First Haitians Freed From Florida Detention Center
Seventeen Haitian men, including Etienne Francois, were released from the Krome Avenue Detention Center under a judge's ruling that the detention policy was illegal. More Haitians are expected to follow in coming days as sponsors arrange releases with church and refugee groups.
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Randall Hackley
Associated Press
Miami
Etienne Francois
Krome Avenue
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Beverly McFarland
Krome
West
Virginia
Texas
New York
Kentucky
Puerto Rico
U.S
Eugene P. Spellman
Francois
Gerard Jean-Juste
Haitian Refugee Center Inc
Catholic World Services
Felix
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
U.S. Justice Department
Florida
Reagan
Immigration Service
Haiti
Odessa Prostitution Arrests Rise With City Crime
Two men seeking a good time in Odessa were driven to two nightspots where undercover officers arrested the women on prostitution charges and booked the driver for aggravated promotion. The weekend arrests raise Odessa’s 1982 total to 18 as nine officers worked streets. Local agents note the city’s growing population fuels vice, while saying Odessa’s prostitution is mostly from poorer locals with prices around 25 dollars.
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Odessa
Second Street
Northside
Las Vegas
Indefinite worldwide ban on commercial whaling takes effect
The United States led a coalition in securing an indefinite ban on commercial whaling starting in 1986, with Japan and Norway vowing to continue. The IWC vote, supported by two dozen nations including Spain, faces possible enforcement limits but signals a major conservation victory after a decade of effort.
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Brighton
England
United States
Japan
Norway
Soviet Union
Brazil
Iceland
South Korea
Peru
Spain
Whaling Commission
IWC
Sir Peter Scott
Scott
U.S
Seychelles
Tom Garrett
Christine Stevens
The
American Society For
Animal Protection
Chris
Congress
Garrett
Commission
Murder plot and laser gun scheme tied to Marin County case
Two men, Mark Richards and Crossan Hoover, are charged with murder in the slaying of Robert Baldwin. A San Rafael Independent Journal report cites a group named Pendragon planning to place a laser gun on Mount Tamalpais, seal Marin roads, and seize a seminary headquarters, amid alleged financial motive.
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San Rafael
Calif
Marin County
Mount Tamalpais
Jerry Herman
Robert A. Baldwin
San Pablo Bay
San Francisco
Herman
Mark Richards
San Anselmo
Crossan D. Hoover
Novato
Pendragon Group
Mount
Tamalpais
Marin
San Anselmo Theological Seminary
Safety officials urge 21 drinking age nationwide
Federal safety officials asked 35 states to raise the legal drinking age to 21, citing that about a third of deaths in alcohol related car crashes involve ages 16 to 24. The National Transportation Safety Board called the move a national tragedy and urged uniform minimum ages nationwide.
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Washington
James Burnett
National Transportation Safety Board
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Deerfield
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