Reagan role in Iran Contra probe gains focus
Iran Contra prosecutors seek to learn Reagan's involvement in a possible coverup as they press for details on the 1985 Hawk missiles shipment to Iran. They say Weinberger and Shultz deny knowledge of a coverup, while the investigation gathers notes and testimony from key White House figures and sessions.
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Ronald Reagan
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Caspar Weinberger
George Shultz
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Weinberger
Shultz
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Iran
U.S
Lebanon
National Security
John Poindexter
Reagan White House
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Lawrence Walsh
Lloyd Cutler
Library of Congress
White House
National Security Planning Group
Bush
Don Regan
Edwin Meese
CIA
William Casey
Poindexter
George Ve
Robert McFarlane
Meese
McFarlane
Regan
Theodore Olson
Hijackers kill three aboard Aerotaca plane in Colombia
In eastern Colombia, suspected Simon Bolivar guerrillas killed three soldiers found bullet ridden aboard an Aerotaca twin engine plane hijacked the previous day. The carrier said six people were released during a Saturday stop, and authorities pursued the hijackers, believed to be two or three young men.
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Bogota
Colombia
Aerotaca
RCN
Mauricio Hoyos
Hoyos
Simon Bolivar
Air Force
State association re-elects its president for another term
Wichita AP report says Dave Bergmeier, managing editor of The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, was re-elected president of the Kansas Associated Press Managing Editors and will begin a second one-year term. Georgia High, managing editor of the Independence Daily Reporter, was elected vice president.
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Wichita
Dave Bergmeier
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
Kansas Associated Press
Bergmeier
Georgia High
Independence Daily Reporter
Mozambique tops misery index in global ranking
Washington evaluation by the Population Crisis Committee places Mozambique first among 141 countries for misery using ten indicators such as life expectancy, food supply, water access, and political freedom. Denmark ranks last, with the United States at eighth best. Mozambique scores 93.
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Washington
Mozambique
Somalia
Afghanistan
Haiti
Sudan
Population Crisis Committee
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
Canada
United States
Norway
Australia
Four Women and Girl Slain in Oklahoma City Crack House
Oklahoma City police investigated a quiet neighborhood crime scene where four women and a teenage girl were found slain in a bedroom. Victims aged 14 to 40 were tied, nude, with stab and gun injuries, one four to five months pregnant. some reports add possible informant ties. No suspects or motive given.
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Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
Christian Valley
Roof collapse at nursing home in Ohio injures twenty
High winds toppled the roof at Blakely Nursing Home in North Baltimore Ohio injuring about 20 people seven hospitalized and one in critical condition. Police described the scene as a mess with injuries from glass and insulation. Owner Janien Blakely said a nurse saw a funnel cloud and the weather service did not confirm a tornado.
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Ohio
John Vaughan
Blakely Nursing Home
Charlene
Finch
Blanchard Valley Hospital
Findlay
Janien Blakely
Aurse
Ms. Blakely
National Weather Service
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