Six Children Die in Maryland Thanksgiving House Fire
A Thanksgiving Day fire in a white two story Maryland frame house killed six children and injured six adults. Neighbors described flames pouring from windows as residents tried to escape. The victims included Joshua Williams and Tracy’s three children plus Sandra Williams and her twin infant boys. two of Sandra’s children escaped. The fire's cause remained under investigation with a kerosene heater found at the scene and a smoke detector report inconclusive.
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Haiti Braces for Vote Amid Rising Election Violence
Eight more people are killed as pre-election violence in Port-au-Prince and countryside raises the toll to 21. gunmen and soldiers clash while voters prepare for Haiti's first free elections since the Duvalier era. inclusive chaos surrounds polling logistics and observers arrive from multiple nations.
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Anglo American offers stock grants. unions reject plan
Anglo American Corp proposes a 240 million free share plan for its 250,000 employees, most of them black, but anti-apartheid unions reject it saying the funds should raise wages and strengthen bargaining power. Jorge Luis Ochoa faces extradition to the United States under a 1933 treaty. five Romanian Communist leaders are fired after a hunting incident.
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American artist acquitted in counterfeiting trial
A London jury acquitted American artist Stephen Boggs of Tampa of counterfeiting after a 10 minute verdict. Boggs testified his paintings of bank notes are fine art and that he spends them as payment for goods, claiming he lives in London and uses the art to pay for services.
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Stephen Boggs
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Boggs
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Chicago alderman away from mayoral race after Washington death
Interim Chicago mayor David Orr said he does not want consideration for the post as City Council peers and aides gather ahead of a council vote to pick a successor to serve until the 1989 election. In Wisconsin Gov Thompson signs a state lottery bill aiming for April ticket sales. In Oakland, a funeral cortege of 50 tow trucks honors Larry Mumm, 45, who died of a heart attack, with friends and rivals at his burial in the Bay Area.
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Reagan etches steady stance after Iran-contra report
White House chief of staff Howard Baker says President Reagan was deeply disappointed by the Iran-contra report yet remains strong and hopeful. He notes Reagan values the missile treaty progress and Nancy Reagan's recovery, while denying paralysis from the findings.
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White House
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Suriname voters back opposition landslide ends dictatorship
In Suriname a three party opposition coalition won a landslide in a vote seen as a rebuke of seven years of military rule led by Cmdr Desi Bouterse. Unofficial returns suggest the Front for Democracy and Development will hold at least 40 of 51 National Assembly seats. Bouterse signaled the revolution would continue despite civilian victory.
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Suriname
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National Assembly
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Iranian frigate fires on tanker amid Gulf crisis
An Iranian frigate Sahand shelled a tanker in the southern Persian Gulf, starting an engine room fire but causing no injuries. The vessel, initially identified as the Romanian owned Dacia, may have been renamed Umm Al Jabhabel, amid confusion over its true registry as Kuwaitis reportedly disguise ships to aid Iraq.
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U.S
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Romania
Black Sea
Lloyd’s Shipping Intelligence Unit
London
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Lloyd’s Register of
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