Gunman shoots four on New York subway
A middle aged man with a silver pistol shoots four young men aboard a Seventh Avenue IRT express subway car in lower Manhattan. He selects victims, talks with the conductor, then escapes into a tunnel as ambulances rush the wounded to Bellevue and St Vincent's Hospitals. Transit officials call it the worst subway crime of the year.
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Chambers Street
John Kelly
Transit Authority Police
Cuomo hits on tax issue
Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander criticizes New York Governor Mario Cuomo for opposing federal tax reform aimed at limiting deductions. In a letter circulated to 49 state governors, Alexander supports Treasury Secretary Regan’s plan to deny state and local tax deductions, arguing Cuomo favors only a few wealthy New Yorkers.
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Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
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Mario Cuomo
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Cuomo
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Donald Regan
Lottery winners and new rights across states
A8 News highlights circulation and classified numbers while discussing how laws in nearly half the states recognize a married woman’s right to say no. Perspective notes and a separate sports column laments cuts ending many athletes’ dreams.
Iacocca and Ford Clash in Automotive Dynasty Battle
The saga centers on Lido Iacocca and Henry Ford II, two autocratic leaders amid a fierce personal and corporate feud. It chronicles Ford firing Iacocca in 1978 and Iacocca's later comeback to revive Chrysler, portraying a clash of power, class, and vision within America's automotive elite.
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Allentown
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Red Arrow
Lehigh
Princeton
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Henry Ford
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Iacocca
Chrysler Corp
Syracusans Rally to Aid Africa Hunger Crisis
Syracuse residents join a growing relief drive organized by a joint interfaith effort. The Central New York Interreligions Fund for Africa will channel donations to Catholic Relief Services, CROP/Church World Service, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The Herald-Journal editorial notes daily updates on local fundraising and emphasizes worsening famine scenes in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Mozambique.
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Somalia
Mozambique
Syracuse
Tral New York
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Herald American
Bunn
Fund For
Africa
Catho
Thatcher backs Reagan on space arms plan at Camp David
President Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pledged continued research into space weapons while honoring existing treaties. After a three hour Camp David meeting they announced a four point approach to arms control with the Soviet Union and emphasized adherence to treaty limits.
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Washington
Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
United States
Camp David
Thatcher
Soviet Union
Sokolov selection confounds analysts in British US talks
AG Sokolov's selection confounds analysts as United States and United Kingdom pledge a united front to the Soviets on strategic arms. Thatcher said she told President Reagan she had made clear to Gorbachev there was no chance the Soviet Union could split the UK from the US on these issues. Wedge driving is just not on.
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United States
Great Britain
Mikhail
Mine disaster ends with 12 more dead at Wilberg Mine
Utah officials confirmed 12 more bodies found in the Wilberg Mine, raising total deaths to 25 after a smoky fire trapped 27 workers and one woman. Emery Mining Co spokesman Robert Henrie said likely no survivors, as two men remained unaccounted.
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Utah
Emery Mining Co
Robert Henrie
Wilberg
Emery Mining
Utah Power & Light
Henrie
Canadian heist may be world record
Merrill Lynch security experts from New York traveled to Montreal to probe what authorities call the largest robbery in Canadian history. About $60 million in securities and $3,000 in cash were stolen, with the final value potentially the world’s largest if the securities are negotiable.
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UPI
Merrill Lynch Inc
New York
United Press International
Thomas Boyd
Kevin Farrel
Merrll Lynch
Britain
Heathrow Airport
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