Israelis Free 31 Lebanese Prisoners Across Border
Israeli soldiers transported 31 Lebanese prisoners to return home in South Lebanon amid hijackers demand for 700+ releases. Israel says release is not tied to the hijacking, and notes most captives are Shiites with others in mixed groups. The operation followed 766 prisoners at Atlit, and Peres and Rabin defended the move on US TV.
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Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
Discovery lands shuttle after flawless ocean checkout
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP Discovery's international crew returns from a 2.9 million mile mission that launched four satellites and tested a Star Wars laser target. Commander Dan Brandenstein says the flight was among the smoothest. Saudi princes and French pilot Baudry greet the crew as they land after a nearly trouble-free voyage.
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Discovery
Dan Brandenstein
Brandenstein
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Pacific
California
Los Angeles
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Mission Control
Sultan Salman Al-Saud
Patrick Baudry
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Cork rescue grim as Air India crash bodies brought ashore
At Cork airport more than 130 bodies were removed from the Air India Flight 182 wreck, with officials expecting no survivors among 329 aboard. RAF and Irish authorities described a vast, bleak search at sea, finding scattered wreckage and many bodies amid a horror scene.
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India
Neil Robertson
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Peter Wallis
John Deane
Sabotage Suspected In Air India Jumbo Crash
In the North Atlantic off Ireland rescue teams pulled hundreds of bodies from the icy sea after a jumbo jet carrying 329 people crashed en route from Montreal to London. Officials probed saboteur involvement linked to a luggage container from a separate Canadian flight.
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Marine Rescue Coordinating Center
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United News of India
Taping Drunk-Driving Suspects Aids Convictions In Mass
Massachusetts police report videotaping drunken driving arrests increases guilty pleas and reduces court costs. In Topsfield, 120 of 123 taped cases pleaded guilty, with only two going to trial. By 1984, 12 state, four local and four Metropolitan stations will join playback at 17 district courts under a $50,000 grant.
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Topsfield
Orin
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