Embattled Polish Embassy Hostages Rescued in Bern Siege
Police rescued hostages after a dramatic embassy siege in Bern by a group calling itself Insurgent Home Army. A diplomat, Jozef Matusiak, escaped with police help while eight of thirteen captives were freed. Witnesses described explosions, gunfire, and a tense three day stand off as riot police breached the two story building.
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Austria
Wysocki
Poland
Bern
Insurgent
Home Army
Jozef Matusiak
Matusiak
Dome Parking Sparks City University Tug War
Republican Councilor John De Francisco called the parking scheme a bargaining chip in the Dome dispute and said traffic could be diverted for safety. If the mayor vetoes the plan, 500 cars would be allowed by a 1979 agreement, though a special permit had raised spaces to 889 for the 1982 season.
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John DeFrancisco
Sardino
Corporation Coun
Sel
David Garber
University
Syracuse Musicians Strike Threat Risks Symphony Season
Lawlis notes many musicians rely on the orchestra for income while others teach or perform elsewhere. Striking players seek management participation, arguing current pay and weeks are unfair. Officials warn a strike could cancel the season, with potential losses over forty four thousand dollars if weekend concerts falter.
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Lawlis
Shapiro
SSO
Keene
The
Symphony
Central
New York
Opera Theatre of
Syracuse
Civic Center
Landmark Theater
Civic Morning
Musica Antigua
Metropolitan School For the Arts
Skaneateles Chamber
Society For New Music
Onondaga
Lutherans move toward three-way merger across U S
Lutherans vote to merge the main Lutheran bodies in the United States and exchange representatives with Canada’s Lutheran Merger Commission. If formed, the new church would be the third largest Protestant denomination with over 11 000 congregations, uniting about 98.8 percent of U S Lutherans under three groups.
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Lutheran Merger Commission
Canada
United States
Southern Baptists
Methodists
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod
Wisconsin Evangelical Church
Missouri Synod
David Preus
American Lutheran Church
San Diego
Missoun Synod
Dihe Synod
Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Cleveland
Association
William Coleman
Louisville
Lutheran Church In America
James R. Cramier Jr
Crumley
Martin Luther
Jesus Shape Seen in West Virginia Tree Outline
Crowds gather nightly around a vine covered poplar above Holden to view what residents say resembles Jesus profile. Locals recall youths near the old Holden Grade School spotting the image and stories say it inspired one man to quit drinking and join the church as others travel from distant areas to see the tree at night with the moon behind it.
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Holden
W.va
Curtis Bryant
Bryant
Hart’s Creek
West Virginia
Jean Bell
Jesus
Ruth McNeil
Suspect's death sparks rock and bottle barrage
In Baltimore a violent disturbance erupted after police chased a suspected drug dealer who died. An officer fired a shot during the chase. the exact cause of death is undetermined and an autopsy was planned for Rupert Cambell. Neighbors hurled rocks and bottles at police and reporters. one cruiser was damaged.
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Baltimore
Dennis Hill
Rupert Cambell
Hill
Jack Middleman
Psychic says paperboy alive in West Des Moines case
A psychic told authorities the disappearance of 12 year old John Gosch is a puzzle but she believes he is alive. More than 1,000 volunteers searched West Des Moines after Gosch, a newspaper carrier, vanished on his route last Sunday morning. The FBI is monitoring. police say there is no evidence of abduction or runaway status.
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West Des Moines. Iowa
UPI
West Des Moines
John Gosch
Greta Alexander
Delavan
Gosch
Gerald Shanahan
Iowa
Noreen
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Garber
Bob Keeshan
House Select Committee On
Washington
Paperboy
Zales
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