Sands Dies Hunger Strike Sparks Belfast Violence
Violence erupts in Belfast and Londonderry as IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands dies after 66 days without food. Police fire live rounds and plastic bullets amid clashes in Catholic districts. at least 10 injured. Other hunger strikers at the Maze Prison near death in days. Thatcher offers no immediate comment on Sands’s death.
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Delorean Auto
Margaret Thatcher
Pomona Forms Half Cent Tax And Park Plans
A newly sworn Pomona city council approved a half cent sales tax and a parallel Franklin Street parking area. The council also backs reopening the city park after a pipe barricade is removed and purchases a two way radio for utility trucks. City Clerk Milliman noted uncertainty on the tax raise. Stanley Lantis elected council president, Mayor Hopkins Jr. refused to reappoint the police chief. New council members Floyd Thornbrugh and Lantis sworn in. In Rantoul a new council and mayor acted to modernize city hall and schedule rabies shots for pets. water, mowing, and street-maintenance issues were reviewed. In Lane, Williamsburg, and other locales, new councils discussed sewer, water, and redevelopment plans, with bids on street projects and a Historic Preservation proclamation. Reagan named Habib as emissary to the Middle East to ease regional tensions.
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Elsie L. Harvey
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G. Pat McDaniel
Sylvia Paterson
Roy G. Taylor
Clem Egger
Edith Chambers
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