Two Mount Vernon Boys Killed Crossing Tracks
Two Mount Vernon youths, Mark Bigger and Brian Rockrohr both 12 and 13, were killed when they ran in front of a westbound freight on the Chicago & North Western tracks near Highway 1. Third youth Peter Ault, 14, escaped injury after hearing the horn. Investigators cited wind and visibility as possible factors.
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Mount Vernon
Mark Bigger
Brian Rockrohr
Chicago & North Western
Highway 1
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Charles Hintz
Des Moines
Peter Ault
Want ads bring a baby to New Jersey couple
A New Jersey couple adopting a son through a Charleston newspaper want ad says they finally found a child after years of trying in their home state. Northern couples report using ads in several states to obtain babies with mixed opinions from officials and agencies.
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Charleston, S.C
New Jersey
Charleston
S.C
New York
Jennifer
Scott
Charlotte Observer
Mendel
Jaruzelski Replaces Kania as Polish Leader in Shakeup
Prime Minister and defense chief Wojciech Jaruzelski ousted Stanislaw Kania as Communist Party head and warned Solidarity against confrontation. He promised to expand the government with nonparty members and Catholics, call new Central Committee and parliament sessions, and may declare a state of emergency if needed.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
Solidarity Union
Central Committee
Jaruzelski
Jozef Pilsudski
Moscow
Kania
Party
Greeks vote Pasok victory reshapes NATO stance
With 60 percent counted, Andreas Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement wins the Greek elections, securing a strong majority and pledging to withdraw from NATO, close U.S. bases, and hold a referendum on the European Common Market. Rallis concedes as Pasok gains 173 seats to 111.
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Athens
Greece
Papandreou
U.S. Navy
Pasek
New Democracy
Communist Party
Pasok
Rallis
Washington
State Department
Sue Pittman
United States
Constantine Caramanlis
Caramanlis
Inflation prompts waiter to offer lunch options
A diner is asked if they want a $5.50 lunch plain or toasted, illustrating how rising prices influence menu choices and service dialogue in casual dining.
Reagan and Mitterrand back a Europe arms buildup
Presidents Reagan and Mitterrand conferred at Yorktown amid plans for a major NATO style buildup of strategic and conventional forces in Europe. They voiced support for rapid Camp David peace accord progress and Sinai to Egypt transfer timing, with differences noted on El Salvador and Cancun Conference agenda.
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Williamsburg
Francois Mitterrand
Reagan
Yorktown
Chiefs of State
Mitterrand
West
Europe
Camp David
Sinai
Israel
Egypt
el Salvador
Cancun
United States
France
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Ronny Bigger
Okinawa
Rita Bigger
Harry Bigger
Richard Rockrohr
Morgan’s
Betty Caspers
al Atherton
South Carolina
Rivers
Children's Bureau of
North Carolina
Solidarity
Marion
Metro
Iowa
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