United States reverses U.N. emergency session boycott
United States initially said it would boycott an emergency U.N. General Assembly session on South West Africa, later reversing to attend as observers. The session followed African-initiated calls, while South Africa reported Soviet involvement in Angola and SWAPO actions. Angola, UNITA, and regional tensions framed the dispute as Washington weighed participation.
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United Nations
United States
U.N. General Assembly
South-West Africa
U.N
Steve Munson
Namibia
Joan Dickie
U.S
Angola
South African Press Association
Maj
Nicolai Feodorovich Pestretsov
Pestretsov
Magnus Malan
South Africa
UNITA
Barnyard word ends Major Daugherty’s command tenure
Maj. Stanley Daugherty was relieved of command at Fort Riley after a cadence outside Gen. Edward Partain overheard a profanity. Daugherty was reassigned to Fort Bragg as Partain stayed on leave, with Pentagon saying transfers are local decisions. His 14 year Army career faces uncertainty.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Stanley Daugherty
Fort Bragg
N.C
Daugherty
Edward Partain
Partain
William McClain
Pentagon
1St Airborne
Stagehand gets 20 years to life in Met Opera murder
Craig Crimmins, a Metropolitan Opera stage hand, was sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of violinist Helen Haynes. Judge Richard Denzer rejected requests for a 15 year minimum and for a 25 to life maximum. The defendant, 22, must serve 20 years before parole and an appeal is planned by attorney Lawrence Hochheiser citing alleged constitutional violations.
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New York
Craig Crimmins
Metropolitan Opera House
Crimmins
Helen Haynes
State Supreme Court
Richard Denzer
Lawrence Hochheiser
Denzer
Hochheiser
New Protestant paramilitary group formed to counter IRA
The Daily Telegraph reports the Fermanagh Defense Association a 21 to 35 man group supported by the Ulster Defense Association plans to terrorize the terrorists along the border. The Times of London notes loyalists would be armed. The group aims to counter Provisional IRA cross border raids in Ulster.
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London
UPI
IRA
Ulster
Daily Telegraph
Fermanagh Defense Association
Ulster Defense Association
Northern Ireland
Times of London
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Plane crash in Colombia kills 20, survivor injured
A chartered plane carrying Colombian employees of Exxon subsidiary Intercol crashed on takeoff in Paipa, killing 20 and seriously injuring the sole survivor, a civil aeronautics official said. The flight was bound for Cartagena after a technical course. the cause remains unknown.
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Bogota
Colombia
Rookie cop killed after stopping wrong-way car in Miami
The 23 year old rookie police officer Nathaniel Broom was shot to death after stopping a car going the wrong way on a one way street near Overtown in central Miami. Overtown is described by police as a high crime area in a city with the nation’s highest murder rate.
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Miami
Nathaniel Broom
Department
Overtown
Soviet Naval Task Group Lingers Off Oregon Coast
Four Soviet ships operate about 230 miles from the Oregon coast the closest Russian naval presence in a decade. The group includes two Krivak frigates, a Kara cruiser, and a supply ship under joint observation by U S Navy Coast Guard and Canadian forces. The U S Navy says there is no current concern though such proximity to North America is not common.
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Washington
Oregon
U.S. Navy
Coast Guard
North America
Baader Meinhof Ties Ramstein Bomb to West German Group
A letter signed Red Army Faction claimed the Baader Meinhof gang attacked Ramstein Air Base in West Germany injuring 18 Americans and two West Germans. The note said Ramstein was chosen as a starting point for a U.S. war against developing nations.
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Bonn
West Germany
U.S. Air Force European
Ramstein Air Base
Red Army
Giessen
DPA
Ramstein
U.S
Iran regains stability after executions and new prime minister
In Beirut AP reports Iran executed 55 leftists for anti government activities and 44 more were sentenced to public flogging for economic crimes. Parliament then backed Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani as interim prime minister after Bahonar's assassination.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
Ayatollah
Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mohammad Javad Bahonar
Endorphins Rise With Exercise Linking Runner's High
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers report endorphin levels in seven women rose 145 percent after two months of daily exercise, peaking after an hour of activity. The study, by Dr. Daniel Carr and team, suggests brain chemistry may underlie runner's high and exercise addiction signs.
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Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Carr
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