Celebration Turns to Melee After False Haitian Overthrow Rumor
In Little Haiti Miami hundreds of Haitian refugees celebrated an unfounded report that President-for-Life Duvalier had fallen. A car crashed into a crowd of about 1,500, killing one woman and injuring two men. Five people were bitten by police dogs, and two officers faced injuries during clashes. Four men were arrested as officers investigated the driver and accomplices amid looting across an eight block area.
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Miami
Clarence Dickson
Mike Stewart
Little
Haiti
Jean-Claude
Doc’ Duvalier
Duvalier
Stephen Krampf
Stewart
Arab League Overrules Khadafy Sanctions Quest
In Tunis the Arab League rejected Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy’s bid for a broad counter boycott of the United States. The meeting denounced American threats and voiced total solidarity with Libya while stopping short of concrete actions. Eight foreign ministers attended, with several delegations sending lower level representatives.Persian Gulf ministers were largely absent. The United States had imposed sanctions on Libya after the Rome and Vienna airport attacks that killed 20 people, including five Americans.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Arab League
Col
Muammar Khadafy
United States
U.S
Libya
Khadafy
Reagan
Rome
Vienna
Abu Nidal
Italy
U.S. Navy
League
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Djibouti
Mauritania
Morocco
Syria
Palestine Liberation Organization
Consumers Prefer Leaner Beef Trim At Supermarkets
A joint study by the beef industry with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Texas A&M University and the Agriculture Department shows consumers oppose excess fat on retail cuts and would pay slightly more for closely trimmed beef. Phase one surveyed 1000 consumers in San Francisco Houston Kansas City and Philadelphia focusing on marbling and taste vs leanness as quality cues.
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Washington
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas A&m University
Agriculture Department
American Meat Institute
AMI
San Francisco
Houston
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Russell Cross
Texas A&m
Cross
U.S
Early Signs IRS Handles Tax Returns Promptly
Washington AP reports early January data hint the IRS may process returns faster this year with 382000 individual filings in 24 days, fourfold 1985’s pace. By now 2.17 million filings show 17.6 percent processed, refunds sent to 7000 early filers, amid renewed IRS assurances after last year’s system glitches.
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Washington
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Larry Batdorf
Batdorf
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