Missionary killed in Peru during rescue attempt
In Puente Piedra near Lima, American Baptist missionary Rev. Thomas Dean Brown, 43, was shot dead by five attackers who invaded his home while seeking his daughter Mary, who escaped unharmed. Police said it was unclear if robbery or kidnapping was the motive and noted no terrorism evidence. Guerrillas linked to Shining Path are active in the area.
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Peru
Thomas Dean Brown
Jacksonvile
Mary
Cirilio Alarcon
Puente
Piedra
Brown
Shining Path Movement
Alarcon
Illinois to drill 30,000-foot Superdeep Hole
Geologists propose a six mile deep Illinois Superdeep Drillhole costing 32 million dollars to study North American continental formation. The plan targets fractured fault zones near Gallatin Hardin counties about 50 miles southwest of Evansville Indiana. Funding next year may total four million dollars with a thirty year drilling and a ten year analysis phase. The bore would host seismometers and enhance mineral oil industry insights.
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Champaign
Illinois
National Scientific Screening Board
Houston
State Geological Survey
John Good
New Madrid
Fidel
Medical school dean in hotel arrest shocks Chicago
An anonymous tip led to the arrest of Jon Michael Casey, 45, an assistant dean at Upstate Medical Center, on aggravated criminal sexual assault charges after police found him in bed with a 10 year old Iowa girl in a Chicago Marriott room during a medical meeting. Casey claimed he was teaching sex education and had invited the child to visit the city.
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Chicago
New York
Jon Michael Casey
State of New York
Upstate Medical Center
Marriott
Michigan Avenue
Casey
Iowa
Iowa City
Reagan rallies youth in West Germany amid Bitburg ceremony aftermath
President Reagan tours Europe stressing democracy after the Bitburg Nazi gravesite event. In Bonn he urged German unity and freedom during a Hambach Castle speech to youths, noting Europe must be free and united East and West. Protests in Spain target bases and NATO roles as Nicaragua sanctions draw criticism.
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West Germany
Reagan
Neustadt
Hambach Castle
Hambach
Europe
Germany
God
Spain
U.S
Central America
Nicaragua
Washington
Bitburg
Sparta mayor and commissioner seated illegally new election looming
The Illinois State Board of Elections says Sparta mayor Tom Maybell and acting commissioner William Finney, both appointed to fill vacancies with more than 28 months left, must have faced re election at the midway point. The ruling follows a Supreme Court decision, aligning Sparta with other Southern Illinois cases.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Sparta
Illinois State Board of Elections
Tom Maybell
Earl Crain
Maybell
William R. Finney
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Illinois
Lee
Page Three
SBE may send reminder on election code violations in Southern Illinois
Tim Landis reports State Board of Elections official Phil Gilbert will ask the SBE to remind local governments of proper vacancy filling procedures after a third apparent violation surfaced in Southern Illinois. Confusion over when to hold elections versus appointing fills vacancies in Benton West Frankfort and Sparta, where appointees had more than 28 months left but did not run.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan State Board of Elections
Phil Gilbert
Carbondale
SBE
Illinois
Gilbert
Benton
West Frankfort
Sparta
Eavesdropping debate grows as Illinois tightens limits
Federal records show Illinois eavesdropped on 7 900 people and 31 900 conversations last year despite state limits. Legislation to expand surveillance faces delay in the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee with opposition from the ACLU citing privacy invasions.
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Illinois
Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
James Finley
Illinois General Assembly
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TV Behind Obesity In Children— Report
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Helmut Kohl
Johannes Steinhoff
Matthew B. Ridgway
Oland
AP News Graphics
Jane Whicher
The
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