Pope shooting suspect told police London trip to plan crime
The alleged Pope killer Mehmet Ali Agca told police he went to England to kill the queen, but investigators doubt the claim and suspect he visited London for other reasons. Police consider a fifty-fifty chance he acted alone, with possible backing from right wing Turkish nationals in West Germany and elsewhere.
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John Paul II
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Queen Elizabeth II
London
Associated Press
New York
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Agca
United States
Soviet Union
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West Germany
Pope John Paul II improves after assassination attempt
The pope shows rapid recovery from surgery but doctors keep a guarded prognosis due to lingering fever and infection risk. He celebrated his 61st birthday by leaving intensive care and moving to an 11th floor suite within view of St. Peter's Basilica. Police traced the 9mm pistol used in the attack through Belgium, Switzerland, and Vienna to an Austrian owner before it reached Mehmet Ali Agca.
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Lone bandit robs Hazelton bank in Kansas
A lone bandit locked three bank employees and a customer in a vault during a raid at Farmers State Bank of Hazelton in Hazelton Kansas. FBI Wichita says suspect a man in 20s or 30s with a dark brown beard, blue three piece suit, small caliber pistol. Hazelton, population about 200.
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Larry Welch
Wichita
Kansas
Reagan Conflicts On Unemployment Reduction Plan
A page four summary notes President Reagan contradicts himself on methods to curb unemployment. The article outlines differing policy statements and political reactions as the administration weighs options.
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Pope Recoils From Assassination Attempt as Vatican Seeks Experts
A fever around 100.4 degrees has persisted after the shooting. The Vatican reports eminent foreign doctors will be invited to Rome for consultations with the pope's medical team. The pontiff said his first rosary since the attack and attended a birthday Mass via closed-circuit radio from the clinic chapel.
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Victim Identified In Weekend Hit And Run
The victim of a weekend hit and run was identified as James Clifford Weeks Jr., 28, of 209 S 3rd. His body was found about 2 a.m. Sunday on US 50 at VFW Road west of the city and was pronounced dead at the scene by County Coroner Dr. Frank Eichhorn. Police say the case is under investigation by the Highway Patrol, KBI, and Finney County Sheriff's Department. callers with tips may contact 276-3201.
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Frank Eichhorn
Kans veto drops funding for KANZ FM radio station
Gov. John Carlin vetoed a line in the catch-all funding bill that included 19000 dollars for KANZ FM, the southwest Kansas public radio station. He reminded lawmakers that assurances had been given last year that the station would not seek further state funding.
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John Carlin
Southwest Kansas
Milk churn blast kills five in Northern Ireland raid
Five British soldiers die when explosives hidden in milk churns blow up a Saracen armoured carrier on a South Armagh road near Camlough. The attack near Raymond McCreesh’s hometown follows no immediate claims of responsibility and amid hunger strike tensions. Regulators debate political prisoner status for IRA convicts as Sands and Hughes died earlier.
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