IRA split from The Provisionals pin down 30,000 police and troops
British and Irish sources describe the Provisional IRA with 400 core members and thousands of sympathizers at underground support networks in six counties. Sinn Fein leaders claim the capacity to wage a long war, while public sentiment shows mixed views across Catholic communities and renewed hunger strikes.
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Northern Ireland
David O'Connell
Sinn Fein
Fermanagh
South Tyrone
Sands
Provos
Emerald Isle
GM's Nova name swap boosts Latin American sales
GM faced Latin American sales woes as Nova sounded like it means It doesn't go in Spanish. Renamed Caribe sales improved. Adelphi University analyst Joseph Lurie warns about language blunders harming diplomacy and business. He cites declines in foreign language study and calls for action. Congress plans hearings in June to promote language studies.
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Associated Press
New York
General Motors
Latin America
Adelphi University International Education Department
Joseph Lurie
Caribe
Lurie
eAn
Reader's Digest
Fisher
Jimmy Carter
Poland
Congress
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Freighter Ferry Collision Near Statue of Liberty Injures Dozens
In foggy New York harbor a 515 foot freighter Hough Orchid struck a Staten Island ferry carrying about 1,000 commuters. About 60 people were injured, none life threatening. Several hospitals treated passengers and the ferry sustained a large crease and broken windows. Separately a military aircraft crash in Maryland left six dead or missing pending details.
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NEW York
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Bay Ridge Flats
Brooklyn
Public Health Service Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Staten Island Hospital
Senior turns down award to allow another to attend college
James D. Laughlin, 17, of Brebeuf Preparatory High School refused a $10,000 Eisenhower Memorial Scholarship, becoming the first recipient to decline an award. He already held $30,000 in college aid and will attend a summer Eisenhower seminar, with the $10,000 reallocated to another student. The planned college cost about $7,100 annually.
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Indianapolis
James D. Laughlin
Eisenhower Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Brebeuf Preparatory
Coal chiefs clash as strike heads into seventh week
West Virginia union leader STRAT DOU THAT CHARLESTON reports Sam Church Jr and B R Bob Brown, presidents of the United Mine Workers and Consolidation Coal Co, head to Washington as a 41 day coal strike persists. Church faces reelection pressure and internal criticism as Brown presses for concessions.
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Charleston
W.va
Sam Church Jr
B.R
Bobby’’ Brown
Church
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Brown
Consolidation Coal Co
Church and Brown
UMW
Washington, D.C
Washington
BCOA
Texas lawmaker pushes aid to child protection in budget
Texas House debate centered on boosting child abuse prevention funding with a $20.2 million package including $15 million in federal matching funds. Rep. Ted Lyon cited abused children to rally support while opponents argued for harsher penalties and limited funding. Other amendments would raise DPS salaries, fund narcotics agents, and expand welfare child clothing aid.
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Texas
Ted Lyon
D-Mesquite
Lyon
Craig Washington
Dhouston
Stan Schlueter
Dsalado
Department of Human Resources
Bob Davis
R-Irving
Buck Florence
D-Hughes Springs
Department of Public Safety
Appropriations Committee
DPS
State Insurance Board
Texas Railroad Commission
Don Lee
D-Harlingen
Lee
Carlyle Smith
D-Grand Prairie
Jones
Santiesteban
Weather outlook for Odessa area and West Texas predicts mild rain risk
Forecasters at Midland Air Terminal expect partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and tomorrow for Odessa. Cool fronts arrive Friday through Sunday with highs mostly in the 70s to 80s, cooling toward the upper 60s to mid 70s by Sunday, and overnight lows dipping into the 40s to 60s across regions.
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Odessa
Midland Air Terminal
West Texas
Andrews County
Texas
Piney Woods
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
North Texas
South Texas
Hill Country
Big Bend
Panhandie
Panhandle
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West Germany
Japan
National Briefs
Walkersville
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A.E. Appleby
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Frederick County
Dan McCarthy
Atlanta
Francis Nathaniel Hardy
Strat Dou
AP News
SAM Church
Bobby’ Brown
Amarillo
Austin Beaumont
Brownsville Childress
College Station
Corpus Christi
Dalias
de Rio
Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
NOAA
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Lufkin
Marta
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Tyler
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