Costa Rica votes today for new president in tight race
Costa Rica goes to the polls to choose between Oscar Arias of the National Liberation Party and Rafael Calderon Jr of the Social Christian Unity Party. Observers note a slim margin as Luis Alberto Monge nears the end of his term. In Peru, Maoist Shining Path guerrillas kill 12 peasants and wound seven in Ayacucho, raiding Panti village and looting food and livestock.
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Snow Covers Great Lakes as System Drives Snow and Ice
A low pressure center over northern Illinois spreads snow and ice across the Great Lakes while wet weather moves from the central Plains into Ohio and the Northwest. Detroit airports halt runways as accidents mount. Alpena receives five inches of snow with blowing, drifting reducing visibility.
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LTV Steel wage increase postponed amid big 1985 loss
Cleveland AP reports United Steelworkers postpone 50 cent hourly raises totaling 28 million as LTV Steel Corp posts a 1985 net loss of 723.9 million with 227 million from steel operations and a projected loss for the current year. Union seeks overtime cuts and jobless benefits.
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Killer storm hits Southern Europe reports rising death toll
A winter storm battered southern Europe for a third day, raising the death toll to 15 with seven more victims. Avalanches isolated mountain hamlets in France while Venice faced severe flooding. An avalanche near Innsbruck killed a vacationer and injured about 34, with four hospitalized. Italy recorded at least eight deaths and southern France six in three days of storms.
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Chinese-Vietnam border clashes claim dozens of casualties
Radio Peking broadcast, monitored in Tokyo, claims Vietnamese troops made 33 incursions into Yunnan in January, shelled villages with 40 000 rounds, and killed or wounded 65 civilians and soldiers. It cites Jan 10 counterattacks and Jan 28 Yunnan actions against eight hilltops.
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Bonner wins extended U.S. stay for medical treatment
Soviet dissident Yelena Bonner gains permission to prolong her stay in the United States for medical care after a phone chat with her husband Andrei Sakharov. The conversation covered recovery from heart surgery but veered from controversial topics as reported by family.
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Ohio and Pennsylvania Lottery Draws Reported
Ohio daily game The Number produced 337 while Ohio Lotto's semiweekly draw yielded 5 20 23 28 33 35 and Pennsylvania Big 4 listed 7 7 3 5 with Daily Number 8 4 6. In Toledo strike news United Auto Workers Local 12 held peaceful picket lines as 2250 workers across Champion Sparkplug plants in Ohio Michigan Iowa and Canada began a contract dispute.
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Union workers halt production at northern Manchester plant
Union colleagues fired in a dispute halted production on Saturday at a Manchester based high-technology plant in northern England. The disruption affected the northern edition of Britain's largest selling Sunday newspaper with 4.8 million readers.
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Train crash death toll rises in South Africa inquiry begins
In South Johannesburg a collision left numerous bodies uncovered as rescuers pried two trains apart with a crane. Willie Mitchell of the railways said the death toll increased with some victims still trapped overnight, and crews worked through the night to recover bodies from mangled cars.
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Kiss with Travolta and Minnie on Orlando visit
A report covers a playful scene in Orlando where film star John Travolta met Minnie Mouse during a visit near Sleeping Beauty's castle. The encounter accompanies a broader, jumbled item about entertainment figures and events.
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Backstage with Milton Berle at York's Majestic Theatre
Milon Berle visits York's Majestic Theatre where he mingled with the chorus and posed with members after a surprise drop in. The comic comedian lingered to greet audiences and snap photos before departing.
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