Questioning continues on grounded Soviet sub near Sweden
Swedish naval officials said interrogations of Lt Cmdr. Pyotr Gushin and the navigation officer would continue in a potentially lengthy process after a six hour questioning aboard a Swedish ship. Sweden planned an inspection of navigational gear and charts, amid claims the Whiskey class submarine carried intelligence equipment.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Cmdr
Gunnar Rasmussen
Moscow
Pyotr Gushin
Seenaag
Baltic Sea
Karlskrona
Lennart Ljung
Increasing Cloudiness Forecast for Week Ahead
Chief Tommy Hawk reports that tomorrow's space shuttle launch will not affect the weather which has been unusually calm lately. Wednesday looks mild with increasing clouds and a 20 percent chance of rain. Low around 45 tonight, high near 65 tomorrow. Possible showers Thursday and Friday, then partly cloudy and cooler Saturday.
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Tommy Hawk
Obituaries on Page 27 deaths list prominent locals
Obituaries announce Howard C. Cunningham 87 Brush Valley Laura Melisa Gressley 94 Homer City RD 2 Hazel A. Fox 81 Greensburg formerly Johnstown Olive Libengood 74 Saltsburg MR 1 Robert W. Lockard 53 Brookville William J. Parson 85 Saltsburg RD 3 Newry town Samuel C. Haer 85 MarLon Center RD 1 listed among late deaths on page 27.
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Cunningham
Howard C
Brush Valley
Gressley
Laura Melissa
Homer City
Fox
Hazel A
Greensburg
Johnstown
Libengood
Mrs
Olive
Saltsburg
Lockard
Robert W
Brookville
Parson
William J
Newrytown
Hussein pressing to buy Soviet air defenses from Reagan
King Hussein of Jordan, praising the Saudi peace plan as worthy of consideration, told President Reagan he is serious about purchasing Soviet air defense weapons not available from the U S arsenal. Officials said the move tests U S assurances that Jordan should stay with American military suppliers as Reagan and Hussein plan another meeting.
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Washington
bin Hussein
Jordan
Reagan
U.S
Hussein
United States
George Bush
Congress
Camp David
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Space veterans Engle and Truly tour launch pad before shuttle flight
Engle and Truly paid a pre dawn visit to shuttle Columbia at Cape Canaveral to thank launch crews and inspect the craft as NASA, weather forecasters and officials expressed optimism for Wednesday’s liftoff at 7 30 a m EST. The mission aims for a return to orbit, with countdown procedures and fuel loading details outlined and crew preparing for a 2 40 a m wake up.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Shuttle Columbia
NASA
James Beggs
Space
Columbia
Engle and Truly
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Beggs
NBC
Shuttle
Donald K
Deke” Slayton
Patrick Afb
Prison Inmates Release Hostages After Siege Ends
Graterford Pennsylvania state prison ends a six day hostage crisis as seven inmates release six remaining hostages after firing guns to empty them. Gov Thornburgh to form a commission to study the siege and improve jail safety and sentences. The ringleader Joseph Bowen, 35, of Philadelphia, was blamed for the breach.
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Graterford
State Correctional Institution
Chuck Stone
Philadelphia
Community Legal Services
Joseph ‘Jo Jo" Bowen
Bowen
Begin Launches U S Campaign Against Saudi Peace Plan
In Jerusalem Prime Minister Menachem Begin announced a new lobbying drive in the United States to block the Saudi peace plan he says would destroy Israel He also rejected U S and Saudi proposals including a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital and said no talks will be held with nations backing the plan Arafat arrived in Riyadh to discuss changes to the plan while Crown Prince Fahd proposed Abbas to govern a Palestinian state under the PLO in a shifting stance reflected in London where Thatcher supporters urged inclusion of the PLO in peace talks.
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U.S
Camp David
Middle East
Menachem Begin
Begin
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
United States
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Knesset
Labor Party
Europe
Shimon
Peres
Associated Press
3Egin
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
East Jerusalem
Petrodollar
Crown Prince
Fahd
Arafat
PLO
Saudi Press Agency
Radio
London
Margaret Thatcher
Conservative
Lord Carrington
Friends of Israel
Cynthia Boston Bail Cut in Brink’s Truck Robbery Case
Cynthia Boston, represented by her lawyer, protested that the charges of conspiracy in a Brink's truck robbery and three killings are totally fabricated. Bail reduced from 500000 to 250000 as the case moves forward.
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Cynthia Boston
Colin Clark
High Court Hears Plea From Amish
The Supreme Court heard arguments on forcing an Amish employer to pay Social Security and unemployment taxes, with Amish attorney Francis Caiazza arguing taxation infringes their religious beliefs and trust in God. DOJ counters tax payments are required. the case involves Edwin Lee of New Castle, Pennsylvania.
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Supreme Court
Francis Caiazza
Caiazza
Justice Department
Edwin Lee
New Castle
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Engle
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Space Agency
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Brink's
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Brush Valeley
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