Demonstrators Demand No Nukes As Three Mile Island Reactor Proceedes
About 1,000 people gathered on Harrisburg steps to protest while engineers decontaminate the Three Mile Island reactor. Governor Thornburgh was to decide today if he will extend a five mile advisory for pregnant women and preschool children.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
Dick Thornburgh
Paul Critchlow
Joseph Hendrie
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Harold Denton
Thornburgh
State Capitol
West Germany
William Vastine
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Assafi commandos' orders linked to fatal harm at sea
Khaled Assafi leader of six Palestinian commandos intercepted at sea said their orders were to disembark on the Israeli coast and cause fatal harm to anyone encountered, with no intention to escape. He said Abu Jihad directed the operation from the PLO and that they were to die in action.
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Israel
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Stefanie
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Abu Jihad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Silkwood Trial Could Move Faster With Ruling
The 11.5 million Silkwood plutonium contamination case faces potential speed gains as Judge Frank Theis urges quicker progress. Kerr-McGee fights changes to trial hours while Silkwood lawyers wrap their case. Wayne Norwood, a health worker at Crescent plant, testifies as the defense proceeds. The suit claims negligence over Silkwood’s radioactive contamination in Edmond and at the Crescent plant.
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Oklahoma City
Karen Silkwood
Kerr-McGee Corp
U.S
Frank T. Theis
Theis
Silkwood
Kerr-McGee
Wayne Norwood
Crescent
Okla
Silkwood Estate
Edmond, Okla
Executions In Iran Surge As Khomeini Courts Act
Tehran reports say 10 royal regime members were executed over the weekend with three more confirmed today taking the total to 80 in two months since the shah's overthrow. Among the dead were former prime minister Hoveida and several generals and officials.
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Tomas Kent
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
U.S. State Department
Amir Abbas Hoveida
Abbas Emir Entezam
Hoveida
State Department
U.S
Tehran Radio
Manuchehr Azman
Abbas
Pars
Amir Hosein Rabii
Air Force
Mohammad Ali Khajemuri
Army General Staff
Babli
Qum
Landlord policy suit awards white woman $5,000
A West Hartford woman, Florence Maski, was awarded $5,000 by a Superior Court jury after claiming rental policies disadvantaged her by denying her the benefits of having black and Hispanic neighbors. The verdict was announced last week.
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Hartford, Conn
West Hartford
Florence Maski
Superior Court
Pope John Paul II Upholds Priest Celibacy Policy
Pope John Paul II reaffirmed mandatory priestly celibacy in a 35 page pastoral letter to priests and an eight page letter to bishops. He warned against secularizing the priesthood and urged tough handling of dispensations while acknowledging priest shortages and the rise in priest resignations.
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Victor L. Simpson
Associated Press
Vatican City
John Paul II
John Paul
Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
United States
Somoza Talks Violence in Nicaragua During U S Visit
Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza described country violence as typical subversive action, saying peace will come with 1981 elections. He spoke to KGBT-TV in Brownsville during a two hour layover on a weeklong U S trip, citing an Easter vacation to visit his children.
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Brownsville
Texas
Anastasio Somoza
United States
Somoza
Kgbt-Tv
Amin's troops face delay as Entebbe airport drive stalls
Exile sources say Amin reinforcements backed by tanks and armored cars attacked five miles south of Kampala to recapture Entebbe airport, but Ugandan exiles and Libyan forces withdrew. About 7,000 Tanzanian and exile troops held the advance, while Amin moved headquarters toward Jinjaj.
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Serge Schmemann
Associated Press
Nairobi
Kenya
Entebbe
Idi Amin
Amin
Kampala
Bondo
West Nile
Jinjaj
Tanzania
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