Five Million Lotto Winner Sparks City Attention
Dateline August 12 1982 reports a $5 million Lotto winner as regional headlines note. The piece touches on a missing sink debate at a lakeside area while highlighting features about lefties celebrations and a revisit to Stokely Carmichael, plus a Washington briefing on a military construction bill and a separate UPI report alleging improper use of campaign funds by House members in 1981.
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Washington
House
Senate
Honduras
Congress
UPI
New Epublic
Federal Election Commission
Hawaii
Bermuda
Europe
China
First Lady Nancy Reagan at Scottsdale Hospital Visit
Nancy Reagan, wife of the former president, used Scottsdale Memorial Hospital VIP suite while staying near her father Dr Loyal Davis who was admitted Monday with an ongoing heart problem. She waved to staff and reporters as she arrived from Sky Harbor Airport.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Nancy Reagan
Loyal Davis
Motive claim tied to civil rights shot case in Indiana
In Fort Wayne and South Bend testimony, a motel employee cites Joseph Paul Franklin visiting Fort Wayne near Vernon Jordan’s shooting and expressing anti black hatred, while a jail inmate alleges Franklin bragged of shooting the civil rights leader. The remarks appear during the third day of Franklin's trial on federal civil rights charges for the May 29, 1980 attack in a Fort Wayne motel parking lot.
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South Bend
Ind
UPI
Joeseph Paul Franklin
Fort Wayne
Vernon Jordan
Franklin
Jordan
New York City alligator captured in Kensico Reservoir
A 26 inch female American alligator captured alive under a Kensico Reservoir bridge north of New York City is said to be the city’s first bona fide alligator. It is at the Bronx Zoo under observation after likely being released from captivity.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Department of Environmental Protection
Andrew McCarthy
Kensico
Valhalla
Big Apple
McCarthy
Bronx Zoo
Reagan Presses Tax Hike as Congress Debates Plan
President Reagan seeks public backing for a 98.9 billion tax increase, signaling a televised address possibly to a House Senate session on Capitol Hill. He continues arm twisting sessions with lawmakers, urging Republicans and conservatives to support the bill amid economic recovery efforts.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
White House
Larry Speakes
Thomas P. O’neill
D-Mass
O’neill
Billings
Mont
French Jews reject Begin vigilante defense call in Paris
French Jewish leaders and large crowds condemned Israeli Prime Minister Begin's urging to form self defense militias amid waves of anti Jewish violence in France. They warned that taking justice into own hands would trigger more violence while the state and police must protect lives and property. Two Paris bombings targeted Jews and Iraqis, wounding several, as a previously unknown group claimed responsibility.
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Paris
Menachem Begin
France
Alain de Rothschild
Palestine Liberation Organization
Rothschild
Rene-Samuel Sirat
Israel conducts heaviest strikes as Beirut operations loom
Israel deploys jets in Pakistan style bombardment of Palestinian camps and Beirut districts Verdun Aish Bakkar and surrounding areas amid claims of 250 casualties. Israeli command reports intensified buildup around Beirut ready for a final assault if ordered as Syria tensions rise and clashes threaten northern and eastern fronts.
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PLO
Syria
Verdun
Aish Bakkar
Bassam Abu Sharif
Cor
AT&T and Justice to revise Bell System breakup plan
AT&T and the Justice Department will hold talks to modify the proposed Bell System breakup to satisfy U.S. District Judge Harold H. Greene. If changes satisfy the judge within 15 days, Greene will proceed with the antitrust settlement. otherwise the 1974 trial will resume. The plan remains the largest corporate reorganization in history.
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At&t
Bell System
Unstable Canadian Air Drops Record Lows Across Regions
Brisk cold air from Canada pushed into the upper United States and Midwest, setting record lows from New York to Wisconsin while much of the West saw rain and thunder. La Crosse and Eau Claire tied or set records, and several cities reported unusually low highs for mid August.
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Albany
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Rocky Mount
Tucson
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Hysham
Wyo
Salt Lake City
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