Denver girl wins national spelling Bee at age 12
Molly Dieveney of Denver wins the 55th National Spelling Bee spelling contretemps and psoriasis after a tense round. Runner-up Uma Rao of Pittsburgh and third-place Jason Johnson of Stevensville, Michigan, misspell gauleiter and related terms as the event showcases young prodigies and medical vocabulary.
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Molly Dieveney
Denver
Contretemps
Uma Rao
Pittsburgh
Contreton
Molly
Jason Johnson
Stevensville
Mich
Jason
Gaultier
Hinckley calm under police testimony at trial
AP reports detective Arthur Myers testified Hinckley appeared totally in control after arrest and laughed during the 1981 interview. Radiologist David Davis said brain scans were normal, while defense experts noted enlarged brain grooves. Three psychiatrists argued Hinckley acted under uncontrollable compulsions when Reagan was shot.
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Arthur Edward Myers
John W. Hinckley Jr
Rea Myers
Vincent Fuller
Myers
Hinckley
Parker
David Oliver Davis
Davis
Ralph Hines
Duke University
Harvey Wilner
Detroit
Sam Wolper
Boston
Hutman
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s
Chicago
William Brownlee
FBI
Washington Hilton Hotel
Brownlee
Reagan
Reagan meets Mitterrand on Europe trip amid tough talks
President Reagan opened his Paris visit with a lunch meeting with Francois Mitterrand at the Elysee Palace to hedge heavy discussions on the Middle East Central America and the Falklands until the Versailles economic summit. They pressed for closer ties while Mitterrand opposes credit limits to the Soviet Union and Reagan pushed for Western discipline.
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Francois Mitterrand
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Falkland Islands
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America
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Elysee Palace
The
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Charles Ray
U.S
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Haig
NATO
Bonn
Italy
England
France
Washington
Anti American group claims blast at German American Institute
In Tuebingen West Germany terrorists set off a pre dawn bomb at the German American Institute causing 2000 dollars in damage no injuries reported The Revolutionary Cells group claimed responsibility in a letter to the local paper and warned of a reception for President Reagan during his West Germany visit next week The incident precedes Reagan's European trip and a planned economic summit in France
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Reagan
Educational and Research Institute
Eee
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Europe
France
ERA protesters chain selves to Illinois Senate door
Fifteen women chained themselves to the entrance of the Illinois Senate in Springfield promising a new confrontive stage for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. The group of protesters from Champaign named itself A Grass Roots Group of Second Class Citizens and plans a Day of Rebellion while Senate President Rock urged adjournment for the weekend.
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Senate
Philip Rock
Champaign
Mary Lee
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Chicago
James Taylor
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