Alton parents shift in abduction death probe of infant Heather
Investigators in Alton Illinois shift focus to Robert and Paula Sims as possible suspects in the abduction and death of six week old Heather Sims. Autopsy cites asphyxiation with body found in a trash drum across the river in Missouri. The couple’s earlier missing child Loralei vanished in 1986 while Robert was at work.
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Alton, Ill
UPI
Alton
Robert Sims
Paula
Rick McCain
Loralei
Heather Sims
Missouri
Mississippi River
McCain
Paula Sims
Loralei Sims
Brighton
Ill
Kidnappers Free Two Hostages In Sidon Lebanon
Two West German hostages, a doctor and a nurse from ASME Humanitas, were released at the Sidon office gate at 4 30 a m. A third hostage, identified as Markus Quint, remained in captivity as Palestinian gunmen hunted for him and demanded the release of an unidentified Cyprus prisoner and a lenient sentence for a Shiite suspect on trial in West Germany.
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Sidon
Lebanon
UPI
Cyprus
West Germany
Asme Humanitas
Heinrich Struebig
Petra Schnitzler
Abu Ali Wajeeh
PLO Fatah
Markus Quint
Marburg
Markus
Wajeed
Germans freed as abduction in Lebanon ends
A German hostage and another relief worker were freed after Syrian and Iranian mediation. A Palestinian source said captors demanded Cyprus detainee release and a reduced sentence for Mohammed Ali Hammadi, the hijacker on trial in Frankfurt for the 1985 TWA incident. The two Germans worked for ASME Humanitas in southern Lebanon.
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Palestinian Command
Cyprus
West Germany
Mohammed Ali Hammadi
Frankfurt
Hammadi
TWA
Beirut
Abdul Hadi
Hezbollah
Foreign Ministry
Nicosia
PLO
Lebanon
Zeid Wehbeh
United Press International
Wehbeh
Asme Humanitas
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Migival
Amnir
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Toro
Sat
Sun
Freeport Road
Sterling
Dixon
Ant Jo Minars
Sinaia
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