Viet veteran acquitted in shooting case at Ford plant
Pearl Wood, 31, of Harvey, Illinois, was acquitted by a Circuit Court jury of attempted murder, aggravated battery, and armed violence for wounding his foreman Cecil Herrell at a Ford assembly plant in August 1980. Defense argued delayed stress syndrome from Vietnam combat. Proceedings noted no obvious trigger on day of the shooting.
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Chicago
Ford
Pearl Wood
Harvey
Wood
Cecil Herrell
Vietnam
Peter Erlinder
Jearl Wood
Bennett Braun
Rebels claim Yank among 150 killed in El Salvador
A military source says 130 guerrillas died in a 10 day northeast El Salvador sweep that ended Tuesday. Leftists claim an American sympathizer, Joseph David Anderson, was killed April 27 near Poza Honda in Morazan, though the embassy has no record of him. Insurgents also blew two water mains in Lolouquillo, flooding parts of the town.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
San Francisco Gotera
Here
U.S
Joseph David Anderson
Morazan
Radio Venceremos
Anderson
Poza Honda
Lolouquillo
Turkish consul killed in Somerville ambush after bombing
Orhan R. Gunduz, Turkish honorary consul in New England, was killed by a gunman along his regular driving route from Cambridge to Nahant. A pipe bomb had previously targeted his office and shop, with responsibility claimed by the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide.
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Somerville
Mass
Orhan R. Gunduz
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Justice Commandos
Gunduz
Barry Hoffman
New England
Cambridge
Union Square
Nahant
Bipartisan Budget Talks Surface on Capitol Hill
On Capitol Hill efforts to reach a bipartisan budget compromise emerge amid discord. House Democrats and Senate Republicans pursue common ground as White House stays on the sidelines, with leaders Jones ONeill and Baker pressing for cross party talks.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House Budget Committee
James R. Jones
Jones
D-Okla
David A. Stockman
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
House
Ways and Means
Nate Budget Committee
Consid
Congress
Senate Republicans
House Democrats
White House
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Dmass
O’neill
Baker
Polish youths clash with police in Szczecin riots
Police clashed with youths who destroyed buildings and erected barricades in Szczecin for a second night. Rioting marked the strongest anti-government display since martial law began last December and Solidarity’s suspension. Detentions topped 1,372 with 72 police injured. curfews were enforced in Warsaw and Gliwice.
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Warsaw
Poland
Baltic
Szczecin
Independent Union
Solidarity
Gliwice
ADN
Gdansk
Cieslaw Kiszczak
Kiszczak
Sejm
Hinckley trial shifts from acts to sanity label
Jurors hear a televised replay of the Reagan assassination attempt as prosecutors rest direct evidence. The defense will argue insanity while psychiatrists for the government contend Hinckley was sane. the trial moves from actions to mental state.
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Hinckley
Washington
John W. Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Nbc-Tv
Secret Service
White House
Washington Hilton
Lubbock
Texas
Southern Illinoisan Publication Office and Rates Notice
Publication offices listed in Carbondale and Herrin with additional mailing offices. Subscription rates shown for carrier and mail delivery. Contact numbers provided for Carbondale Herrin Marion and classified ads. Postmaster address given for subscription notices.
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Sears
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
16Th
Herrin
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
III
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R-N.m
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Holli
Federal Reserve Board
Paul Volcker
Village of
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New York
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