Record December Snow Brings Erie Month Total to 57 Inches
Weather service reports Erie, Buffalo and areas along Lake Erie set December snowfall records as lake effect snow drenched New York and Pennsylvania. In Florida and the Northwest, temperatures recovered with limited crop damage reported in Florida citrus. Coastal and inland communities faced ongoing sub freezing temps and fogbound airports.
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Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Florida
Seattle
Boise
Idaho
Michigan
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Chicago
New York
Lake Ontario
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Jefferson
Lake County
Erie
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Buffalo
Debbie Bauer
The
Barnes Corners
N.Y
Matt Macierowski
Death toll climbs in South African tribal clashes
The death toll from a week of tribal clashes in South Africa rose to 65 as police hunted for more bodies in the bush south of Durban. The South African Press Association said five bodies were found, raising the tally to 63, with two more deaths later reported west of Durban.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
The
South African Press Association
Durban
Government Radio
Egyptian sergeant jailed for Sinai killings of seven Israelis
A military court in Suez City, Egypt, sentenced 24-year-old police sergeant Suleiman Khater to life in prison at hard labor for the October 5 killings of seven Israeli tourists in the Sinai. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty, but the court spared him due to his mental state. The life term, 25 years with reductions for good behavior, awaits approval by military authorities.
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Suez City
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Emad el-Sobky
Suleiman Khater
Khater
el- Sobky
Police seal Belco Petroleum HQ after Peruvian nationalization
In Lima police with submachine guns surrounded Belco Petroleum Corp headquarters after Peru nationalized the company and seized local assets. President Garcia said Petroperu would run Belco's operations due to the company's refusal to accept new profit spending conditions.
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Lima, Peru
New York
Alan Garcia
Petroperu
Belco
Peru
Japan approves larger 1986 budget with defense rise
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone approved a 267.8 billion dollar fiscal 1986 budget with higher defense and foreign aid. Expenditures rise 3 percent from 1985, with defense buying 12 F-15s, 10 P-3C planes, 4 Patriot batteries, and 3 destroyers as part of a five year build-up.
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Tokyo
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Laense
Defense Agency
Japan
U.S
Soldiers mourned as plane crash kills 248 in Mideast mission
Soldiers from across the country buried with honors after a charter jet crash returning 01st Airborne Division members from Egypt's Sinai to Fort Campbell. Army Capt. Michael Eastman 34, of Ottawa Canada, mourned by family as 100 mourners gather in Hudson Falls New York for Pvt. 2 William Brilyn who died loving his country and deterring global war.
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Mideast
Linda McCormack
Ottawa
Canada
Army
Michael Eastman
Ashland
N.H
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Gander
Newfoundland
Tennessee
Florida
New York
Indiana
Georgia
Patrick Stenson
Eastman
Hudson Falls
N.Y
Albany
Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church
William Brilyn
James McManus
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Hastings
Fort Myers
Jerry Chicone Jr
Orange County
Doyle Conner
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Seattle‘Tacoma
Pete Wise
Washington
State Department of Ecology
World At Large
Caspar Weinberger
Government of
Packard's
N. Main
S. Main
Colony House
Viroa
Missy
Third & Main
Palm Beach
London Fog
Sedgefield
Izod
Knndle
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