Soviet Emigres Return Home After Unhappy Years Abroad
Fifty Soviet emigres boarded an Aeroflot jet to Moscow at Kennedy Airport as the largest U S return of its kind. Many expressed uncertainty about jobs and acceptance, while others hoped for reunions with family. The departure underlined growing disillusionment with life in the United States and the desire to rejoin relatives behind the Iron Curtain.
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U.S.S.R
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Taras Kordonsky
Ludmilla
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Alexander Cherkasets
New York City
Kordonsky
Igor B. Bulov
Global News Snapshot of 1986 Event Highlights
A concise, period style roundup covers major 1986 events including Senate shifts, Southern drought bankruptcies, New York City Statue of Liberty centennial celebrations, U.S. aid debates on Nicaragua Contras, Rehnquist’s rise to chief justice with Scalia as associate, South Africa violence and sanctions, Daniloff and spy exchanges, a spate of worldwide air disasters, Cameroon gas deaths, and El Salvador’s deadly earthquake.
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New York City
U.S
Nicaragua
William Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
South Africa
Congress
Nicholas Daniloff
Moscow
United States
Los Angeles
Guatemala
Mexico City
Cameroon
el Salvador
Top Kansas stories of 1985 86 season and beyond
Highlights include voter approval of a property tax classification amendment to cushion tax shifts during the 1989 statewide property reappraisal, Sen. Bob Dole seeking higher office, the University of Kansas basketball team reaching the Final Four with a 35 win season, and legal and sports developments such as the Bell brothers cocaine case and Wichita State football program suspension.
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Bob Dole
U.S. Senate
Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas City Chiefs
Mike Bell
Mark
Winds Warning Arrives as Train Plunges to Crash
In Hamasaka Japan six people died and six injured when six excursion cars toppled 135 feet from a narrow bridge onto a crabmeat plant and a house after high wind warnings. Officials say the train had cleared a green signal before the bridge as wind warnings appeared at 1:25 p.m. Local workers and passengers suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized in Hyogo and nearby Tottori.
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Hamasaka
Japan Sea
Toshiji Shiihara
Japanese National Railways
Food Service
Hyogo
Tottori Prefecture
Takumi
Challenger settlements reach out of court with families
The Justice Department announced confidential settlements with the families of Christa McAuliffe and three Challenger astronauts Ellison Onizuka Francis Scobee and Gregory Jarvis. Morton Thiokol will contribute substantially to the payments. Terms remain confidential at the families' request.
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Justice Department
Christa McAuliffe
Francis R. Scobee
Ellison
Onizuka
Gregory B. Jarvis
Department
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