Panda watch begins at National Zoo for cub birth
National Zoo officials launch panda birth vigil as panda watchers and TV crews monitor for an expected cub within two months following years of mating attempts and delays. In parallel, a balloon accident near Buffalo leaves four people rescued after a night on Lake Erie. a lottery drawing in Albany names 673 as the Daily Number winner and reports a WinFour total.
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Panda
Washington
National Zoo
Abil
Tors
Lake Westfield
N.Y
Lake Erie
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department
Robert Morton
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Morton
Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center
West Seneca
Buffalo
AM & A
Sturgis Motel Drive-In Reputation Grows After Crash
In Sturgis Michigan the motel known as a drive-in spot has earned a negative reputation as cars repeatedly crash into its property. Early Friday a woman lost control, smashed the front window, tore through the snack bar wall, and plunged into a creek, injuring two occupants with minor injuries reported.
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Sturgis
Mich
Lightning blamed for Lakeland Fireworks blaze in LaPorte
Lightning likely started the Lakeland Fireworks Co. blaze in LaPorte township, destroying the company and its storage unit containing fireworks. Firecrackers and bottle rockets exploded as flames grew after noon Friday. ATF investigators were called in. No injuries reported.
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Laporte
Ind
Lakeland Fireworks Co
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms
Doug Groesner
Florida begins Medfly spray blitz in 6000 acre Miami area
Florida insects officials report Mediterranean fruit flies may number 600 to 1000 in south Florida as a pesticide aerial and ground spray push continues over a 6000 acre central Miami zone where five flies have been found since Tuesday. The operation runs weekly for two months with potential extension. A separate barge crash damaged the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway near New Orleans but caused no injuries and limited traffic on the northbound span.
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Trier
Miami
Ernest Collins
Florida Department of Agriculture
Pacerned
Doyle Conner
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
St. Tammany Parish
Inmate Killed in Lockup at State Penitentiary
Louis Montery, 21, of Los Angeles, died 13 minutes after a double chest stab and a wound beneath the ear during a lockup unit brawl at the turbulent state pen. Prison officials said the attack was likely gang related as four guards were wounded attempting to intervene. A suspect, unnamed, is said to be a Mexican Mafia member serving life for murder. The suspect and guards were treated at a hospital outside the facility.
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State Pen
Bisch
Louis Montery
Los Angeles
Steve Perez
Skip Fred
Montgomery
Ienanie
Asszilant
Mitterrand Ends Soviet Trip Amid Calls for Sakharov News
French President Francois Mitterrand returned from Volgograd after talks with Soviet leaders. He expressed disappointment at the lack of news on dissident Andrei Sakharov while noting a warming of Franco Soviet relations. He emphasized bilateral rather than East West issues and urged closer cultural and trade ties.
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UPI
Francois 3 Minerrand
Andrei Sakharov
Milin
Volkograd
Pans
Vaetist
Mitterrand
Egman Mitterrand
Volgograd
Stalingrad
Konstantin Chernenko
Sakharov
West
Lesrenust
Z. Mitterrand
North Pole
Equator
France
Blitverrand
NATO
Washington
Kremlin
Minerrand
Lebanon Cabinet Deliberates Syrian Peace Plan Amid Violence
Lebanon's cabinet, facing direct Syrian intervention threats, meets for final reading of a Syrian mediated plan to end the civil conflict. Violence kills three more and injures about 40 as shells hit Beirut and a army tent near Prime Minister Karami's residence. Assad urges unity among Christian and Muslim factions to ensure plan success.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPL
Hafez Assad
Syria
Israel
Assad
An Nah
Prme
Rashid Karami
Beirut Radio
Karami
Bilfaya
Amin Gemayel
Hart on unity amid race talk in Democratic race
Washington AP Charles Hart pledges unity while pursuing the Democratic presidential nomination. He says he will push for no actions that split the party as Mondale weighs potential running mates and Hart contemplates challenging tainted delegates.
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Washington
Gary Hart
Walter Mondale
Hart
Reagan
National Press Club
Mondale
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
San Francisco
Dianne Feinstein
Edwardennedy
Dmass
Bentsen
Ms. Feinstein
Geraldine A Ferraro
D-Ny
St Paul
Colorado
Jesse Jackson
Panama
Central America
Cuba
Jackson
Contadora
U.S
League of United Latin American Citizens’ Convention
Ed Paso
Rainbow Coalition
Gandhi visits Golden Temple amid Sikh tensions
Indira Gandhi flew to Amritsar for a 30 minute visit to the Golden Temple marking the first temple stop since the army assault that left hundreds dead. Opposition criticized the timing as Sikh sentiment remained high after the two week siege and reported casualties included Sikhs and soldiers.
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New Desi
India
Indira Gandhi
Golden Temple
Clouds and showers sweep Central New York to Midwest storms
The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures rising to 75 to 80 in most areas before a Canada bound storm brings clouds and rain with cooler highs Sunday. Western New York will see showers or thunderstorms this afternoon, with the system tracking east overnight. A 60 percent chance of a thunderstorm tonight or tomorrow morning, temps 65 to 70. Sunday cloudy with showers and likely storms, highs mid 70s. Unsettled conditions linger Monday with 70s highs. Central U.S. storms bring heavy rain, hail and tornadoes as Iowa, Nebraska report tornado touchdowns and damage. winds up to 70 mph hit Hoopeston Illinois area. Flash flood watches issued for parts of Iowa and Kansas. President Reagan declares federal disaster areas in five northeastern Kansas counties. Weather data and temperatures follow.
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Hoopeston
Tiinois
Wilmont
Minn
Yankton
Ys. Kan
Towa
Kansas
Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Reagan
Atchison, Brown, Jackson
Nemaha
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United News of India
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