Wildfires Burn Across Western States as Crews Contain Sparks
July 8 1983 wildfires across Utah Idaho Montana Oregon and Wyoming burned tens of thousands of acres. Lightning sparked fires scorched sagebrush and timber near wildlife refuges and national forests while firefighters fought to stabilize 800 to 1 000 acre blazes and gain ground against the wind driven flames.
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Centrol
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Wyoming
Black Hills National Forest
Forces search for Montt's kidnapped sister
Guatemala City security forces intensify a citywide search for Marta Elena Rios de Rivas, five months pregnant sister of President Efrain Rios Montt, abducted June 29. A retired colonel who threatened a coup a day earlier remains at large. authorities see no confirmed link to Col. Francisco Luis Gordillo's disappearance. Gordillo, once in a three man junta with Montt, is in hiding after his June 28 threat. No group has claimed the kidnapping or contacted the family.
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Guatemala City
Efrain Rios Montt
Col
Francisco Luis Gordillo
Rios Montt
Gordillo
Marta Elena Rios de Rivas
Probation judge questions 50 children after boy's death at Allegan camp
About 50 children from a rural religious camp run by the House of Judah were questioned behind closed doors by Probate Judge George Grieg after a 12 year old boy was beaten to death. Detective Sgt. Rick Cain said all 50 were very probably taken into custody. The group is led by William A. Lewis who calls himself the Prophet.
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Allegan
Mich
Rick Cain
Allegan County
George Grieg
French court upholds Barbie detention in Nazi case
An appellate court rejected Klaus Barbie’s bid for freedom in France. The ruling backs a June 10 decision by Judge Christian Riss, who has overseen the case since Barbie was brought from Bolivia in February. Barbie’s lawyer argued illegal arrest and lack of Bolivia-France extradition treaty, but the court found the Bolivia arrest legal and that Barbie was expelled, not extradited.
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Lyon
France
Klaus Barbie
Gestapo
Christian Riss
Barbie
Bolivia
Jacques Verges
Riss
Appellate Court
Four women sue oil firm for $26.4 million over bathhouse peepholes
EAST ST LOUIS IL Four women coal miners sue Standard Oil of Ohio for 26.4 million claiming officials drilled peepholes in a bathhouse at Old Ben No 26 mine Lesser IL. They allege male miners watched showers and left lewd notes with pornographic images. two similar suits had been filed earlier.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Standard Oil of
Ohio
J. Ellen Denbow
Peggy Kondouidis
Barbara Albon
Caroline Sue Houghland
U.S. District Court
Old Ben No. 26
Lesser
Big Ben Coal Co
Sohio
Cable car defeats Ford pickup in San Francisco stunt
A Ford three quarter-ton pickup failed to pull a cable car up Hyden Street in San Francisco. Officials say the 11,500 pound car plus an 18 percent slope proved too much. about $80,000 has been spent and the stunt will be repeated with cement added to improve traction.
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San Francisco
Hyden Street Hill
Ford
Hyde Street Hill
Ray Corwin
Reagan opposes rate hike in wary economic stance
Washington officials urge the Fed to avoid raising rates as the economy shows steady, though uneven, growth. White House aides warn against discount-rate increases, fearing tighter money could slow demand, while Fed officials weigh policy steps ahead of volumes of testimony from Volcker and monetary growth controls.
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Washington
Reagan
Federal Reserve Board
Larry Speakes
White House
Peakes
Wall Street
Central Bank
Fed
Speakes
Banking Committee
Volcker
House Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Walcker
AIDS fears surge over hysteria and blood donations
Health Secretary Margaret Heckler led a Philadelphia gathering as officials weigh how to calm AIDS fear amid a Journal of the American Medical Association report urging empathy for victims. Public anxiety, especially in New York and San Francisco, fuels myths and risky behavior, including bus drivers avoiding transfers and police wearing masks. Red Cross notes a drop in blood donations as leaders urge safety.
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Margaret Heckler
Philadelphia
Journal of
The
American Medical Association
New York
San Francisco
William Sisk
Dianne Feinstein
Appeals court voids birth control clinic squeal rule
The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled 2-1 that the Reagan era rule requiring federally funded family planning clinics to notify parents within 10 days when girls under 18 are prescribed birth control is unlawful. The decision, aligning with a lower court, cites contravention of congressional intent amid controversy. Judge Bork dissented in part.
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Washington
UPI
US Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Tak
U.S
D.C
New York
J. Skelly Wright
Appeals Court
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Wright
Weather: Mild forecast with storms and warm humidity risks
The forecast calls for mild conditions with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and a high near 80 tomorrow as rain remains scattered nationwide. Reports show light western rainfall, heavy bursts in Ruskin Florida, and gusty winds with hail in Montana and Arizona areas, with cooler readings in the East and persistent snowmelt in the Colorado River system.
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Imo
Federal Open Market Committee
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Morris
FOMC
Paul A. Volcker
Senate
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Iowa
Raymond Baker
Red Cross
Heckler
Edward Miroch
Mrl Telepho
Karole Kettendorf
Robert Bork
Health and Human Services Department
Congress
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
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