Croatian hijackers flown to Belgrade after Cyprus hijack
Three Croatian hijackers who seized a Yugoslav jet and freed hostages fled to Belgrade aboard the Boeing 727 they forced to land in Larnaca Cyprus. Cypriot police guarded the plane as a Yugoslav delegation transferred them to Belgrade for charges.
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Cyprus
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Titograde
East Germany
West Germany
Israel
Dubrovnik
Nixon grandson hurt at estate tennis court
A grandson of former President Nixon was struck in the mouth when a cable snapped during a family gathering at the Nixon estate in Saddle River New Jersey. The 2 year old Christopher Cox had three teeth knocked out and required emergency surgery after the incident.
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Nixon
New York
Kenny Rogers Visits Ford Plant For Custom Trucks
Kenny Rogers ordered 13 customized 18 wheeler trucks from Ford at the Louisville Kentucky Truck Plant. He will visit Monday with Governor John Y Brown to drive the first of the rigs worth about 60000 off the line. One truck will haul concert gear and the rest will be used at his Arabian horse farm in Athens Georgia.
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Louisville
Kenny Rogers
Gov
John Y. Brown
Kentucky
Rogers
Athens
Bess Truman Hospitalized After Stroke at 96
Former first lady Bess Truman, 96, was hospitalized in serious condition after a stroke caused by a mild brain vessel spasm. Doctors said the event was transient, with no paralysis, and she remained alert in a private room guarded by Secret Service.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Bess Truman
Tom Peck
Research Medical Center
Harry Truman
Independence
Wallace Graham
Graham
Peck
Charles and Diana to tour Wales October 27 29
Newlyweds Prince Charles and Princess Diana will make their first post nuptial public appearance on a three day Wales tour October 27 29 Buckingham Palace says they will meet as many people as possible with informal arrangements to suit their pace.
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UPI
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Wales
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Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Two Alaska Volcanoes Erupt as Clouds Hinder View
Cold Bay Alaska reports two volcanoes Pavlof and Shishaldin erupting for a second day. Pilots say cloud cover obscures visibility but no injuries or damage are reported in the isolated Alaska Peninsula area. Pavlof ash column climbs to 14,000 feet, with Saturday’s eruption sending plume to 20,000 feet. Shishaldin on Unimak Island erupts Saturday, ash above 4,000 feet. Pavlof lies about 35 miles northeast of Cold Bay. Shishaldin about 60 miles south of Cold Bay.
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Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Federal Aviation Administration
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Shishaldin
Unimak Island
Reeve Aleutian Airways
Pavlof
Anchorage
Duarte protests trigger clashes near Duarte residence
Four thousand demonstrators blocked streets around the hotel housing El Salvador President Jose Napoleon Duarte. Inside, three men shouted assassination charges while being rescued by police. Pro Duarte supporters and Moonies clashed outside, riot police separating groups on Van Ness Avenue.
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el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Duarte
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
van Ness Avenue
China ends large scale drills as Deng reviews troops
China announced completion of full scale military exercises with tanks missiles and planes in a campaign to raise morale and readiness. Deng Xiaoping appeared in uniform with a red star as troops were reviewed in widely published images.
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China
Deng Xiaoping
Deng
Communist Party
Military Commission
Hong Kong
Actor Robert Montgomery Dies at 77 in New York
Robert Montgomery, the debonair actor who expanded into directing producing and television hosting, died Sunday of cancer at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital at age 77. He rose from New York stage to MGM contract for 18 years and later led the TV series Robert Montgomery Presents from 1950 to 1957.
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Robert Montgomery
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
Montgomery
New York City
Samuel Goldwyn
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Walesa defends compromise on Solidarity self management
Lech Walesa, leader of Solidarity, defended a compromise with Communist authorities over workers self management amid a split at the national congress. Delegates debated whether to endorse the formula for director appointments and to hold a nationwide referendum, with a vote likely today.
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Poland
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Jan Rulewski
Bydgoszcz
Kremlin
Walesa
Connecticut Klan Leader Says It Now Welcomes Catholics
Connecticut Klan commander James Farrands said the group now welcomes Roman Catholics and claimed all but one state leaders are Catholic. He, a Catholic, said the organization is changed and chases no specific faith. Farrands was detained after arguing outside a conference where anti Klan literature was handed out.
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UPI
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Ku Klux Klan
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Shelton
Invisible Empire
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Farrands
Connecticut Education Association
Klan
CEA
International Committee Against Racism
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Norma Shearer
Joan Crawford
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