and ship data supplied limited view while NASA/NOAA plan possible reuse of an older satellite if fix delayed beyond Monday.
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Los Angeles Times
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Earth
Aldridge
Pacific
Man armed with rifles bombs invades New York hospital ward
A Brooklyn man identified as David Gay entered St. John's Hospital in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the ninth floor security ward carrying two rifles two grenades and a homemade bomb. He fired once but was subdued with no injuries reported. He said he aimed to free his wife and will face charges of attempted murder and weapon possession.
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David Gay
Brooklyn
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Nancy Singleton
John Giles
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St. John's Hospital
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Custer’s Revenge video game under Canadian review
Canadian Revenue Minister Pierre Bussieres said customs would reexamine an Oct. 18 decision allowing the Atari game Custer’s Revenge into the country. The game depicts Gen George Custer raping an Indian woman and has drawn strong condemnation from women's groups and Liberal MP John Evans who called it degrading and urged action.
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UPI
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George Custer
American Multiple Industries
Northridge
Calif
Atari Video Unit
California
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John Evans
Bussieres
Canada Customs
Nakasone names 22 member Cabinet amid party rifts
Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone unveils a 22 member Cabinet amid Liberal Democratic Party factions accusing him of stacking with Kakuei Tanaka loyalists. The move followed his Diet victory and delays in the government inauguration by Emperor Hirohito.
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Pope John Paul II Declares 1983 Holy Year
Pope John Paul II announced in Vatican closing remarks that 1983 will be a Holy Year commemorating the 1950th anniversary of Christ's death. The Holy Year, typically held every 25 years, last occurred in 1975 drawing millions of pilgrims to Rome for special blessings.
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UPI
John Paul II
College of Cardinals
Vatican
Rome
Botha Sees Real Chance for Namibia Negotiations
South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha said the United States has a real chance to negotiate black majority rule and independence in Namibia after a three hour meeting with Secretary of State George Shultz. He tied progress to elections and urged all parties to accept the outcome, while linking final resolution to Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola.
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Pik Botha
United States
Namibia
George Shultz
Botha
South-West Africa
Angola
Shultz
Houston Man Receives Heart and Two Lungs Transplant
A 41 year old Houston area patient who underwent a triple organ transplant, including a heart and two lungs, was alert and writing notes to his wife and nurses three days after surgery. Texas Heart Institute spokeswomen Hazel Huby said he was in fair condition after Dr Denton Cooley led the team. It marked the second consecutive good day for the patient described as having severe lung disease and congestive heart failure.
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Hazel Huby
Texas Heart Institute
Denton Cooley
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