Sands Hunger Strike Sparks Riots Across Ireland
Rioters battled police in Belfast Londonderry Dublin and Liverpool as IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands neared death on day 63. Young men hurled firebombs and acid at officers in Catholic areas of Belfast and Londonderry. security forces fired plastic bullets in response.
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Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Dublin
Liverpool
Irish Republican Army
Bobby Sands
West Belfast
O'Connell
England
Sands
Maze
Sinn Fein
IRA
Francis Hughes
Ramond McCreesh
Pat O'Hara
Margaret Thatcher
Humphrey Atkins
Stormont
Ian Paisley
Paisley
Budget fights and Irish unrest loom in mixed signals
Republicans and Democrats alike weigh a Reagan victory as party defections and a pending Lederer resignation shift the Senate balance. Protests flare in Belfast and Dublin over Sands and IRA issues as police clash with mourners and demonstrators. Industry talks show Kuwaiti oil moves and potential production cuts amid a global surplus.
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GOP
Heagan
Democratic House
Reagan
Democratic Forum
Raymond F. Lederer
D-Pa
Abscam
Lederer
Creationist views clash with evolution at Ireland School
The article describes creationists calling evolution indoctrination while UT Permian Basin scientist Dr Scott Erwin counters there is no tangible evidence for creationism. It notes local classrooms in Midland Odessa addressing the topic with fifth graders questioning origins and balancing religious belief with science.
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Midland
Ireland
Anna Elliot
Mount St. Helens
Addison Wesley Publishing
Elliot
Tanya Warren
Tanya
John Vandenburg
John
Drought, fires fear persist in South Florida spring weather
South Florida faces a lingering spring drought despite recent rains. Forecasters warn of volatile surface fires and exploding fire risk as dry swamp land, lowered water levels, and muck fires threaten wildlife and create smoglike conditions across Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties. Light Friday rainfall totals partly ease drought concerns.
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Miami
South Florida
John Tamsberg
State Division of Forestry
Dade
Broward
Palm Beach
Florida
Serrce
Orlando
Showers and storms linger across Texas with flash flood watch
National Weather Service reports continued chances of showers and thunderstorms across the Permian Basin and South Texas. A flash flood watch covers western South Texas after heavy rains Saturday. Temperatures range from the 40s to 80s statewide with highs near 75 today and 70s to 90s across regions through midweek.
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South
Texas
National Weather Service
Big Bend
South Texas
Texas Hill Country
San Antonio
Austin
Freeport
del Rio
Laredo
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