Polish strike ends as riots spread amid martial law tensions
Riots erupt across Poland on the third day of protests linked to Solidarity as Nowa Huta and Gdansk see clashes with riot police. Water cannons, tear gas, and stone attacks disrupt demonstrations by steelworkers and anniversary actions, with arrests and possible prison terms under martial law rules.
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Gdansk
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Nowa Huta
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Gestapo
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Independent Labor Federation
Gdynia
California Court Overturns San Francisco Handgun Ban
The California Court of Appeal ruled San Francisco lacked authority to enact its handgun ban, ordering the city to stop enforcing the ordinance. Mayor Feinstein said she would consult the city attorney about an appeal. The ruling cites state preemption over gun legislation.
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San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Dianne Feinstein
Five Killed and Seven Injured at Texaco Refinery
A Texaco refinery in Port Arthur Texas lost five workers and injured seven when a broken pipeline released a superheated catalyst powder at about 1300 degrees Fahrenheit. Identified victims include Charles L. Choate 33 Vernon Cole 56 Herman C. Hope 35 Jesse Dennis Jr. 34 and Frederick Ryan 39.
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Texaco
Charles L. Choate
Oderland
Vernon Cole
Groves
Port Arthur
Herman C. Hope
Jesse Dennis Jr
Frederick Ryan
Oil firms bid over two billion for Alaskan offshore rights
Oil companies bid more than $2 billion for the right to drill in what is believed to be North America's largest undiscovered oil and gas pool off Alaska's northern slope. The sale tests industry confidence and Interior Secretary James Watt's offshore drilling plan to open nearly the entire coastline.
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Washington
North America
Alaska
Interior
James Watt
Israelis and Syrians clash in eastern Lebanon report
In a second straight day of clashes, Israeli and Syrian forces exchanged fire in the Bekaa Valley near Raghla as Lebanon tensions spike. Israel seeks a security belt inside southern Lebanon and plans to withdraw thousands of troops and fighters from the region.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Lebanon
Beirut
Jerusalem
Ariel Sharon
Yitzhak Shamir
George Shultz
Bekaa
Raghla
Damascus
Aquatrain plan eyed for 1200 mile coal pipeline
Washington officials announce a proposed 3 billion Aquatrain project to move pulverized coal in plastic capsules via a 36 inch pipe from Axial Colorado to a Western coast terminal. The plan envisions using saline Colorado River Basin waters and aims to start construction between 1985 and 1987 pending location decisions and regulatory steps.
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UPI
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Interior Department
Colorado River Basin
Department
Bureau of Reclamation
W.R. Grace Co
Axial
Colo
Wyoming
Cials
W.R. Grace
Aquatrain
Colorado River
Cedar Rapids
Cryovac
Polyfibron
Wilson Avenue
West German leader outlines new policies
Chancellor Helmut Kohl unveiled a four point plan to renew West Germany’s foreign policy and tackle record unemployment. He pledged tax increases welfare cuts and state investment while calling for a fair share of NATO defense costs and a Washington visit to deepen German American ties. Economics minister Lambsdorff said the Soviet pipeline deal would proceed and energy exports would shape bilateral relations.
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Bonn
West Germany
Helmut Kohl
Washington
Kohl
Soviet Union
Otto Lambsdorff
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