Grandmother sails solo world voyage ends in Australia
Arpe Gash, 51, a former social worker and vegetarian, finishes a solo circumnavigation in her 27 foot sloop Time. She lands at Ballina near Sydney, seeking seclusion at a commune before continuing her voyage. She learned Esperanto and the bamboo flute aboard the journey.
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Sydney
Australia
Arpe Gash
Pny
Myone
Durban
Gash
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Ghana
Avera
Britain
Robbery Captives Tie Painters During Pittsburgh Couple’s Heist
In Atlanta a restaurant robbery left three painters handcuffed to a serving cart and Mrs. Robertson tied to a chair. Her husband, Philip Robertson, found them after returning to search for eyeglasses, as robbers forced the manager to open the safe and fled with cash. Police arrived as the woman fainted.
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Robertson
Wooly worm study predicts milder winter in Appalachia
Boone North Carolina AP The Woolly Worm Center led by Dr Sandra Glover projects a milder winter based on band widths of about 250 worms in a 50 gallon aquarium The National Weather Service adds the season should be less severe though on different reasoning.
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National Weather Service
Weather Service
Asheville
Energy problems by the carload
Sen. Gary Hart compares national energy worries to four people in a car arguing about direction. He portrayed a captain of industry eager to accelerate, an environmentalist with reasons to oppose plans, a consumer resisting costs, and a politician seeking someone to blame. He spoke at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Maine.
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Waterville
Maine
Gary Hart
D-Cale
Hart
Democratic Party
Carter finally back home after Ireland goodwill tour delays
Lillian Carter reaches Plains after three delays on a goodwill tour from Ireland. union workers delayed a charter flight, a blowout in Bangor caused a stop, and a dog in the baggage area forced a Baltimore diversion before arrival in Atlanta. Tony Sisti reports the 16th century painting The Apostle valued at $200000 stolen earlier and then found in his car after a tip.
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Plains
Lillian Carter
Ireland
United States
Carter
England
Atlantic
Bangor International
Maine
Delta Airlines Minas
Atlanta
Baltimore
Roffalo
Tony Sisti
the Apostle
Lorenzo Stozzi
Sisti
Actress Mercouri elected to Greek Parliament in Piraeus
Melina Mercouri, 57, star of Never on Sunday, swept in Parliament by Piraeus voters on the Panhellenic Socialist Party slate. She garnered over 15 00 votes, expressing support for NATO withdrawal and closing American bases while stressing alignment with the Greek people.
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Athens
Greece
Melina Mercouri
Miss Mercouri
Panhellenic
Socialist Party
Piraeus
Navy's first woman pilot resigns amid pregnancy report
Lt. Barbara Rainey, the Navy’s first woman pilot, resigned after less than four years of flying. Officials cited pregnancy as the likely reason, noting she could have taken maternity leave to stay in the service. Rainey, a 1988 Lakewood High School graduate, served at Alameda Naval Air Station California and faced questions about policy on women’s roles.
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Washington
Navy
Barbara Rainey
Rainey
Bt. Rainey
Barbara Allen
Lakewood High School
Alameda Naval Air Station
Calif
John Warner
Whittier College
Defense
Haro Brown
Greece re elects Caramanlis amid gains by opposition
Premier Constantine Caramanlis and his New Democracy party secure re election with 42.2 percent of the vote and 174 seats in the 400 seat parliament a reduced but safe majority. Panhellenic Socialist Movement led by Andreas Papandreou takes 25.2 percent and 91 seats as main opposition. In the same dispatch a separate report from San Diego covers Manuel Ramos 18 Carlsbad man jailed after allegedly killing two women when his car struck pedestrians claiming he swerved to avoid a dog. Bail set at 4000 dollars.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine Caramanlis
Andreas Papandreou
Caramanlis
New Democracy Party
Papandreou
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
San Diego
Carlsbad
Manuel Adam Ramos
Patricia Silva
Elissa Steeves
Vista
Ramos
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