Pro-Solidarity Priest Jankowski Summoned in Gdansk
In Gdansk, pro Solidarity priest Henryk Jankowski was summoned by the prosecutor and accused of inciting unrest and using his church for anti state activities. He defended the national spirit in sermons and vowed dialogue to pull the country from crisis while displaying Solidarity memorabilia and a painting linked to Jerzy Popieluszko. The crowd sang a patriotic song and praised his stance, noting his ties to Lech Walesa.
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Lech Walesa
Gdansk
Henryk Jankowski
St. Brigida’s
Jankowski
Halina Fijalkowska
Popieluszko
Mary
Valesa
St. Brigadas
Lenin Shipyard
Hong Kong Deports Chinese Boat Brides After 11 Month Battle
Thirteen women and nine children left Hong Kong for China as authorities ended an 11 month bid to avoid deportation. The wives, all Chinese citizens, lived on boats with fishermen. Four husbands and social workers accompanied them to apply for exit permits in Zhuhai. One woman remained due to pregnancy. three others were denied delays.
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Hong Kong
China
Peking
Zhuhai
Guangdong Province
American minister disappears briefly in El Salvador
An American Assembly of God minister, Christopher Williams aged 35, briefly disappeared on Wednesday after being fired upon by unidentified gunmen in eastern El Salvador. He reappeared Thursday evening and told national radio he had not disappeared and was working in La Palma, 42 miles north of San Salvador.
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el Salvador
Assembly of God
Christopher Williams
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Arab leaders extend summit seeking acceptable peace plan
Arab League talks in Casablanca stretch into last night as 16 nations seek a resolution over the Iraq Iran war and a Jordan Palestine Liberation Organization accord. Delegations considered sending peace committees to five boycotting Arab states while a joint Jordanian Palestinian delegation negotiates with Israel.
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Morocco
Arab League
Jordan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Irael
Two terrorist groups claim Frankfurt base bombing
Leftist factions from West Germany and France jointly claimed responsibility for the Rhein-Main Air Base bombing that killed two U.S. airmen and wounded over 20. The claim named Commando George Jackson and linked to the Red Army Faction and Direct Action. Police hunted 12 suspects as security tightened around the base near Frankfurt.
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France
U.S. Air Force
Kurt Rebmann
Red Army
Associated Press
Direct Action
George Jackson
Tom Connor
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Stuttgart
U.S. Rhein-Main Air Base
U.S
USA
Europe
Federal Criminal Office
Cest
Rhein-Main
European Command
Frank H. Scarton
Woodhaven
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Scarton
437Th
Whein-Main
IRA Supporters Clash With Police in Six Towns
In Londonderry and six towns across Ulster police faced early clashes as firebombs and missiles were hurled by youths during three days of anti-British rallies. Noraid members attended memorials for an IRA volunteer killed in a grenade attack, while protests escalated in West Belfast with arson and street barricades.
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Northern Ireland
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Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Catholic West Belfast
Noraid
Ulster
IRA
West Belfast
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