Falkland Island aid urged to avert collapse
London based special commission chaired by Lord Shackleton warned Prime Minister Thatcher that the Falkland Islands need substantial economic aid and more young unmarried women. The report proposes tourism development and up to 122.5 million dollars for farms and fisheries over five years to stabilize the colony after the war with Argentina.
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London
UPI
Falkland Islands
Margaret Thatcher
Lord Shackleton
Britain
Argentina
Israel opposes pope Arafat meeting in Rome
Israel condemned a proposed talk between Pope John Paul II and PLO chief Yasser Arafat, fearing Vatican recognition of the PLO. Cabinet secretary Dan Meridor said a meeting would be viewed grievously by Israel. Arafat planned to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Rome.
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Jerusalem
Israel
John Paul II
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Vatican
PLO
Arafat
Dan Meridor
Rome
Inter-Parliamentary Union
John Paul
Sandro Pertini
Afif Saffied
Greek freighter Evangelia S. hit by Iraqi rocket
A Greek freighter of 10,800 tons named Evangelia S. was struck by an Iraqi rocket in the Persian Gulf near Badar Khomeini. The ship was empty, but 21 crew members were rescued by another Greek freighter. This marks the third Greek vessel attacked near Iran in six months.
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Athens
Greece
Persian Gulf
Merchant Marine Ministry
Evangelia S
Badar Khomeini
Iraq
Iran
Houston Sinks Under Weight of Growth and Water Depths
Quoting city planners and engineers, Houston faces subsidence from multi million dollar construction and thirsty industries. More than 30 percent of the San Jacinto battleground area is submerged while the ship channel banks erode. Officials plan costly levee work as oil wealth and population strain groundwater.
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Houston
UPI
Texas
Sam Houston
Mexico
Santa Anna
Battle of
San Jacinto
Bennett and Stoffer win Iowa hot dog contest
In Vinton Iowa Dale Bennett and Harvey Stoffer won the third annual Iowa State Championship Hot Dog Eating Contest splitting the 1200 prize for first and second place. Cedar Rapids native Bennett, 20, and Cedar Falls resident Stoffer, 33, finished ahead of Jim Holden and Jim Leily who each ate 19 hot dogs for third. About 51 entrants competed with 14 or 15 dropping out from sickness or watching others. An estimated 525 hot dogs were eaten. Buckets and Alka Seltzer were provided to contestants.
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Vinton
Iowa
UPI
Dale Bennett
Harvey Stoffer
Bennett
Cedar Rapids
Stoffer
Cedar Falls
Jim Holden
Jim Leily
Haglund
Evolution protester may lose home in Gilbert Pa
Arthur Cronin and his wife Catherine face a tax bill of 1.76 dollars for 1980 and 1981 from Pleasant Valley School District. His $70,000 home was set for auction to cover the taxes as Cronin defends his belief that evolution teaching conflicts with his biblical creation views. He plans to pursue legal options but says the house is not of paramount importance compared to the issue.
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Gilbert
UPI
Pleasant Valley
Arthur
Catherine Cronin
Cronin
Signalwoman blamed as 39 die in Swiss rail disaster
A signalwoman's failure to lower crossing gates led to a fiery crash near Zurich killing 39 and wounding 10. A bus carrying West German tourists was struck broadside by the commuter train after the raised barrier allowed passage. Witnesses described bodies and wreckage scattered along the tracks as investigators probed gate and signal function.
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Pfaeffikon
Switzerland
Zurich
Eugen Thomann
Thomann
Schoenaich
Stuttgart
Walensee
Effretikon
Hinvil
Leiser
Murdoch May Take Over Buffalo Courier Express
Rupert Murdoch and News America executives met Buffalo civic and business leaders to discuss saving the Courier Express from closure. The group urged avoiding a one newspaper town as unions warned that staffing cuts would be required. Murdoch signaled a potential deal with deficits and severance costs to be assumed if the paper is acquired and later shut.
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NEW York
New York Post
Rupert Murdoch
Buffalo Courier-Express
Buffalo
James D. Griffin
Courier- Express
Murdoch
Griffin
Erie County
Edward Rutkowski
Roger P. Parkinson
News America Publishing Inc
Donald D. Kummerfeld
Owles Media Co
Courier-Express
Cowles
Otto Silha
Kummerfeld
Yesteray
Bill Buil
Newspaper Guild
Buil
New York Times
Donovan probe ends as two gangland slayings occur
A second federal inquiry into Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan is completed as a mass of alleged ties to organized crime surfaces. Special Prosecutor Leon Silverman will release his report amid a Washington and New York briefing, with two slain witnesses linked to the probes.
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New York
UPI
Raymond Donovan
Leon Silverman
Washington
Silverman
Donovan
New Jersey
Reagan
Nathan Masselli
Bronx
Masselli
William Masselli
New York City
Schiavone
Newark mayor faces six week trial in no show job case
Newark mayor Kenneth A. Gibson and rival Earl Harris stand trial on charges they awarded former councilman Michael Bontempo a no show job as security chief of the watershed. Bontempo faces a January trial. Gibson expects to run city business during proceedings with hourly updates to his office. If convicted on all counts, maximum sentence could reach 440 years.
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Newark
N.J
Kenneth A. Gibson
Gibson
Earl Harris
Michael Bontempo
Bontempo
Florida
Essex County
Tornadoes injure family as storms slam four states
United Press International reports four states were struck by tornadoes spawned by Tropical Storm Chris, injuring a Mississippi mother and her three children. The storm unleashed 55 mph winds, heavy rain, and coastal flooding, with five inches of rainfall in Sunflower and LeFlore counties and numerous weather warnings across the region.
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Chris
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Interstate 80
Rockies
Cheyenne
Laramie
Wye
Denver
Montana
Gulf Coast
Sunflower
LeFlore
Plains
Great Lakes
Idaho
Tennessee
Kentucky
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