U S trade deficit narrows in October marking 14 month low
The Commerce Department reports October deficit at 12.1 billion, exports up 10.2 percent to 19.3 billion while imports rise 4.4 percent to 31.4 billion. Analysts credit a weaker dollar and export gains as the deficit improves for three straight months.
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Commerce
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Allen Sinai
Shearson Lehman Bros
New York
White House
U.S
Reagan
Finance Committee
Bentsen
United States
Japan
France
Indonesia
Poor speller robs bank with note on mother's check
Gerald Keith Rodgers pleaded guilty to a Buhalia bank robbery in Aberdeen Mississippi after handing a teller a stickup note written on the back of his mother's check. He threatened a fake bomb and stole 4550 dollars from Citizens Bank of Buhalia on April 29.
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Markle
Polygamist leader Le Roy Johnson dies at 98
Le Roy Johnson known as Uncle Roy and founder of a polygamist group on the Arizona Utah border died at his Hildale Utah home at age 98. He leaves at least 15 wives and had been hospitalized since Sunday for congestion and pneumonia, according to Colorado City Mayor Dan Barlow.
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LeRoy Johnson
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Roy
Hildale
Utah
Dan Barlow
San Francisco Nominee for California Chief Justice Picked
Gov. George Deukmejian named Associate Justice Malcolm Lucas as the new chief justice to replace Rose Bird after Californians voted two to one to remove Bird. Lucas, a conservative Republican, is noted for a tough stance against criminal defendants.
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George Deukmejian
Malcolm Lucas
Rose Bird
California Supreme Court
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Protests Roil French Universities Amid Higher Education Bill
Across France students shut down about three quarters of state universities while tensions rise over a National Assembly bill that could restrict university choice and curriculum. In Sydney Pope John Paul II appeals to Catholics to return to the church before a huge crowd at a racetrack. In New Delhi Rajiv Gandhi presses for a political solution to Afghanistan as Afghan refugees protest Soviet actions. In Johannesburg Playtex exits South Africa selling assets to local managers while continuing production.
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France
National Assembly
Sydney
Australia
John Paul II
John Paul
Johannesburg
South Africa
International Playtex Inc
U.S
Bill Quinn
Playtex Africa Ltd
Stamford
U S Receives Vietnam Remains At Hanoi Airport
A 15 member U S military delegation led by Lt Col Paul Mather received what Vietnam believes are the remains of three Americans missing in action in a brief ceremony at Noi Bai Airport Hanoi. An honor guard saluted as the transfer occurred.
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Noi Bai
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Two Jordanians convicted in Berlin Syrian link bombing
In West Berlin a judge found two Palestinians with Jordanian passports guilty of bombing the German Arab Friendship Society HQ. The court tied the plot to Syrian intelligence officer Haytham Saed, citing his role and Syria's involvement. Sentences of 14 and 13 years were handed to Ahmed Hasi and Farouk Salameh.
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Farouk Salameh
Hans- Joachim Heinze
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Saed
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Syria
Missile strike devastates Baghdad block killing dozens
An Iranian missile struck a Baghdad residential district before dawn, killing 48 and wounding 52. Iraqi warplanes bombed seven Iranian targets in retaliation. Survivors searched rubble as families mourned, with reports of widespread building damage and casualties among women and children.
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