History making Wells Fargo heist in New York
Four armed men breached a wall and overpowered Wells Fargo employees at a Manhattan terminal in the early hours, fleeing with an armored truck and cash estimated by police to be in the multimillions. The haul’s exact total is unknown as the money is being tallied. The robbers, aged 40 to 45, were described as professionals. The incident stands as the largest cash robbery in U.S. history records.
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Wells Fargo
Brooklyn Bridge
New York City
New York
Richard Nicastro
Lazaro Rodriguez
FBI
Joseph Valiquette
United States
Lower Manhattan
Ed LeSchack
LeSchack
Wote Abu
Alice Lue
Robert Johnston
Police Department
Johnston
West Hartford
Conn
Memphis
Tenn
Sentry Armored Car Courier Co
U.S
Reichsbank
Germany
Dry spell worries Maryland farmers after dry April
Maryland farmers face a drought risk as April brings near drought conditions with three to four inches below normal rainfall in southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. Officials urge two days of soaking rain to avert longer impacts. strawberries, hay, alfalfa, and pasture could suffer while corn planting progresses on the Eastern Shore.
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Evans
Maryland
Jack I. Matthews
Maryland Farm
Matthews
Pilots plan to organize controllers across the nation
The Air Line Pilots Association aims to form a controller affiliated union for about 14,000 rebuilt controller staff. President Henry Duffy says the drive is unlikely to move forward without council support, and success could challenge the FAA. The plan follows PATCO’s 1981 strike collapse and mass dismissals.
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NEW York
Air Line Pilots Association
Pilots’ Union
New York Times
Henry Duffy
Federal Aviation Administration
Tames
PATCO
Israel completes second phase of withdrawal from Lebanon
The Tyre pullout ends the second phase of a three stage withdrawal that ends Israel 34 month occupation of southern Lebanon. Fighting continues in Beirut across the Green Line as Muslim and Druse forces push back Christian militias. Casualties are reported in the hundreds with lanterns of refugees fleeing toward Jezzine as tensions rise along the border.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Druse
Tyre
Qasmiyeh
Tel Aviv
Tarael
Christian Voice of Lebanon Radio
Jezzine
Sidon
France demands talks on currency reforms
Paris reports President Mitterrand tying gains in world trade talks to currency reform. He insists no negotiations on commercial affairs without parallel discussions on a new world monetary system. The move aligns France with a push for three monetary zones to curb volatile exchange rates amid a Western economic summit.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
France
Mitterrand
U.S
Reagan
Bonn
Canada
Japan
West Germany
Britain
Italy
Washington
Agale
United States
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
George P. Shultz
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LeSehack
Annapolis
State Department of Agriculture
Anthony Evans
John Wentz
Commercial Credit Savings and Loan Association
Medicare
Frederick’s
West Seventh Street
Jean Aziz
South Lebanon
Kfar Falous
Jezrine
Baslem
Jessine
Bekaa
Cruse
Walid Jumblatt
Nabih Berri
SLA
the News
Frederick
Marjayoun
Antoine Laird
Montgomery Ward
Wise and
MasterCard
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