Iranian Radio TV Office Bombed in Beirut Killings
A bomb destroyed the Iranian Radio and Television office in West Beirut injuring hotel guests and killing janitor Fares Hakim. The blast shattered all windows six stories high and knocked down walls as investigators blamed opponents of Ayatollah Khomeini amid Lebanon's sectarian militias and proxy conflict.
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Columbia Readies Rollout Toward Launch at One MPH
The shuttle Columbia is rolled to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad by a four hundred twenty ton crawler at about one mile per hour. Officials expect a seven hour journey ending at the pad around 1 p.m. NASA administrator James Beggs and other leaders will attend a press conference while crews prepare for the May 9 flight.
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Richard Truly
Believers and skeptics Clash at Lake Champlain Champ Seminar
About 200 people attended a Lake Champlain Committee seminar to discuss Champ the lake monster. Attendees included scientists and eyewitnesses such as Sandra Mansi who described a head and long neck, and Mary Carty who reported a four humped serpentine form.
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Joseph Zarzynski
Sandra Mansi
New Haven
Conn
St. Albans
Lowell Thomas dies at 89 radio pioneer and longtime broadcaster
Lowell Thomas, famed radio journalist and commentator who spoke for presidents from Taft to Ford, died at age 89. He built a career from Cripple Creek reporter to a syndicated feature on elderly achievement, surviving wife Frances Ryan and son Lowell Jr. after a life spanning journalism, war reporting, and public speaking.
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Ohio
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Victor
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Yukon
Woodrow Wilson
Frances Ryan
University of Denver
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Palestine
Red Cross
Edmond Allenby
T.E. Lawrence
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Lawrence
Toda
Lowell Jr
Voyager 2 sails from Saturn with camera fixed for Phoebe
Voyager 2 moved away from Saturn toward Uranus with its camera platform repaired enough to target Phoebe, Saturns outer moon, for a close approach Friday. Scientists monitor torus formations around Tethys and Dione and Titan as dust impacts are considered but no link to the platform jam is established.
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Johns Hopkins University
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IRS Doubts Tax-Free Status for All-Savers Certificates
The IRS voiced substantial doubt that all savers certificates offering 35 to 40 percent short term yields could escape taxes under the new law. Officials warn interest before Oct 1 is taxable, and rollover features may trigger taxability on later earnings. The agency plans a prompt ruling after further review.
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