Explosions Hit Rajneesh Hotel In Portland Sect Fallout
Three blasts rocked the Rajneesh Hotel in downtown Portland injuring Stephen Poster of Los Angeles who was undergoing surgery for blast injuries. Police identified Poster as a suspect. the incident caused about 1.25 million dollars in damage with one man hospitalized.
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Ore
Oregon
Portland Fire Bureau
Stephen P. Poster
Los Angeles
Emanuel Hospital
Myrna Pinkerton
Rajneesh
Paster
Scott Smith
Food stamp bill hangs on midnight Congressional deadline
Congress faces a midnight deadline to pass an emergency funding bill to sustain the food stamp program or benefits for about 22 million recipients will be delayed. The package also funds a $9,100 pay raise for senators, caps outside earnings, and directs $25 million in military aid to El Salvador. The House opened debate and adjourned, with the Senate expected to act before the deadline.
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Washington
Congress
el Salvador
Reagan
House
Senate
Car bomb kills anti Mafia judge in Palermo
A remote controlled car bomb on a Palermo street killed anti Mafia judge Rocco Chinnici, two bodyguards, and a concierge. Ten others were injured as 220 pounds of TNT shattered windows and damaged nearby cars. Investigators blame underworld assassins. Chinnici led mafia probes and spoke against heroin trafficking and money laundering.
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Palermo
Sicily
Rocco Chinnici
Chinnici
Mafia
United States
Charles and Diana Celebrate Second Wedding Anniversary
Prince Charles and Princess Diana marked their second wedding anniversary today in secrecy. Buckingham Palace offered no details, saying there were no official engagements, and staff hinted they might be in London or the country with their 13 month old son William.
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London
Charles
Diana
Buckingham Palace
William
Palace
Michael Shea
Prince and Princess of Wales
Kensington Palace
Highgrove Mansion
Gloucestershire
Associated Press
Sticky solution ends Terminal Tower pigeons problem
Terminal Tower complex in Cleveland solves a pigeon issue with a sticky garden substance applied to ledges on the six story facade. workers reported pigeons landing, getting the sticky coating on their feet, lifting off and flying away, ending citizen complaints about droppings. Joe Tanke, director of operations, noted the birds dislike the sticky residue and have stopped roosting on the building.
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Cleveland
Terminal Tower Complex
Joe Tanke
Tanke
Shorts Stop Armed Robber Beating Flight in Florida
Melinda Gourley and sister Nancy Waller chased an armed robber after a dairy store heist. Gourley kicked off her high heels and grabbed the bandit's shorts while the suspect fled. Linda Annette Sailor, 20, was charged with armed robbery.
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Fla
Melinda Jacobs Gourley
Miss Gourley
Nancy Waller
Linda Annette Sailor
Congress cannot stop phone rate hikes despite bills
Wirth chairs a House panel warning that Congress can slow but not halt rising residential phone charges. A bill would remove a monthly surcharge rising from 2 to 6 by 1989. FCC Chair Fowler says costs will double in three years, with half due to the surcharge and the rest to inflation and depreciation. Senate and House members debate fairness of an area funding proposal while AT&T breakup looms.
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UPI
Timothy Wirth
Congressional Telecommunications Panel
Congress
Wirth
House Senate
Federal Communications Commission
Mark Fowler
FCC
Fowler
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Committee
D-Corp
House Energy and Commerce Telecommunications
Frank Lautenberg
D-N.j
New Jersey
Bob Packwood
R Ore
Senate Committee
U.S
Harold Greene
At&t
Bell System
Sprint
MCI
Greene
Navy to Move Ships to New York Harbor Hubs
Navy Secretary John Lehman announced the battleship USS Iowa and six other ships will base at Stapleton Staten Island as part of a Surface Action Group. The plan decentralizes the fleet, creating 3,200 permanent military jobs and 400 civilian roles, plus 2,000 construction jobs and 1,500 maintenance jobs annually, with a $500 million yearly economic impact to New York.
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John Lehman
Iowa
U.S. Navy
Navy
U.S
Lehman
Stapleton
Staten Island
Boston
Newport
R.I
Association For A Better
Intrepid
IRS says Wilson owes $21 million in back taxes
The IRS says Edwin P. Wilson, a former intelligence agent, received $50 million from Libya in a five year span and owes about $21 million in back taxes plus civil fraud penalties. The government seeks nearly $14 million in back taxes and over $7 million in penalties for 1977 to 1981. Wilson, jailed in Otisville New York, contests the claim with his tax attorney.
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Internal Revenue Service
Edwin P. Wilson
Libya
United States Tax Court
IRS
Wilson
Revenue-Service
Stephen A. Nauheim
Otisville
N.Y
Missouri Heat Wave Returns as Toll Tops One Hundred Eighty
A brutal heat wave grips the nation’s heartland driving triple digit temps and high humidity. The toll rises to 180 with Missouri reporting 41st heat related death. Effie Morrow Beaird, 84, found dead in Sikeston after garden work. Heat warnings reinstated as temps reach 100 in St. Louis and 103 in Kansas City.
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Ron Tess
St. Louis County
Effie Morrow Beaird
Sikeston
Scott County
Tom Nunnelee
St. Louis
Weather pattern brings showers and storms across regions
A fast moving line of storms swept from the mid Mississippi Valley to the Eastern Seaboard, with winds over 100 mph in Kansas causing damaged poles and buildings. Reports include 2 inches of rain in Chase and hail in parts of the state, while other areas saw thunderstorms, downed trees, and elevated fire risk as humidity and heat persist elsewhere.
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National Weather Service Severe Storms Center
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Chicago
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Texas
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Neb
St. Elizabeth Community Health Center
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Chase
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