Hijackers Hold 30 Americans Aboard Beirut Plane
Arab Shiite hijackers who seized a TWA jet in Beirut three days ago kept at least 30 American hostages aboard the plane. Negotiators led by Nabih Berri eyed a demand to free more than 700 Shiite prisoners as militiamen at the airport kept watch with anti-aircraft fire in the night.
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Beirut
Lebanon
TWA
Sky Pirates
Israel
Nabih Berri
Reagan
U.S
Berri
Amal
Red Cross
Damascus
Syria
Mediterranean Sea
Ali Hamdan
Jerusalem
Shimon Peres
Atlit
Gush Emunim
West Bank
Tel Aviv
Bassam Tleiss
United States
France
Spain
United Nations
Madrid
First Of Freed Hostages Return To United States
The first of the Americans freed from a hijacked airliner in the Middle East returned to the United States as relatives of others aboard the plane waited anxiously. Families described relief and fear as more freed passengers arrived in Paris or nationwide hubs. The TWA jet had seen several stops in Beirut and Algiers before some evacuees reached Kennedy and other airports.
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Associated Press
Middle East
United States
Ralph Cataldo
Lexington
Mass
Algeria
Janine
Algiers
TWA
Beirut
Lebanon
Paris
New York City
Kennedy Airport
Chicago
Frances Reynolds
Isabelle Carpio
Dorothy Sullivan
Aurora
Ill
Aneta Slotowski
Huntley
St. Louis
Debra Toga
Robert Garrity
Rosalie Willett
Thibodaux
Harold
Inlaw Marsha
Willett
Steve
Choupie
Marsha Willett
Joshua
Christopher
Soweto clashes mark ninth anniversary of 1976 riots
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to scatter about 1,000 Black marchers outside Regina Mundi Church in Soweto during a service marking the ninth anniversary of the 1976 anti apartheid riots. In Daveyton a crowd attacked the mayor’s home. in New Brighton mourners were tear gassed.
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Soweto
South Africa
Regina Mundi
Daveyton Township
Johannesburg
Tom Boya
New Brighton
Port Elizabeth
Cape
Desmond Tutu
Kaya Maqcina
Africa
Budget talks stall as House Senate teams seek compromise
Negotiators from both chambers press for a 1986 budget deal amid persistent gaps over Social Security, defense cuts, and spending priorities. The panel deadlocked on minor points and faces big items like the Superfund program and deficit projections, with optimism tempered by new Stockman figures.
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Washington
House-Senate
House
Senate
Reagan
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
William H. Gray III
D-Pa
Domenici
Gray
David Stockman
Stockman
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Chiles
Shuttle Ready For Royal Trip
Technicians fine tuned the Discovery space shuttle for a unique mission carrying Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud and satellites to expand communications for 22 Arab states and Mexico. Liftoff is set for 7:33 a.m. EDT with Arabsat Morelos Telstar 3-D and a Mexican astronaut planned for November. A Star Wars laser tracking test will also be conducted from Hawaii.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mexico
Sultan Salman Al-Saud
Cameroon
Sultan
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
U.S
Arabsat
League of Arab States
Okaz
Islamic Leadership of Sciences and Knowledge
Morelos
Brazil
At&t
Defense Department
Discovery
Hawaii
Shuttle
Valley Deaths of Franklin and Harrisonburg Residents
Lillie C. Mauzy 90 of Franklin Ernest Bowman Shorty Rex rode Jr 63 of Harrisonburg Wanetta Frances Curry Tuckson 58 of Harrisonburg Mary Virginia Turner 72 of Rt 2 Broadway details on page 10
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Ernest Bowman “Shorty” Rexrode, Jr
Harrisonburg
Wanetta
Frances Curry Tuckson
Mary Virginia Turner
Rt. 2
Broadway
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