Afghan airliner downed claimed by Afghan government
Kabul Radio said guerrillas shot down a Bakhtar Afghan Airlines flight from Kandahar to Farah with a U.S. made missile killing 52 aboard. The broadcast blamed the United States and said insurgents and Americans use cowardly attacks as Kabul fights with 115000 Soviet troops backing the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
United States
America
Kabul Radio
Kandahar
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
Farah
Hezbi-i-Islami
T He
U.S
Tradition returns to Krakow as bar mitzvah holds
A 13 year old American, Eric Strom of Stamford Connecticut, celebrated a bar mitzvah in Krakow Poland, the first for Krakow's dwindling Jewish community since World War II. The ceremony at the Tempel synagogue, organized by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in New York, aims to renew a sense of tradition for a community now numbering about 200 with two synagogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krakow
Poland
Eric Strom
Stamford
Tempel
Eric
Chana Fogel
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
New York City
Federation
City
Roza Yakubowicz
ICE to pierce comet Giacobini Zinner this week
The International Cometary Explorer, a 1054 pound U S spacecraft, aims to pass through the coma and nucleus of Comet Giacobini Zinner about 5 000 miles behind the nucleus. Goddard Center scientists plan fine tuning as ICE speeds toward a 45 000 mph comet transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbelt
U.S
Goddard Space Flight Center
Ice
Goddard
Robert W. Farquhar
Farahar
Malcolm B. Niedner Jr
Farquhar
Karami urges Syrian army aid to quell Beirut fighting
Lebanon's Prime Minister Rashid Karami appeals for a deployed Syrian force to enforce security plans as gunbattles shake Beirut. Syrian special forces and intelligence units moved into Zahle amid sectarian tensions, while clashes across the Green Line leave casualties and a fragile security situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karam
Zahle
Palace of Justice
Karami
Bekaa Valley
Salim Hoss
Hoss
Christian Voice of Lebanon Radio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hezbi-i- Islami
U.s.sa
Kandah
Kistan
Greenwich Country Day School
AP Laserpnote
Nachum Elbaum
Emily Korzenik
Halley
Europe
Japan
Soviet Union
Giacobini-Zinner
Mack Evans
Tabernacle
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Dr. Only Whicker
Financial Institution
Moncor
United New Mexico
Sunwest
Mastercard
VISA
Chaves County
North Maine
Roswell
New Mexico
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!