Nigerian Airways plane crashes near Enugu killing dozens
A Nigerian Airways F-28 with 74 aboard crashed on approach to Enugu in fog, killing at least 53. Survivors number 18, including a British man Andrew Winshurst who described a fire and limited escape routes. Authorities search for three missing as officials assess cause.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Nigerian Airways
Enugu
Andrew Winshurst
Winshurst
University of Nigeria
Nigerian Broadcasting Corp
Equipment sale to Guatemala on hold over rights violations
The Reagan administration delays a $2 million sale of military helicopter parts to Guatemala amid a rise in political violence and disappearances linked to Guatemalan security forces. Officials cite attacks on AID workers and broader human rights concerns influencing U.S. policy toward the rightist regime.
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Guatemala
Washington
Reagan
State Department
U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
Elliott Abrams
Abrams
Frederic Chapin
United States
Efrain Rios Montt
Patricio Ortiz Maldonado
Chapin
Rios Montt
Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores
Ortiz Maldonado
Workers reject Greyhound's offer in wage fight
Striking Greyhound drivers and 12,700 ASU workers rejected a 7.8 percent wage cut 96 percent against the contract. Amalgamated Council leader Rosenblum said settlement talks could resume if pension and other issues are resolved. Greyhound planned no comment before John Teets news briefing.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Greyhound
Harry Rosenblum
Amalgamated Council of Greyhound
Rosenblum
Greyhound Lines
John Teets
Greyhound Corp
Phoenix
Dorothy Lorant
Teets
Amalgamated Transit Union
Japan’s Nakasone calls general election in face of Tanaka scandal
Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, backed by Tanaka, dissolved the lower Diet and set December 18 as election day to end a Diet boycott sparked by Kakuei Tanaka’s bribery conviction. The Liberal Democrats hold a strong majority while opposition pledges target political ethics.
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Tokyo
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Kakuei Tanaka
Nakasone
Tanaka
Diet
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Japan
Lockheed
Liberal Democratic Party
LDP
Liberal Democrats
House of Councilors
The Gazette of Cedar Rapids Publication Details
The Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates include $2.25 weekly by carrier and various mail options with 52 weeks pricing. AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and dispatches.
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Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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