Indian guru Rajneesh accuses aides of attacks prompting probe
Rajneesh charged top disciples with poisoning restaurant food, firebombing a government office, wiretapping and attempting to murder his doctor and dentist. FBI to investigate per Rep. Weaver amid a salmonella outbreak linked to Rajneeshee associates in The Dalles.
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Portland, Ore
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Jim Weaver
D-Ore
Washington
FBI
Rajneesh
Oregon
Rajneeshpuram
Ma Anand Sheela
Europe
Jefferson County
Dalles
Wasco County
Weaver
Washington, D.C
William Webster
Laurence R. Foster
Oregon Health Division
Lawyer arrested in Utah after million-dollar client scam
A Minnesota attorney, John J. Flanagan of St. Paul, was arrested in Orem Utah after allegedly bilking clients out of up to $1 million before vanishing from his office two months earlier. He was taken into custody without incident at an apartment motel complex.
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Orem
Utah
Minnesota
John J. Flanagan
St. Paul
Jim Simmons
Battle over schools in Cape Town sparks mass arrests
Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to restrain thousands of mixed race students and teachers seeking to reopen rioted schools near Cape Town. About 150 people were arrested and several wounded, including a bus driver knocked unconscious and a youth struck by birdshot. The government had closed 464 mixed race schools indefinitely amid ongoing clashes.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Cape
Four former Thai officers charged with treason
Four retired top military leaders were arrested in Bangkok on treason charges, a capital offense, as authorities probe last week’s failed coup. Among the suspects is Kriangsak Chomanand, a former prime minister who now heads one of four coalition parties and previously served as supreme commander of the armed forces.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Kriangsak Chomanand
National Police
Narong Mahananda
Kriangsak
Polish Cardinal Glemp Begins U.S. Visit in Philadelphia
Cardinal Josef Glemp of Poland started his first U.S. trip in Philadelphia being greeted at the airport by Cardinal John Krol and about a dozen priests. He thanked the crowd through a translator for the warm welcome to the city with 80,000 Polish American Catholics.
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Philadelphia
Josef Glemp
Poland
United States
Glemp
Philadelphia International
John Krol
Arkansas fugitives captured after three day manhunt
Two Arkansas jail escapees, Jimmy Rios and William Bray, were captured in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Spring Creek North Carolina after a three day search. Bloodhounds and helicopters aided the sweep, and officers reported they offered no resistance when apprehended on a road around 4 p.m.
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Spring Creek
N.C
Arkansas
Blue Ridge Mountains
Department of Correction
State Highway Patrol
George Dowdle
Jimmy Rios
Branch
Ark
William Bray
Lexington
J.W. Bryant
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
Reagan orders dismantling of Poseidon submarine to field new Alaska
President Reagan said the Navy will begin dismantling an older Poseidon submarine to make way for the new ballistic missile sub Alaska after pledging to honor SALT accords. Alaska will start sea trials in the Atlantic off Groton Connecticut soon. Work has begun in Charleston South Carolina on the Sam Rayburn to stay within SALT limits.
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Reagan
Navy
Alaska
Defense Department
Atlantic
Groton
Conn
Department
Robert Sims
Pentagon
Charleston
S.C
Sam Rayburn
Old Chimp Dies at Rochester Zoo
Jimmy the Chimp, believed oldest living chimp in captivity, died Tuesday at Monroe County Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester. He was at least 55, officials said.
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Rochester
N.Y
Jimmy
Monroe County
Seneca Park Zoo
Gazette Wire Services
Senate approves amendment to permit alien farm workers
The Senate backed a Wilson amendment allowing up to 350,000 foreign workers for seasonal field labor, with nine month terms and 20 percent of wages withheld for repatriation. The plan, opposed by Senator Simpson, follows a 51 to 44 vote after a voice passage. The immigration bill also moves toward final passage with other provisions on legalization and enforcement.
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Washington Post
Washington
Senate
Pete Wilson
Calif
Alan Simpson
R-Wyo
John Heinz
R-Pa
Heinz
Robert Dole
United States
Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Service
Wilson
East weighs retirement from Senate race on health
Senator John East of North Carolina announced he will not seek a second term in 1986 due to poor health. The 54-year-old polio survivor, who uses a wheelchair, has been hospitalized twice in the past year.
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Senate
John East
R-N.c
Jesse Helms
East
French defense chief denies Rainbow Warrior mining report
Paris defense minister rejects Le Monde claim that a secret French military team mined the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland killing one. The report cited secret service sources and officials and framed it as hidden from a presidential inquiry. NZ police tied the ship to a mine attack.
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New York Times
PARIS
le Monde
Secret Service
Francois Mitterrand
Charles Henru
Greenpeace
Auckland
New Zealand
Mururoa Atoll
le Canard Enchaine
France
Rainbow Warriors
Syria Drops Offer to Help Free Seven Yanks
Washington says Syria accused the United States of failing to honor a hostage release understanding and will no longer seek freedom for seven other American captives. The State Department notes Israel released over 750 Shiite and Palestinian prisoners after the TWA hijacking. In Lebanon, waves of fighting hit Beirut and Tripoli with dozens killed or wounded.
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Syria
United States
TWA
State Department
Israel
Atlit
George O'Brien
Bill
Hafez Assad
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Beirut
Jerusalem
Tripoli
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