Shooting on Riviera Israel accused in political assassination
The Palestine Liberation Organization accuses Israel of attempting to assassinate Mohsen, PLO operations chief and Saiqa head, shot near his Cannes apartment. Western diplomats see possible infighting among PLO factions or links to regional tensions. Mohsen remains in a coma after surgery.
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Guy Riffet
Associated Press
Cannes
France
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Paris
Riviera
PLO
Zuhair Mohsen
Nice
Mohsen
Saiqa Thunderbolt
Syria
Beirut
Yasser Arafat
Secret Service
Damascus
Saiqa
Marxist Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Camp David
Egypt
United States
Saiga
Arafat
Ankara
Turkey
Red Eagles of
Iraq
Record flood toll and evacuations in upper Texas coast
Torrential rain drenched the upper Texas coast prompting National Guard and police evacuations as floodwaters inundated homes and businesses. One man drowned in Beaumont. authorities reported hundreds housed in shelters with more evacuations at Freeport Alvin El Lago League City Dickinson and Clear Lake Village.
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Associated Press
Texas
National Guard
Beaumont
Bill Clements
Gulf of Mexico
Claudette
Harris
Matagorda
Liberty
Brazoria
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Upper Coast
Freeport
Alvin
el Lago
League City
Dickinson
Clear Lake Village
Port Arthur
Bridge City
Lakeview
National Weather Service
Houston
Galveston Bay
Galveston
Bay City
Columbia
Rosharon
Friendswood
la Port
Baytown
Golden Triangle
Orange
Lewis Yokum
Yokum
Fred Carter
Youth probation rules allow expungement of convictions
A U.S. appeals court ruled that youths completing federal probation may deny past convictions and seek expungement of their records from public files under the Federal Youth Corrections Act. The ruling does not erase arrest records in cases of government misconduct, but allows a fresh start for youthful offenders.
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U.S
Sequestered Jury to Decide Fate of Bundy Trial
In Miami during Theodore Bundy murder trial breaks, Judge Edward Cowart toured an electronic media center above the courtroom as cameras covered the proceedings. The sequestered jury will decide whether Bundy receives life in prison or execution for the Tallahassee murders and related attacks. The trial follows Florida’s cameras in the courtroom program, sparked by earlier televised Zamora case.
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Miami
Theodore Bundy
Edward Cowart
Bundy
Florida
Tallahassee
Chi Omega
Cowart
Dade County
Ronny Zamora
Zamora
State Supreme Court
Seattle
Denver
Salt Lake City
Union busting claimed Labor must get tough at AFL-CIO event
Thomas R. Donahue told the Texas AFL-CIO convention that organized labor faces a business assault on prevailing wage laws and must sharpen its political activity. He cited bills to repeal Texas prevailing wage laws, urged tougher support for labor-endorsed candidates, and noted COPE endorsements and past filibuster battles. Delegates at the convention discussed fundraising and leadership for 1980 campaigns.
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Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin, Texas
Afl-Cio
Thomas R. Donahue
George Meany
Texas
Donahue
Harry Hubbard
Joe Gunn
U.S. Senate
Labor
COPE
Nebraska
Hubbard
Nogales Border Fence Seen More Nuisance Than Barrier
AP Special Correspondent Jules Loh reports Nogales as a border town where a chain link fence divides US and Mexico but is viewed as a nuisance by residents. The piece follows Greek Mexican American resident Apostolos Kyriakis, his dual citizenship, and family history, detailing a cave complex once used by whiskey smugglers, a casino era, and even as a jail for Geronimo.
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Jules Loh
Nogales
Ariz
United States
Mexico
Apostolos Kyriakis
Greece
Tampico
Phoenix
America
Kyriakis
Magdalena
U.S. Cavalry
Geronimo
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Nicaragua
Reconstruction Army
Managua
Sandinista
Circus For the
Jerry Gray
Lance Walker
Mark Chaney
Inglewood
Calif
Los Angeles
Orange County
The
Paraguay
Yugoslavia
Sweden
Mario Lopez-Escobar
Washington Post
Miro Baresic
Baresic
Alaska
House
Fernand J. St. Germain
D-R.i
New England
New York
Frank Annunzio
D-Ill
St. Germain
Banking Subcommittee
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