Demoted prison guard murdered at Kansas penitentiary
Inmate Mark Osborne stabbed Robert Duane Hurd, 41, at Karfinas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas. Hurd, demoted earlier for failing to recognize an inmate, died at St John’s Hospital in Leavenworth after several knife wounds to the neck and arm. Osborne, 25, was captured. he had been at the prison since 1977 with a record of multiple violent felonies.
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Moppitt
Sedgwick
Moppin
Hurd
Osborne
Sadat Foes Await Mubarak Move on Peace Policy
Arab foes watch a de facto ceasefire as Hosni Mubarak prepares to take power in Egypt. Damascus and Tripoli fear U S containment while Arab leaders debate whether Mubarak will diverge from Sadat policies. Some praise conciliatory aims, others stress a fight over Egypt's future amid Camp David.
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Israel
United States
al Qabas
Hosni Mubarak
Gvill
Mubarak
Damascus
Sadat
Hafez Assad
Ali Triki
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Syria
Libya
Mediterranean
Arab League
Clovis Maksoud
Cairo
Beirut
Sadat Killer Was Fanatical Yet Not Deemed Threat
Cairo defense minister quoted saying 1st Lt. Khaled Ahmed Shawk el-Islambouly, wounded in Sadat assassination, was flagged for religious fanaticism but not found disloyal. Military intelligence watched him. four conspirators from an illegal sect acted of their own free will with no foreign assistance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Khaled Ahmed Shawk el-Islambouly
Sadat
Mayo
Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala
el-Islamicouly
Defense Ministry
el-Islambouly
Ghazala
Third Time Charm For Hot Air Ballon
In Savannah, the Super Chicken III crews Fred Gorrell and John Shoecraft completed a 2,500 mile nonstop balloon flight from Phoenix to Blackbeard Island near Savannah. They landed safely after facing oxygen shortages and subfreezing temps, flying as high as 28,000 feet. Coast Guard rescued them. earlier attempts by others to cross the U S in balloons failed.
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Savannah
United States
Fred Gorrell
John Shoecraft
Phoenix
Ariz
Blackbeard Island
Gorrell
Shoecraft
Chris van Elk
Scottsdale
Coast Guard
Ron Ripps
Columbus
Ohio
Liberal
Kan
New Mexico Mining Company
Maxie Anderson
Kris
San Francisco
Canada
Robert Nevins
Federal Aviation Administration
Jacksonville, Fla
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Mahsoud
An Nahar
Camp David
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
All Savers
America
Federal
Kansas
Missouri
Hickory
Ottawa
Wall Sayers
Lincoln N Mercury, Inc, Inc
Pppoe
Hamim
Jenos
Keraun
Kerosun
P.S
P.B
Paxson
Pnsient
End Craft Company
Hubbard Lumber
Prsgeks
Ottawa, Kansas
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