Solidarity union calls strike alert in Polish city clashes
In Bydgoszcz and nearby towns Solidarity declares a national strike alert after police beat 23 activists. Lech Walesa denounces the assault, warns against a general strike, and joins leaders in emergency HQ as riot police storm government offices. Police say they acted to restore order.
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Bydgoszcz
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Wojciech
Jaruzelski
Torun
Grudziadz
Inowroclaw
Wroclawek
Warsaw
Atlanta Vigilante Patrols Spark Arrests Near Techwood Homes
Police arrested at least two men amid a housing project self-defense patrol started to shield youths from child killers. About 40 officers, including SWAT, confronted activists including Chimurenga Jenga with an M-1 carbine as 16 to 21 year olds with bats aided by walkie talkies and armed adults. Officials labeled the effort vigilante. organizers defend it as protecting children and warned they will face jail if challenged.
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Atlanta
Police Special
Techwood Homes
Chimurenga Jenga
Angelo Foster
Ron Carter
Black Panther
Techwood
Israel Green
Green
Jenga
New Books at Ottawa Library Offer Diverse Thrillers and History
The Ottawa Library shelf features The Delta Decision by Wilbur Smith where a hijacked Boeing 707 triggers a tense rescue led by General Stride. Lucy by Donald C. Johanson surveys the fossil record of early humans with the Lucy skeleton centerpiece. Code Name Nimrod by James Leasor relays a WWII spy tale about Rosenberg and the Normandy deception. Dixiana Moon by William Price Fox follows a flamboyant schemer’s risky scams. Going for the Gold by Emma Lathen places John Putnam Thatcher at the Winter Olympics uncovering counterfeit traveler's checks and a mounting crime.
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Ottawa
Delta
Wilbur Smith
Peter Stride
Atlas
Stride
Lucy
Donald C. Johanson
James Leasor
Rosenberg
Normandy
Hiltler
Dixiana Moon
William Price Fox
Georgia
Emma Lathen
John Putnam Thatcher
Sloan Guaranty
Thatcher
The
Sloan
Harris Gets 15 Years To Life
In White Plains former girls school headmistress Jean Harris was sentenced to 15 years to life for the murder of Herman Tarnower the Scarsdale Diet doctor once her lover. The judge set the minimum at 15 years with possible parole but no earlier term than that. Harris testified she did not intend to kill Tarnower claiming the shooting was accidental during a struggle at his Purchase New York estate on March 10.
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White Plains
N.Y
Jean Harris
Scarsdale
Herman Tarnower
Russell Leggett
Catfish Bill Becomes Kansas Official State Fish
The House, 1185 with Senate pending, declares the channel catfish Kansas official state fish. Hutchinson students sponsored the measure after years of promotion. it previously passed the House but stalled in the Senate.
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Associated Press
House
Senate
Kansas
Hutchinson
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
CETA Jobs To End Soon In Kansas Public Service Plan
Nearly 800 Kansans in a federally funded CETA employment program will lose their jobs by month end due to a 38 percent funding cut. The program supported 765 positions across 103 counties with employers including Wichita Kansas City Topeka universities and state agencies.
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Topeka
Kan
Comprehensive Employment and Training Administration
CETA
Department of Human Resources
Richard F. Hernandez
Department
Ceta Public Service
Kansas
Wichita
Kansas City
Kane
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Pittsburg State University
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