Puerto Rican extremist threat triggers fatal blast at JFK
A pipe device exploded in a Kennedy airport Pan Am terminal restroom injuring one worker who died 72 hours later. A second device was found later near Gate 18. Pan Am Flight 403 was evacuated and canceled. The Puerto Rican Armed Resistance Group and related factions are cited by police with no immediate claims of responsibility.
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Catholic butcher murdered in Belfast amid hunger strike turmoil
In Ardoyne Belfast Patrick Martin 38 Catholic butcher was killed in his bed in a carefully planned hit after refusing IRA orders to close for Francis Hughes funeral. Five shots from a silenced firearm. wife and daughter asleep nearby. Reports say IRA boycott and violence spread across Catholic areas as hunger strikers Hughes McCreesh O Hara face likely death. Police found bomb factories and acid bombs in Catholic districts. leaflets urged boycott of British goods.
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Reagan, Botha Discuss Namibia Policy And US Ties
A senior State Department official said talks in New York among President Reagan Secretary Haig and South African Foreign Minister Botha progressed. Washington seeks a clear commitment from Pretoria to cooperate on a Namibian independence plan tied to UN resolution. Botha plans to present proposals to his cabinet as US hopes for renewed Western backing.
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Saudi pressure sought to end Lebanon strife
Reagan envoy Habib met Saudi foreign minister Saud al Faisal to urge pressure on Damascus to withdraw missiles in Lebanon. Treasury Secretary Regan pressed for PLO observer status at IMF. Missile crisis sparked by Syria's SAM-6 deployment in Bekaa Valley after Israeli air strikes on Zahle.
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