Holdup in Philadelphia ends with suspect arrest at car
Two men barricaded in a Philadelphia restaurant during a botched holdup were stopped when a police officer arrived and disrupted the robbery. A getaway car occupant was arrested. five McDonald’s employees escaped unharmed. one suspect may have used a sawed off shotgun. The incident raised questions about the officer’s route and arrival.
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Philadelphia
McDonald's
Robert McGarry
McGarry
Sing
Boston teacher wins 200000 in sex bias case
A U S district jury in Boston awarded 200000 to a literature professor who said Boston University denied her tenure in 1981 because of her sex. The verdict doubles her claimed back pay and comes as university officials call the ruling unfounded. Brown, 39, now teaches as a tenured associate professor at Providence College.
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Boston
Boston University
Prewitt Brown
Brown
Providence College
Jury rules Feelings copied from French composer song
A federal jury found that Morris albert Pilar plagiarized the tune for Feelings from Lou Lou Gaste’s Pour Toi, awarding about $500000. Gaste, 79, voiced pride in his work, noting the verdict after the July 22 ruling in U S District Court.
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New York
Morris Albert Pia
Gaste
Line Renaud
Albert
Julio Iglesia
Vic Damone
Dionne Warwick
Percy Faith
Electric bill shocks Mill edgeville cabinet shop owner
In Milledgeville Mrs Register complains her monthly electric bill for a one room cabinet shop was wrong. She was told a bill of 4325.88 though the prior month’s bill was 29.49. Officials say a mistake occurred and a new bill was issued.
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Milledgeville
Tri-County Electric Membership Cooperative
Reagan to name Dallas schools chief to No 2 post
President Reagan plans to nominate Linus Wright 80 a prominent Dallas school superintendent for the Education Department undersecretary post after security checks and paperwork. If confirmed by the Senate he would fill the vacancy created when Gary Bauer joined the White House policy staff this spring.
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Dallas
Linus Wright
Education Department
Wright
America
Reegan
Senate
Gary Bauer
White House
Bush Proposes Competency Tests for Students and Teachers
In Indianapolis on Tuesday Vice President George Bush urged competency testing for students and teachers, stressed classroom values, and backed forming a federal commission on education. He outlined a plan central to his campaign, noting education as a top priority but offering no new federal funding commitments.
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Bush
Indianapolis
George Bush
National Conference of State Legislatures
Five arrested in Southern California freeway slaying probe
Police said five people were arrested in Pomona for the weekend slaying of a 17 year old student as investigators pursue a string of freeway shootings blamed on hotheaded motorists. Two others were charged with attempted murder in separate incidents. Since June 18 four were bailed and two injured in 14 roadway shootings, mostly in Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Polce
California
Pomona
Flare sighted as search continues for burning boat
Coast Guard and Navy aircraft traced a red distress flare 10 miles southeast of the search area after a motor-sailboat allegedly on fire with 18 aboard was reported. The Mary M7 sparked the flare at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, confirmed by a Coast Guard plane, with ham radio operators coordinating from Hawaii to Washington state.
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Here
Coast Guard
Mason Cornish
Hawaii
Washington State
U.S. Minesweeping Lags Behind NATO And Allies
The article reports that U.S. minesweeping capacity is deteriorating amid design delays and funding cuts. With only three active minesweepers since 1976, the Navy lags behind Britain, France, and the Netherlands. Critics say the Reagan plan's coastal and ocean going programs face cost overruns and late delivery, risking Gulf security and submarine operations.
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Congress
Persian Gulf
Isotta Praschini
Iuly
NATO
United States
U.S
Bill Chappell Jr
D-Fla
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Sean
Adm
Wesley McDonald
McDonald
C. F. Hornett
Damaged tanker Bridgeton readies return trip through gulf
The Bridgeton, hit by a mine, docked at a Kuwaiti terminal to take on about 240000 tons of crude oil. It will return through the Persian Gulf with American warship escorts as efforts to clear mines continue. Kuwait, the US Coast Guard, and allied nations assess permissions and transit plans amid regional tensions and Iran’s warnings.
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Persian Gulf
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Gulf
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Parsi
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Islamic Republic
Cyprus
Andre Giraud
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Middle East
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Marine Press Office
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Duquesne
Meuse
France
London
Margaret Thatcher
Foreign Office
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Jerome Foley
Coast Guard Office
Coast Guard
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Strait of Hormuz
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Strait of
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Emirate
Ul.hough
U.S. Soviet arms talks face three hurdles in talks
Kampelman notes slow pace after offers on 33 triple warhead and 50 short range missiles. Chervov proposes removing Asian missiles while US pledges not to convert cruise missiles or Pershing II. Gorbachev backs zero zero in interim ranges, with verification and non conversion of 332 missiles in Europe as key conditions.
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Nikolai Chervov
Maynard Glitman
Geneva
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Europe
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Washington
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