Terrorists claim responsibility for Briton killing and abductions
Islamic Jihad said it killed a British professor and abducted an American and two Frenchmen in Beirut. The group linked its actions to Iran and demanded Kuwait prisoners freed as conditions for halting Western support for Iraq.
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Riots mar European Cup final as crowd crushes and injuries rise
British and Italian fans clash after a grandstand wall collapses during the European Cup final in Turin. At least 53 people died and hundreds were injured as police faced chaotic violence before and during the match, with appeals for security reviews and bans on British teams in international play.
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Second round of talks opens in Geneva on arms control
In Geneva U S and Soviet negotiators resume a second round of arms control talks led by Max Kampelman and Victor Karpov. Strewn with Star Wars tensions, the session aims to avoid an escalating space based missile defense race and seeks progress toward broad nuclear reductions amid Gorbachev calls for detente.
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United States
Navy probes $1320 for two aircraft ashtrays
The Navy investigates Grumman Aerospace charges after finding $1,320 billed for two ashtrays and over $800 for two socket wrenches. Cmdr. Tom Jurkowsky said the inspection by the Pacific Fleet Naval Air Force found $660 per ashtray in February 1983 and over $400 per wrench in June 1984.
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Tom Jurkowsky
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Teen charged in mother’s death after freezer body found
Matteson police say 16 year old Steven D Andrea shot his mother Janice D Andrea 34 then hid her body in a basement freezer for two days. Cousin Ronald Hileman Jr 18 faces a concealing a homicide charge as the pair were stopped near a forest preserve with the partially frozen body in the back seat.
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Chicago
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Donald Story
Steven D’andrea
Ronald Hileman Jr
Calumet City
Cook County
J. Scott Arthur
D’andrea
South Suburban Hospital
Hazel Crest
Sylvester Stallone
Septuplets mother leaves hospital after delivery
Patricia Frustaci, mother of seven born by Caesarean May 21, leaves St. Joseph Hospital with five surviving septuplets still in critical condition. She visits the five in Neonatal Intensive Care at Children’s Hospital of Orange County daily, optimistic they may be released by mid August.
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Calif
Patricia Frustaci
Childrens Hospital
Orange County
Frustadi
Indicators index dips for first time this year
The Commerce Department reports the leading indicators index fell 0.2 percent in April, the first decline this year. Analysts note the lagging economy will need time to feel lower rates after the Fed cut its discount rate as business activity slows and plant and equipment orders, money supply, and other factors weigh on the index.
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