Fireworks Plant Explodes in Bellport Wrecks Homes
A series of blasts at the Grucci fireworks plant in Bellport New York leveled 10 to 12 buildings damaged 100 nearby homes and disrupted power to 7000. Two people were killed and 23 injured as witnesses described a mushroom cloud and atomic bomb like shock.
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Bellport
N.Y
Grucci
Suffolk County
New York Pyrotechnic Products Co
New York City
John Wehrenberg
Holbrook
Philip McGuire
Suffolk County Police
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
Patchogue
Edward Thompson
Nassau County Red Cross
Argentina urged to place uranium plant under safeguards
The State Department urged Argentina's president-elect Raul Alfonsin to place a new uranium enrichment plant under international safeguards after confirming the nation has built a gaseous diffusion enrichment facility. Proliferation concerns were raised over unsafeguarded enrichment technology. Poland buys Libyan oil on credit to cover debts, selling at a loss to raise funds. Foreign Trade Minister Tadeusz Nestorowicz warned Poland could lose up to $9 million on the deal.
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Washington
State Department
Argentina
Raul Alfonsin
Department
Warsaw
Poland
Tadeusz Nestorowicz
Eastern Europe faces drought cutting water and power supplies
A European drought slashes electricity and drinking water in Eastern and Central Europe. The Danube basin shows a marked shortage unseen since early this century. Belgrade's mayor urged residents to conserve water and shun wasteful bathing while urging public scolding of energy wasters.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
Danube
Romania Libera
Bucharest
Reagan Defends Watt Record on Environment and Resources
President Reagan praised former Interior Secretary James Watt for protecting the environment while promoting development. He cited a billion dollar park program and expanded lands, noted Watt’s remarks sparked controversy, and said William Clark would review Interior policies after Watt’s resignation. Rep Bonier urged compassionate policy in Democratic response.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
Interior
James Watt
California
Watt
Department of Interior
Interior Department
Senate
William Clark
Clark
Democratic Party
David E. Bonier
Michigan
United States
Bomb hoax halts Greyhound bus in California search
A fully loaded Greyhound bus was stopped evacuated and searched by an Air Force explosives unit in California after a caller claimed a bomb on board. The scare came amid the Amalgamated Transit Union strike now three weeks old against Greyhound over wage cuts.
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Greyhound
California
Air Force
Highway Patrol
Amalgamated Transit Union
Chinese leader warns of canceled U.S. visit over Taiwan row
Hu Yaobang said Premier Zhao Ziyang may cancel a January U.S. visit if the Reagan administration does not address what he called "one or two recent unpleasant incidents." He spoke at the Japan National Press Club and said Beijing asked Washington for an explanation of a Senate panel Taiwan resolution.
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Tokyo
Hu Yaobang
China
Communist Party
Zhao Ziyang
United States
Reagan
Japan
Italian infant kidnap suspect arrested after 40 days
An 18 month old girl kidnapped Oct 17 from Lugliano de Luca was found unharmed in a basket along a hillside road near Pace Del Mela Sicily. Francesco Chille, a Milazzo city council member, admitted involvement and led police to Elena Luisi. three others were detained.
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Messina
Sicily
Elena Luisi
Lugliano de Luca
Italy
Sandro Pertini
John Paul II
Pace del Mela
Francesco Chille
Ferrara
Chille
Milazzo
Elena
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New York Times Service
Vincent Costanzo
Grucci Fireworks Co
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Home Furnishings Ve
Washington Post Service
Jim
U.S
Gazette Wire Services
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa Electric
Iowa
Iowa Electric Commercial
Tey
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