Rioting in Birmingham Leaves Two Dead and Bricks Fly
Police battled mobs in Handsworth for a second day as two people were found dead in a burned post office on Lozells Road. Home Secretary Douglas Hurd toured the area amid brick and bottle thrown by predominantly black youths. Police reported 31 arrests for looting and assault as the unrest, the worst since 1981, continued with shops gutted and vehicles set ablaze.
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Manchester
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Handsworth
Hurd
Lozells Road
Senate kills Helms school prayer bill
The Senate rejected a bill by Sen. Jesse Helms to bar federal courts from ruling on voluntary prayer and Bible reading in public schools. It was tabled 62 to 36 amid remarks by Sen. Barry Goldwater that the measure was unconstitutional. Helms argued it would restore local control while critics warned against government involvement in religion.
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Supreme Court
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R-N.c
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R-Ariz
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America
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Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Reagan Administration Signals Trade Legislation Push
Washington reports say the Reagan Administration will back some form of trade legislation to avert protectionist measures amid mounting Republican pressure. The shift marks a departure from Reagan's earlier stance that existing authority sufficed to handle trade problems.
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Reagan
White House
Japan
South Korea
Brazil
Leader Re-elected in Norway Narrow One-Seat Victory
Conservative Kaare Willoch won another term as prime minister in Oslo with a slim one seat majority in Parliament. The election results leave his coalition barely able to govern as the new session starts.
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Oslo
Norway
Kaare Willoch
Ex-students sue Maharishi over claimed flying powers
Seven former students sue the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Maharishi International University in Fairfield Iowa for 1.5 million dollars each. They allege false representations that meditation would grant levitation clairvoyance and extraordinary powers. Plaintiffs say the regimen caused negative effects and they paid up to 4000 dollars for courses while working long hours.
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Washington
Maharishi International University of
John Doe I
Sea Isle City
N.J
U S diplomat returns to South Africa amid sanctions vote
The American ambassador Herman Nickel arrives in South Africa with a message from President Reagan as Democrats press for final passage of sanctions legislation. Senate likely close vote. 60 votes needed to end debate. European ministers denounce apartheid. ANC meeting with leaders eyed in Lusaka.
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Washington
U.S
Herman Nickel
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Botswana
Nickel
Pieter W. Botha
Senate
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Robert Dole
Luxembourg
Britain
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African National Congress
ANC
Tom Sebina
Lusaka
Zambia
administration urges over time ruling reversal for municipal workers
Assistant Attorney General William Bradford Reynolds and Labor Secretary William Brock endorsed legislation to overturn the Supreme Court overtime pay ruling for municipal workers. Reynolds said the Department of Justice was deeply disappointed by the justices' reasoning.
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Washington
William Bradford Reynolds
William Brock
Supreme Court
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Department of Justice
Four Democratic congressmen challenge Reagan administration stance
Four Democratic lawmakers criticized the Reagan administration pointing to policy gaps and urging clearer positions on domestic programs and foreign affairs in a widening political dispute. The critique targeted budget priorities and federal oversight amid ongoing congressional debates.
Sun City anti apartheid record headed by Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen joins Steve Van Zandt and about three dozen artists for the anti apartheid track Sun City to be released by Manhattan Records. Profits go to Africa Fund, a New York based nonprofit. Other contributors include Pat Benatar Miles Davis Lou Reed Eddie Kendricks Bonnie Raitt Bono from U2 and Jackson Browne. Most tracks will be recorded separately with final mixing later.
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Steve van Zandt
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Miles Davis
Lou Reed
Eddie Kendricks
David Ruffin
Jackson Browne
Kurtis Blow
Jimmy Cliff
Bonnie Raitt
Bono Hewson
Beir ut and Israel Free Last Prisoners in Jet Hijack Case
Beirut and Israel released the final 119 Lebanese prisoners from Atlit prison after hijackers of the June TWA jet demanded their freedom. Four buses carried the former inmates away as authorities completed the swap.
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