Thatcher confronts American IRA supporters in London attack
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher urged U S supporters linked to the IRA to stop funding, after an IRA nailed device exploded near Chelsea Barracks injuring 38 and killing Nora Field. Police brace for more violence as Thatcher visits victims and vows no political recognition for the IRA.
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London
Westminister Hospital
Chelsea Barracks
Irish Republican Army
England
Thatcher
United States
Northern Ireland Aid Organization
New York
IRA
Maze
Belfast
Robert Tassano
Provisional
Russian crashes U S Embassy in Moscow incident
A 42-year-old Russian mechanic rammed a car into the U S Embassy in Moscow, surrendered his shotgun to Marines, and talked with consular officials for five hours before leaving. He claimed political asylum, named Boris V Lesnov, and said he had lost his job and spent four years in a Kazan psychiatric hospital. The event, the fourth such breach in six weeks, prompted reviews of embassy access and Soviet convoy procedures.
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New York Times Service
Moscow
U.S
Boris V. Lesnov
Ulyanovsk
Kazan
Lesnov
ABC
South African woman helps trap spy linked to Boyce
Babette Visser of Krugersdorp joined the hunt for Christopher Boyce after answering a motorcycle magazine pen pal ad. She relayed questions to Frank Abot Sweeney in New Jersey, aiding U S and South African agents in a monitored call that led to Sweeney’s arrest and Boyce’s eventual recapture.
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London Daily Telegraph
Johannesburg
Christopher Boyce
Soviet Union
Babette Visser
Krugersdorp
Boyce
Frank Abot Sweeney
Rhodesia
Lampoc
Calif
Sweeney
Bcame
U.S
South Africa
Pretoria
New Jersey
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Solidarity invited to plan rationing in Poland
Poland's Communist Party says it will raise prices despite Solidarity opposition and invites the union to join a commission on food supplies and rationing. The offer follows Solidarity's threat to strike if not consulted, as regional protests erupted in southern and northeast Poland.
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Poland
Communist Party
Independent Labor Movement
Solidarity
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National Congress
Iran executes 82 foes amid war with Iraq
Iran's state radio reported 82 leftist opponents were executed by firing squads over the weekend. Parliament speaker Rafsanjani rejected a 42-nation Islamic Conference Organization plan to station a multinational peacekeeping force at the Persian warfront with Iraq.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
Al-Akbar Rafsanjani
Islamic Conference Organization
Iraq
Tehran
Haitians land in Florida on Hallandale Beach
A 38 foot sailboat carrying fifty four Haitian refugees landed at Hallandale Beach at 6 a.m. as Coast Guard patrols in the Windward Passage intensified. Trish Lockrem Hallandale City police clerk confirmed the arrival of the men women and children.
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Hallandale
Fla
UPI
Hallandale Beach
Coast Guard
Hamilton
Trish Lockrem
Hallandale City
Bomb damages church in County Derry and blast near border
A 100 pound bomb in a beer keg exploded today at a Roman Catholic church under construction in County Derry, badly damaging the church and nearby buildings but causing no injuries. In Londonderry another explosives laden truck blew up near a constable post about 300 yards from the Ireland border. no injuries reported.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
County
Derry
Londonderry
Ireland
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