Shuttle completes first solo glide and desert landing
At Edwards AFB California two astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton piloted the Space Shuttle Enterprise on a solo test flight. The 75 ton ship landed smoothly on a lakebed runway after a five minute descent from 25000 feet, signaling a milestone for the reusable shuttle program planned for the 1980s.
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Richard Saltus
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
America
Fred Haise
Gordon Fullerton
Donald K. Slayton
Haise
Desert
Sane
Doctors quiz 'Sam' in Berkowitz case at Brooklyn hospital
Psychiatrists began questioning David Berkowitz, the man linked to a year of killings in New York City, after a judge ordered psychiatric tests. He claimed command by a 6,000-year-old voice named Sam and spoke of LSD influenced personality changes from his Korea service.
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Henrietta Leith
NEW York
Richard Brown
Brooklyn Criminal Court
David Herkowitz
Berkowitz
Korea
Daily News
Sam
New York City
Fatal One Car Crash Kills Malone Man and Syracuse Woman
A one car crash just east of Malone in Franklin County killed Winifred Recore 25 of Malone and Mary Ferguson 18 of Syracuse. Driver Michael Wilcox 25 and passenger Judy Rouston 24 of Chateaugay were critically injured. Police cited high speed, vehicle left road, house collision, and fire. charges against the driver pending.
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Syracuse
Franklin County
Winifred Recore
Mary Ferguson
Gertrude St
Michael A. Wilcox
Judy Rouston
Chateaugay
Alyce Hyde Memorial Hospital
Wilcox
Beatrice Shane
Seaside Stabbing Tragedy Leaves Four Dead In Apartment
Police hunt motive after grandmother Josephine Smith 66 her daughter Suzanne Harris 40 and two grandchildren Rachel 6 and Reneé Ferguson 15 are found slain in a Monterey Bay town house. Autopsies show multiple stab wounds with no sign of robbery or sexual assault. Time of death estimated Wednesday.
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Jack Schreibman
Seaside
Calif
Monterey Bay
Bill Gullett
Marvin Thiel
Triplex
San Francisco
Josephine Smith
Suzanne Harris
Renee
Gullett
Monterey County
Harvey Hillbun
Weather outlook with showers and mild nights
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 25 to 60. Tomorrow brings sunny periods with a high in the 80s and a chance of late afternoon showers. A 10 percent chance of rain tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. The extended forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms Sunday through Tuesday.
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Rai
Lottery numbers printed for New York weekly draw
Albany UPI reports the weekly New York lottery results with the six digit millionaire number 270292 and the five digit A636 the four digit 3079 and the three digit 668.
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Albany
UPI
New York
Israelis Deny Tank Attacks Near Yarine Border
In Lebanon near Yarine the PLO says its guerrillas repulsed three Israeli tank assaults while an Israeli spokesman denies any battle occurred. Reports also claim artillery flares near Mt Hermon north of Metulla, about 30 miles from Yarine as the PLO accuses Israel of attempting to seize the guerrilla-held village.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organizaton
Yarine
PLO
Mt. Hermon
Metulla
Varine
Yarino
Vance Discusses Rhodesian Issue With British and South African Officials
London reports Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance met with British Secretary David Owen and South African minister Pik Botha to discuss an Anglo American plan to move Rhodesia toward black rule. Vance arrived after an 11 day Mideast tour and attended a luncheon with Owen and Botha. White ruled South Africa wields influence in Rhodesia as Washington hopes it will persuade Rhodesia to accept the settlement proposals.
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London
Cyrus R. Vance
David Owen
Britain
R. P
Pik" Botha
South Africa
Rhodesia
Vance
Owen
Foreign Office
Botha
Senator Church Returns From Cuba With Family Transit Deal
Senator Frank Church of Idaho spoke with reporters at Andrews AFB after returning from Cuba. He announced that Cuba will allow about 0 American citizens to leave Cuba and relocate to the United States with their families, following talks with Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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Frank Church
Didaho
Andrews Afb
Cuba
Church
Fidel Castro
United States
Woman who aided police feared Son of Sam killer
In New York a woman who gave police the key to the killer's whereabouts says she lived in constant fear of being found and killed. Cacilia Davis recounts approaching danger after a dawn encounter near her Bensonhurst Brooklyn apartment and describes how she faced the gunman as police pursued the case.
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New York
Sam
The
Daily News
Cacilia Davis
Spectator slain after umpire call at Paterson park
At Roberto Clemente Park in Paterson New Jersey a dispute over an umpire’s call during an amateur softball game ended with Noe Modera 28 shot in the chest while seated in the stands. Three others Roberto Munoz 25 his cousin Radames Munoz 13 and Santiago Padilla 29 were arrested and charged with homicide after returning to the scene with guns. Police recovered a .45 caliber automatic pistol and a .32 caliber revolver.
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Paterson
Noe Modera
Roberto Clemente Park
Roberto Munoz
Radames Munoz
Santiago Padilla
Madera
Carl
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