Lebanese troops and Druse exchange fire near Beirut
Lebanese troops and anti government Druse militiamen traded artillery in the hills east of Beirut. France was reported ready to equip the Lebanese army with 100 helicopters as part of a plan to upgrade its firepower. No casualties were reported. An-Nahar cited France’s offer, but no source was named.
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Beirut
Lebanon
France
U.S
An-Nahar
Italy
Britain
Ghassan Tueini
Amin Gemayel
Plane crash near Bridgeton narrowly misses homes
A Canadian DC-3 cargo plane crashed and burned after takeoff near Bridgeton Missouri missing nearby homes by about 300 feet. Two crew members, pilot Randy Cox and co pilot Miike Bloom, were injured. residents aided in rescue as fire raged and up to 2000 gallons of fuel remained aboard. Investigators note the World War II era craft had unloaded auto parts and was returning to Canada.
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St. Louis International Airport
DePaul Hospital
Bridgeton
Miike Bloom
Oshawa
Randy Cox
Ralph Schmidt
Missouri Highway Patrol
Canada
Rick Grellner
Edith Wilson
St. James
Woodrow
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
John Norris
Pattonville-Bridgeton
Harland Braun
Morrow
Landis
Braun
Fort Wayne editor killed. teen charged in family deaths
An 18 year old Fort Wayne dropout Calvin Perry III will face murder charges in the killings of Fort Wayne News Sentinel editor Dan Osborne his wife Jane and their son Benjamin after police say he provided intimate crime details. Perry already faces burglary robbery and felony battery charges from a separate assault and is held on 75000 bond as investigators pursue links to earlier attacks within a 144 mile radius. The Osbornes bodies were found September 19 in their Harrison Hill home. A surviving 2 year old daughter is in Kansas City with relatives.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Calvin D. Perry III
David ‘Riemen
Perry
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Dan Osborne
Jane
Benjamin
Osborne
Harrison Hill
Kansas City
Thomas Engle
Fingle
Allen County
Ec Theo Secte
Hud Uy
Engle
Buuck
Jane Osborne
Dole rebuts plan as states may run food aid
Washington AP report covers a White House task force proposing state option to run food assistance. Senator Robert Dole predicts Congress will reject the broad recommendation, while the panel adopts its final findings amid praise and criticism.
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Washington
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Congress
White House Task Force
Labor Department
Reagan
White House
Edwin Meese
Nuclear bombs eyed to carve Mojave road in 1960s plan
Newly released documents show federal officials proposed using 22 atomic bombs totaling 1.73 megatons to blast 68 million cubic yards of Bristol Mountains for a straight path of Interstate 40 through the Mojave Desert. The plan, may have saved 15 miles of highway but was canceled for budget reasons.
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Riverside
Calif
Mojave Desert
Bristol Mountains
Riverside Press-Enterprise
U.S. Department of Energy
Freedom of Information Act
Amboy
Los Angeles
Twilight Zone director faces involuntary manslaughter case over child actors
LA hearing into the Twilight Zone helicopter crash case began with video of the fatal 1982 accident. Directors and crew including John Landis and Dan Aallingham face charges after two child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Chen died. Evidence shows a large explosion and illegal child casting in violation of work-permit rules.
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Los Angeles
Vic Morrow
Landis
Folsey
Dan Allingham
Paul Stewart
Dorcey Wingo
Brian Crahan
Morrow
Myca Dinh le
Renee Chen
Donna G. Schuman
John Landis
Stewart
Wingo
Valencia
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United
Syria
Saudia Arabia
Riyadh
Abdul-Harim Khaddam
Damascus
Geneva
Nabatiyeh
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Shamir
World Zionist Organization
Israel
Shamir Sahere
Norris
WAT
Wyre
Family
Chicago Tribune
the Chronicle Telegram
East Avenue
Agate
Elyria
Mtv & Publishing Company
Elyria, O
Dinkielupy
United States
Chronicle
East Ave
INES
Btrria
Cleveland
Dole
Meese
Dev 14
Task Force
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Nat Hinck
Robert Greenstein
Center On
E.l.yeager Construction Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Atoms For Peace
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
John F. Kennedy
Hiroshima
Japan
Commission
U.S. Bureau of Roads
California Highway Division
Cnst
Lyndon Johnson
Gary Kesselman
Crahan
Kesselman
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