Grenada Accuses U S of Plotting Invasion
Grenada’s leftist military junta charged that the United States invents reports of danger to provoke an invasion. The Pentagon said a Navy convoy with 2,000 Marines was diverted toward Grenada for U S citizens’ protection, while the State Department denied immediate evacuations. The island, under a curfew after a coup killing Maurice Bishop, houses about 750 Americans mainly medical students and staff at St. George's University. External nations weigh sanctions and possible action as regional leaders meet.
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Radio Free Grenada
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Iraq mines Gulf oil port area in Iran border clash
Iraq claims gunboats mined routes to Bandar Khomeini in the northern Persian Gulf and warned tankers to stay away while helicopter gunships bombed Iranian fronts. Iran counterclaims seize of 430 square miles in northeast Iraq and civilian casualties in three cities. Independent verification was not possible as journalists are barred.
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Cyprus
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Iran
Baghdad
Bandar Khomeini
Abadan
Kharg Island
Bahrain
Slain 16 year old found in Atlanta woods
The body of 16 year old Laurie Lynn Landt, missing since October 10, was found in a northwest Atlanta wooded area near a church. Police say she was strangled and there were signs of sexual assault. Autopsy identified the victim. investigation ongoing. Community volunteers and Cobb County residents aided the search efforts.
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Laurie Lynn Landt
Miss Landt
B.L. Neikirk
Neikirk
Northside Drive
United Youth Adult Conference
Cobb County
Peter Landt
Dow Chemical Co
Arthur Langford
United Youth Adult
Oklahoma flood evacuees return to mud filled homes
In Guthrie hundreds of residents went back to flood damaged houses after rivers receded. About 500 evacuees returned, many finding 18 inches of floodwater, warped panels, buckled floors, and mud. The nationwide storm activity tied to Hurricane Tico left six deaths and 1300 displaced in 17 Oklahoma counties.
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Guthrie
Okla
Richard Beauchamp
Oklahoma
Texas
Syria threatens missiles at U.S. targets amid Lebanon fighting
Syria warned in Tishrin it will strike any target that flies over its airspace or ships at sea including American vessels. The threat came as Syrian backed Druse gunners fought Lebanese army units near Souk el Gharb and Beirut outskirts while U.S. Marines remained deployed at Beirut airport.
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Lebanon
Syria
U.S
Reagan
Tishrin
Souk el-Gharb
Chiyah
Israel
Wayne Jones
Middle East
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Amin Gemayel
Shafik Wazzar
Elie Salem
Cruse
Walid Jumblatt
Jenkins' body exhumed in Texas autopsy request
Dallas AP reports the body of 46 year old James L. Jenkins, linked to the slayings of two Minnesota bankers, was exhumed and an autopsy conducted at investigators’ request after he apparently killed himself near Paducah Texas three weeks earlier.
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Dallas
James L. Jenkins
Paducah
Texas
Guard Beaten to Death at Marion Federal Prison
Merle Eugene Klutts, 51, a federal prison guard, was stabbed to death around 10 15 a.m. Saturday in a prison cellblock at the U S Penitentiary in Marion Illinois. Several inmates were being questioned by authorities.
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U.S
Marion
Merle Eugene Klutts
Dear Leech
Klutts
Space cargo ship docks with Salyut 7 station
Progress 18 attached to the orbiting Salyut 7 delivering fuel food and oxygen to cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakhov and Alexander Alexandrov after nearly four months aloft. The crew had launched June 27 and docked June 28 amid unconfirmed propellant leak reports denied by Soviet officials.
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Vladimir Lyakhov
Alexander Alexandrov
Space
British Broadcasting Corp
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