Jaruzelski visits Soviet Union as Solidarity protests loom
Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski travels to the Crimea for talks with Leonid Brezhnev amid planned Solidarity demonstrations marking the union's 1980 formation. In Gdansk and other cities police used tear gas and water cannons against protesters while Solidarity leaders urge peaceful action.
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Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Solidarity
PAP
Jaruzelski
Crimea
Brezhnev
Tass
Gustav Wusak
Erich Honecker
Gdansk
Baltic
Communist Party
Labor Federation
Krakow
Wroclaw
Lech Walesa
Groom Shot Dead at Wedding Reception in Colorado Springs
A bridegroom, Marvin Simmons, 24, was accidentally shot in the head during a wedding reception at his in laws home near Fort Carson. He died en route to Penrose Community Hospital. Investigators say his mother-in-law, Shirley, was arrested.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Marvin Simmons
Fort Carson
Wall Street gains on rate cuts and Cities Service bid
Stocks rose as the Dow climbed to 797.66 amid hopes for a Cities Service merger with Occidental Petroleum and lower rates. The NYSE index advanced to 60.34, volume hit 24.7 million by noon. banks trimmed prime rates. Fed cut discount rate to 10 percent. In a separate incident, May Harris remained in custody after a wedding shooting, with investigators treating the case as potentially accidental and questioning 25 to 30 witnesses.
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NEW York
Cities Service Co
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
Occidental Petroleum
Occidental
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Franklin Denies Killing and Admits Racist Feelings
Joseph Paul Franklin denied shooting civil rights leader Vernon E. Jordan Jr. in Fort Wayne but admitted he is racist and hates the race as a whole. He testified he did not shoot Jordan and questioned inmates’ testimony as government plants, while noting prior life sentences for other racially charged killings.
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Jozef Glemp
Wyszynski
Czestochowa
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Ind
Joseph Paul Franklin
Vernon E. Jordan Jr
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J. Frank Kimbrough
Vernon Jordan
Jordan
Fort Wayne
Mobile
Ala
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