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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1983
Page
11
Jesse Jackson departed Thursday on a pilgrimage to Damascus to press Syria to release captured U.S. airman Robert Goodman Jr. The Democratic presidential candidate traveled without administration officials.
In New York at Kennedy Airport, Jackson appealed for the release of Lt Goodman on humanitarian grounds. He was surrounded by supporters calling themselves a party including a physician and his two sons. Goodman's mother Marilyn Goodman met with Jackson and voiced appreciation for the efforts.
United Press International reports 18 people died in fires nationwide, including four children and a babysitter in Philadelphia and two young victims at a Rockefeller executive’s New York townhouse. The Philadelphia blaze killed three children of a neighbor and their babysitter, while a New York fire at Thomas Barry’s residence claimed Ryan Barry, 4, Hannah Barry, 8, and technician Kevin Corcoran, 28, with Maryanne Wallanger, 19, critically burned. Police note undetermined origin in Philadelphia and confirm victims and broader toll, with structural and firefighter details pending.
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