Dam blown up to divert lava from Mount Etna villages
In an Italian attempt to save Nicolosi Belpasso and Raggaia from lava flows, workers detonated explosives at Etna to breach a 15 foot high dam and open a 1,750 foot canal. Officials warn it may take days to judge effectiveness while experts question cost and canal capacity.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Europe
Civil Protection
Loris Fortuna
Etna
Nicolosi
Belpasso
Ragaiia
Rolf Lennart Aberstein
Grand Etna
Central New York Forecast Sees Showers and Cooling
The National Weather Service reports a cloudy night with a 50 percent shower chance and lows in the mid-50s. Expect rain and cooler temperatures tomorrow with highs near the upper 60s. Scattered showers possible Monday with daytime highs in the 50s.
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New York
National Weather Service
Relentless attacker gets two consecutive life terms
In Chicago, a man described as uncontrollably vicious and depraved received two consecutive 60 year prison terms for slashing and attempting to rape a nun. The nun was stabbed around the eyes, doctors feared blindness, but wounds were superficial. Barnes had been released four months earlier after raping an 81 year old woman.
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Chicago
UPI
Barnes
GM Recalls 28500 Vehicles Over Differential Spare Parts
General Motors announces three recalls affecting 28,500 vehicles including 1982 and 1983 Chevrolet and GMC light trucks and vans and 1983 Chevrolet Camaro Z28s. Problems cited involve differentials rear seats and hoods. The company issued the recall statement yesterday.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Bodyguards slain in attack on Santa Ana mayor
Gunmen killed two bodyguards in an apparent assassination attempt on the right wing mayor of Santa Ana, El Salvador's second largest city, in a shocking crime that targeted local leadership.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Santa Ana
Lottery winners in Albany daily draw longtime numbers
Albany AP reports the state's daily numbers game produced a winning number of 141 last night and the Win Four result 5126. The result details include the main draw number and four digit result, with no further context given.
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Albany
Today’s chuckle on nudity in films and star impersonations
A light quip notes that with current film nudity, actors’ impersonations in mixed company go unattempted, framing humor around celebrities and social norms in cinema.
Reagan pardons Martinez in Watergate case
President Reagan pardoned Eu genio R. Martinez, one of seven men convicted in the Watergate break in, ending years of legal limbo. Martinez, 60, a Miami car dealer’s leasing manager, said the pardon lets him regain civil rights including voting and clears his public felon record. He called it the end of an era and said he hopes to restore his family’s name and engage in civic life.
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Washington
Eugenio R. Martinez
Reagan
Martinez
ABC
Nightline
Watergate
Miami
Justice Department
Braniff revival plan faces challenge from rivals
Braniff International, now bankrupt, plans a $70 million reorganization financed largely by Hyatt Corp. Officials expect opposition from rival carriers American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The plan envisions a revived Braniff starting operations by October 1 with 30 jets and about 2,000 former Braniff employees.
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Dallas
UPI
Braniff International
Hyatt Corp
Braniff
Howard Putnam
American Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta
Lebanon approves Israeli troop withdrawal pact amid Syrian opposition
Lebanon's 10 member cabinet unanimously backs the draft withdrawal agreement with Israel and authorizes Antoine Fattal to sign. Arafat visits Bekaa guerrilla units, while Syria condemns the pact as dangerous. The plan envisions joint patrols in a 30 mile buffer zone with fewer than 100 Israelis and prompts intensified talks with Syria.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Israel
Lebanon
Antoine Fattal
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Bekaa Valley
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Damascus
Syria
Arafat
Bekaa
West Beirut
U.S
Shafik Wazzan
Wazzan
Elie Salem
Hafez Assad
Abdul- Halim Khaddam
George P. Shultz
Weinberger’s Warning Praised by Jewish Group
New York AP Members of the American Jewish Committee applaud Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger for a strong warning to the Soviet Union that the United States will not abandon Israel. Weinberger states the U S has a stake in Israel's security and condemns Soviet pressure to retreat from commitment to Israel.
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New York
Caspar Weinberger
Soviet Union
United States
Israel
Weinberger
American Jewish Committee
U.S
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