Press secretary Brady fights pneumonia after shooting
Washington AP report states White House press secretary James Brady, shot in the Reagan assassination attempt, is treated with an antibiotic for pneumonia in his left lung after fevers reached 103 to 105 degrees. Doctors say it may be viral or bacterial and note a visible chest X ray change.
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Washington (Ap
White House
James S. Brady
Reagan
George Washington University Hospital
Brady
Dennis O’leary
O’leary
Reunited Separation Left Wife on Crutches
A Missouri couple came to Arizona seeking a new start and endured a four day separation that left Maxine Highfill on crutches and Emmett Highfill in jail. After a detour from Tempe, she found him in Gila County Jail Globe as she rode buses and taxis toward a reunion.
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Missouri
Arizona
Emmett
Maxine Highfill
Here
Tempe
Gila County
Arizona Republic
Highfill
Kansas City
Mesa
Maricopa County
Phoenix
The
Republic
Transit crisis in Chicago area as RTA runs dry
Chicago area mass transit teeters toward insolvency as the Regional Transportation Authority loses subsidies. A Circuit Court judge refused to keep lines running until a legislative fix, while the Senate defeated a new tax plan. Suburban buses face layoffs and cuts loom for Joliet and Aurora services.
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Chicago
Illinois
Arthur Dunne
State Senate
RTA
James Philip
Chicago Transit Authority
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Aurora
Joliet
CTA
Off-Duty Soldier Foils IRA Gunmen In Londonderry Hijack
An off duty British soldier in civilian clothes killed two IRA gunmen and wounded a third as they attempted to hijack his car in Londonderry. The fourth gunman fled. Police said two hijackers died at hospital, a third was in serious condition. The soldier was unharmed. The IRA Provisional wing claimed the four men were on active service. Thatcher visited Northern Ireland and refused to grant political prisoner status to hunger strikers at Maze Prison, calling their actions violent and aimed at dictatorship by force.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Brandywell
Army
Sinn Fein
IRA
Martin Hutson
Hutson
Brendan McLaughlin
Maze
Margaret Thatcher
United Kingdom
Irish Republic
Thatcher
FAA checks DC-9 wing crack reports
The FAA confirms it is studying reports of wing spar cracks in some DC-9s but denies plans to ground the fleet. Inspections would target older planes with 35 000 or more flights, a relatively small portion of about 380 U S based aircraft. An airworthiness directive remains a possibility, but grounding is not planned.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Fred Farrar
The
Arizona Republic
Farrar
Feldman
United States
Mideast air strikes kill Palestinians near Beirut
Beirut Lebanon AP reports 25 Palestinians killed in air strikes including 18 civilians and seven guerrillas after Israeli jets hit Damour and Hermon foothills. A naval raid near Khalde destroyed a truck and led to clashes before raiders withdrew. Israel says it destroyed Libyan missile batteries and confirms Libyan involvement.
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Lebanon
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Khalde
Damour
Mount Hermon
PLO
Naameh
Reagan asks Habib to pursue peace in Lebanon crisis
President Reagan said the U S peace effort in the Lebanon missile crisis is miraculous and asked Philip Habib to continue his mission. Habib, after a White House meeting, declined to outline new approaches and said no deadlines exist while expressing optimism for a peaceful resolution and continued U S peacemaker role.
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U.S
Reagan
Mideast
Philip Habib
Israel
Syria
Habib
White House
United States
Lebanon
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