Divers lift gold from torpedoed Edinburgh in Barents Sea
Divers recovered more than 100 gold bars worth about 20 million dollars from the World War I cruiser Edinburgh lying 800 feet deep in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk. Twelve divers worked three days to bring up bullion, with 74.6 million dollars estimated value at today’s prices. shares: Jessop Marine Recoveries to receive 45 percent, Soviet Union two thirds of the remainder, Britain the balance.
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London
Edinburgh
Barents Sea
John Rossier
Sunday Times
Murmansk
Department of Trade
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Manchester
Jessop Marine Recoveries
Britain
Keith Jessop
Jessop
Woman shot and hostage hurled from window at New Haven home
A resident at the New Haven Halfway House opened fire on a hostage during an eight hour siege, tossing her from a second story window at about 7 30 a m. Police used tear gas to end the standoff. The gunman, wounded and under psychiatric evaluation, was captured. At least a dozen residents were inside during the crisis.
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New Haven
Farrell
Reagan presses education cuts amid budget drive
Washington AP report notes the Reagan administration will seek billion-dollar cuts in college grants and loans and in programs for the poor and disabled as part of a broader $16 billion reduction effort from the 1982 federal budget. Education Secretary T H Bell declines to specify the size of the new cuts.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
T.H. Bell
Bell
Associated Press
Official 250 in kickback scam OKLAHOMA CITY
U S Attorney David Russell says the federal probe into Oklahoma county commissioners has charged more than 250 people, with agents active in 65 of 77 counties. The scheme allegedly paid a 10 percent kickback on purchases and involved phony purchases. About 55 had indictments or pleas, with 40 more signing plea agreements.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Justice Department
U.S
David Russel
Russel
Oklahoma Municipal League
House Senate
Stephens County
U.S. recalls top Havana diplomat Wayne Smith
The United States recalled its top diplomat in Havana, Wayne Smith, for consultations amid chilled relations with Cuba. Smith, who left Havana, heads the U.S. interests section at the Belgian embassy, which represents the United States in Cuba.
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Havana
Washington
United States
Wayne Smith
State Department
Cuba
Department
David Nall
Smith
Belgium
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