Honduran president ready to war amid border clashes
Tensions rise between Honduras and Nicaragua as skirmishes intensify near the border and two American journalists are killed. President Roberto Suazo Cordova declares willingness to take up arms while Archbishop Hector Enrique Santos calls for prayers for peace.
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Sol Sussman
Associated Press
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Nicaragua
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Hector Enrique Santos
Carlos Flores Facusse
Central America
Border skirmishes mount as Nicaragua and Honduras clash
Reports list a series of border attacks by Nicaraguan troops along a 12 mile frontier. May 25 artillery blasts kill civilians and secret police. May 26 fire hits reporters. May 27 to 31 continuous fire. June 21 anti tank rocket and grenade strike kill two men. June 23 lumber truck shot. mines laid near Cifuentes. June 24 cross border fire escalates with threats of war. United States and Central American nations condemn Sandinistas while Nicaragua accuses Honduran artillery aiding the contras. The fighting centers on Jalapa and near border villages with growing shelling claims from both sides.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Danilo Ferrera Suazo
el Heraldo
HRN
la Tribuna
Former inmate awarded damages for solitary confinement
Maxine Smith, a divorced mother of four, was awarded 100770 dollars by a US District Court jury in Peoria after seven hours of deliberation. Her lawyer says the former prisoner, who spent 22 months in solitary confinement for possessing a jail camera, was punished for being a pain to the institution.
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Chicago
Maxine Smith
Peoria
Smith
Two cosmonauts launch Soyuz spacecraft into orbit
Tass reports Soviet Soyuz 9 lifted off from Baikonur with mission commander Vladimir Lyakhov and flight engineer Alexander Alexandrov aboard. The launch followed a U S report that Moscow signaled potential flexibility in arms talks in Geneva, dropping a ban on new submarine launched missiles.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Washington
Geneva
Boston Globe
Globe
U.S
Baikonur
Central Asian Republic
Kazakhstan
Vladimir Lyakhov
Alexander Alexandrov
Congress Studies Theft of U.S. High Tech Secrets
Washington AP reports Congress opens hearings led by Rep. John D. Dingell to examine theft of U.S. high tech secrets by foreign firms and illegal international trade practices, assessing how effectively laws and agencies address the problem.
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Congress
U.S
Washington
John D. Dingell
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Oversight and Investigations
Weather prospects after storms across Texas and heat spike
Fair warm evening for Odessans with upper 60s lows and southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Tuesday expects hot, near 100 degrees. Severe storms Sunday night ripped through West Texas, unroofing homes, downing power lines and shattering windows in Haskell with over 1 million dollars in damages. no injuries reported.
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Texas Panhandle
Weather Service
Texas
NWS
Panhandle
Permain Basin
South
Big Bend
White Oak Bayou
Houston
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Lejeune Report: Four Months in Lebanon Ends
Lejeune, North Carolina, reflects on a four month tour in Lebanon with a Sunday return. The brief note notes the service period and location, highlighting the extended overseas duty and welcome back ceremony.
PCB hazards prompt utility upgrades and lawsuits
PG and E accelerates PCB transformer and capacitor replacement after a May 15 spill that closed a San Francisco office building for a week. Firefighters sue the utility for 100 million, alleging ultra hazardous activity. Edison plans replacements by 1987, with 60,000 pole top caps to be addressed, and cleanup of PCB debris involves EPA approved sites.
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San Jose
San Francisco
Pg&e
Manton Selby
Suzanne Coffey
Southern California Edison Co
Gene Clark
Edison
Clark
California
Abortion Clinics and Attitudes Across Texas Shrink Wariness
The article maps abortion services in Texas cities, noting Lubbock and Wichita Falls clinics with visiting doctors, Midland Odessa area doctors, and emigration of providers due to local resistance. Emerson Bell cites fear of starting clinics, while Mary Lucas notes regular protests in Wichita Falls. Despite arson redemption in Fort Worth, large Capitol demonstrations and a shift in medical attitudes are reported along with increased referrals to a former abortionist.
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Galveston
Killeen
Laredo
Longview
Lubbock
McAllen
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
Sherman
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Midland-Odessa
Emerson Bell
Fairmount Center
Texas
Mary Lucas
Reproductive Services Inc
Pregnancy Control Inc
Fort Worth
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