Pontiff and Queen Meet in Balmoral Peace Plea Tour
Pope John Paul II began a six day Britain visit with a peace plea over the Falklands and a Buckingham Palace meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. He urged Britons to join prayers for a peaceful resolution as security restricted public access to the arrival.
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London
John Paul II
Britain
Falkland Islands
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Vatican
John Paul
Westminster
Scotland Yard
Basil Hume
England and
Wales
Gatwick Airport
Tropical Storm Aleta Leaves Large Homeless Count In Central America
Managua and surrounding areas face at least 200 deaths and 70,000 homeless as Tropical Storm Aleta floods isolate communities. Relief workers warn toll could rise as communications are restored. In the U S wind storms hit Texas and Oklahoma, damaging structures and uprooting trees, while Virginia’s floodwaters reach several feet.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Honduras
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Virginia
Jury views Taxi Driver in Hinckley trial screening
Jurors in the John W. Hinckley Jr. trial watched Taxi Driver as ordered by U S District Judge Barrington Parker. The defense argued the film helps explain Hinckley role as Travis Bickle while prosecutors urged restraint. The judge allowed the screening.
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Washington
John W. Hinckley Jr
U.S
Barrington Parker
Parker
Hinckley
Bickle
Jodie Foster
Roger Adelman
Buzbee blasts pay raise plan for judges
Senator Kenneth V. Buzbee challenged a proposed judicial pay hike as Springfield moves to trim raises for other state workers. The Senate approved the bill 32-25, raising salaries for justices and judges to levels to be phased in by July 1983, at an estimated annual cost of about 12 million in year two.
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Springfield
Kenneth V. Buzbee
Carbondale
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Illinois
Senate
Buzbee
Tme
Gene Johns
Marion
Southern Illinoisan publication offices and rates
Publication offices listed in Carbondale and Herrin with mailing addresses, carrier and mail rates, and advertising contact numbers. Also notes Southern Illinoisan as successor to prior papers and directs post office address for mailing.
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Southern Ilinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
N. 16Th
Herrin
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Williamson County
Franklin County
Gunman crashes car into lobby in Bethesda shooting
A masked gunman rammed a car into a Bethesda office building, then fired, wounding at least six. Police surrounded the IBM Building as SWAT and state officers hunted the shooter, with Suburban Hospital reporting six victims and at least three more expected. One eyewitness recalled hearing a crash before the gunman opened fire.
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Bethesda, Md
Washington
Montgomery County
Maryland
Chris Shaffer
IBM
Eee
House Rejects Budget Plan in Bipartisan Blues
In Washington, a fractured Republican caucus and a Democratic coalition defeated the GOP budget blueprint backed by President Reagan. The 235-192 vote followed a Senate push for housing subsidies, with a separate 289-137 coalition bill rejected. An Oaker amendment shifting 4.85 billion from defense to Medicare doomed the effort as lawmakers reconvene after Memorial Day.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Senate
Jones’ Committee
Mary Rose Oaker
Ohio
Oaker
Moon's church drops deprogrammer suit in Jesus meeting testimony
The Unification Church and plaintiff Anthony Colombrito agreed to dismiss the $9 million civil action after the appeals court allowed dropping the suit in which Rev. Sun Myung Moon testified he met and spoke with Jesus Buddha and Moses. The decision came with a no-sue condition for both sides.
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New York
Unification Church
Sun Myung Moon
Jesus
Buddha
Moses
Church
Galen Kelly
Kelly
Anthony Colombrito
Colombiito
Illinois Coal Industry Sees 3400 Mine Layoffs Statewide
Centralia AP reports Illinois coal industry faces rough times as about 3400 miners statewide lose jobs after Peabody Coal announces 350 layoff at two mines. Authorities warn more layoffs may come. market decline and high sulfur Illinois coal hurt demand amid broader national trends.
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Centralia
Illinois
Art Rice
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Peabody Coal Co
Taylor Pensoneau
Illinois Coal Association
Pensoneau
Rice
William Thompson
Eldorado
Peabody
Will Scarlett
Carrier Mills
Donald Sim
Pson
Gulf Coast
Thompson
United Mine Workers
Brad Evilsizer
Mines and Minerals Department
Evilsizer
Ohio
Gerald Hawkins
UMW
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Travis Bickle
Carterville
Moon's Church
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House-Senate
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Papa C’s
Bill Maurizio
Jackson County
Maurizio
John Hastings
W. Main
Anna
Vienna
West Frankfort
New Rt
West
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