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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1983
Page
13
Londoners watched a simulated World War II dogfight as a Messerschmitt was chased by a Spitfire over Biggin Hill to promote the International Air Fair. The mock battle ended with the Messerschmitt being "shot down" by the Spitfire.
The US Air Force began airlifting equipment to England for the Greenham Common cruise missile base near Newbury Berkshire to prepare for a December deployment. A C-5 Galaxy unloaded routine supplies while protests outside the gates continued and bailiffs moved protesters after a High Court order.
A UK government commission found that Geoffrey Prime, a Cheltenham based Russian linguist, admitted to his two wives that he spied for the Soviets from 1968 to 1981 while Britain failed to secure top communications HQ. The report urged sweeping security overhauls and lie detector use, noting Prime trained in East Berlin before clearance and that neither wife informed authorities. Prime received 33 years for espionage and three more for sex offenses.
More than 300 Tarapur atomic plant workers have been overexposed to radiation since 1969. U.S. spare parts supply for safer operation is blocked amid a standstill in procurement talks. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz planned to discuss the issue in late June.
Prime Minister Bob Hawke ordered a judicial commission to probe Australian intelligence and possible links between expelled Soviet diplomat Valery Ivanov and former Labor Party official David Combe. Hawke announced the inquiry after Cabinet consternation and a prior Bowen rejection of a parliamentary probe.
In Londonderry, police faced gasoline bombs and 70 youths in Bogside dispersed by plastic bullets with no injuries. In Belfast, a Protestant Masonic hall suffered heavy damage while petrol bombs were thrown in Lower Falls with no injuries. An army helicopter was sprayed with machine-gun fire last night, wounding two soldiers but landing safely.
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