08 Sep 1983
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1983
Page
1
U S Marines in Beirut bolster defenses by filling sandbags and erecting bunkers while warships for the first time shell Druse artillery positions in Lebanon's central mountains amid ongoing fighting.
U S warships blasted militia artillery positions in Lebanon's Druse controlled central mountains. A Marine spokesman said we hit the target we aimed at.
Soviet officials reported debris from Korean Air Lines Flight 007 located in four spots west of Sakhalin and north of Moneron Island. In Madrid, George Shultz prepared to clash with Andrei Gromyko over the attack as protests surged in New York City outside the Soviet UN mission, where police fought demonstrators and a coffin replica was tossed amid chants against the USSR.
About 80 Korean-Americans gathered in Clinton Square Syracuse to mourn 269 passengers killed when Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down. Speakers urged pressure on the Soviet Union, called for sanctions, and demanded UN punishment while a protest culminated in a student burning a Soviet flag.
In Santiago police killed four men and a woman suspected in the assassination of the city governor. The victims were shot in two clashes as authorities said the group were leftist terrorists. Protests against Pinochet’s rule continued with demonstrations across cities and a partial school holiday.
A famous Czechoslovak cyclist Robert Hutyra and his family fled East Germany in a self built hot air balloon. They landed safely in northeastern Austria near Drasenhofen with an 11 year old son and a 14 year old daughter. Austrian officials expect asylum to be granted after processing. Two East German guards defected to the West with rifles.
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