Defeat for New Right conservatives Prayer issue dead in Senate
The Senate voted 79 16 to end consideration of a school prayer amendment and defeat Helms led efforts to curb the filibuster. The debt limit bill then advanced to the White House, while other fiscal and regulatory actions were approved or advanced.
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Congress
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Defense
House
Federal Trade Commission
Reagan Administration
Agriculture
John Crowell Jr
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Forest Service
Rebels free 20 more hostages in Honduras siege
Papal nuncio led 20 captives from the Chamber of Commerce building in San Pedro Sula as 39 hostages remained inside. The rebels freed 21 on Wednesday as government and militants pursue negotiations. Authorities kept changes unexplained amid ongoing hostage release.
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Central Bank
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Amilcar Santamaria
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Santamaria
Cinchonero Popular Liberation Movement
Palace intruder found innocent
Michael Fagan, 31, was acquitted at the Old Bailey of stealing royal wine after breaking into Buckingham Palace and entering the queen's bedroom on June 7 and July 9. He described wandering the palace, noting door names and drinking wine, saying security was poor.
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Baby sitter Christine Falling pleads innocent on third murder charge
Tallahassee Florida AP Christine Falling 19 submits a written plea of innocent to a third murder charge connected to infant deaths in two North Florida towns. She faces November trials on two first degree murder counts and was indicted in Perry for the July 1981 death of 8 month old Jennifer Daniels. She remains jailed without bail at Calhoun County Jail in Blountstown since July 22.
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Christine Falling
North Florida
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Perry
Jennifer Daniels
Calhoun County
Blountstown
Satellite TV permit OK'd for direct home reception
The FCC approved Satellite Television Corp. a permit to build a national direct satellite to home broadcast system. By a 6 1 vote the agency authorized a 1986 start for direct satellite reception of three channels via roof top dish and decoder bypassing local stations.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Satellite Television Corp
Communications Satellite Corp
Mexican bankers sue to reverse expropriation plan
Former owners of nearly half of Mexico's expropriated banks filed suit in Mexico City to overturn the nationalization. Judge Raul Juarez Herrera said a decision would come this morning on ordering a trial, but experts doubt the case rests on Portillo's constitutional amendment proposed Tuesday.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Raul Juarez Herrera
Jose Lopez Portillo
Gazette Wire Services
Hagman Helps Reel Plane In At Malibu Beach Birthday
Actor Larry Hagman and about 25 beachgoers hauled a disabled single engine plane from the surf near his Malibu home on his 51st birthday. FAA advised leaving the craft in the water but Hagman organized the effort and the pilot and passenger were unharmed.
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UPI
Larry Hagman
Malibu
Hagman
J.R. Ewing
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California Highway Patrol
FAA
Jane Fonda to guest star on TV sitcom as night guard
Jane Fonda, who starred in the film and produced the ABC series, will guest star in an episode of a TV sitcom. She will play a night security guard in the episode.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jane Fonda
New Citizen at Age 114 in Honolulu
Wong Shee Yee, born near Canton China, became a naturalized U.S. citizen at 114 in Honolulu on Thursday. She told her son Hon Ping Yee aged 77 she chose citizenship because she likes it there and wants to ensure she cannot be sent back to China.
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UPI
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Hok Wan
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China
United States
Hon Ping Yee
Cuomo Opens Lead In New York Governor Race
Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo built a 50 000 vote lead over New York City Mayor Ed Koch as 73 percent of precincts reported Cuomo 488 024 53 percent Koch 435 451 47 percent Upstate counties gave Cuomo the edge while Koch trailed in his hometown Koch sparked voter concern with a Playboy interview remark about country living.
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UPI
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Edward Koch
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