Kuwait says Libya downed U.S. fighter
Kuwait’s KUNA quotes a Beirut based diplomat claiming Libyan anti aircraft missiles shot down a U S jet over the Mediterranean earlier in the week. The claim references a Soviet made SAM 7 missile over the Gulf of Sidra. Navy officials denied any loss of aircraft. The Coral Sea had been on routine Western Mediterranean exercises off Libya.
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Thatcher quit claim shocks London politics
A prominent opposition figure claimed Prime Minister Thatcher planned to quit, triggering Heseltine's resignation. Thatcher's office dismissed the charge as nonsense. The Westland affair and bids by Sikorsky Fiat kept the issue in the spotlight as analysts weighed Thatcher's leadership and the cabinet dispute.
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Michael Heseltine
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Westland
Sikorsky
U.S
Fiat
Heseltine
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Texas hostage siege ends with two deaths at store
ARLINGTON Texas AP 4 man held his wife hostage for six hours fatally shot an employee and wounded another before killing himself after being served with divorce papers Police said Thomas Edward Stephens 40 walked from a rehab center earlier Saturday then visited his son and went to the convenience store where he opened fire. His wife Pat 37 worked at the store and escaped during the siege.
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Thomas Edward Stephens
Pat
Jim Willett
Stephens
Willett
David Kunkle
Terry Palmer
Mansfield
Arlington Memorial Hospital
Carlene Ness
North Texas Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Denton
Arlington
American Airlines
Texas
Gunman robs Arlington store as bystanders flee
Desperate shoppers watched a masked robber enter a store in a low income Arlington neighborhood between Dallas and Fort Worth. A 857 Magnum was seen in the suspect’s hand as about five customers hid or fled. Police blocked traffic while rescuers organized.
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Mark Weathers
Weathers
Arlington
Dallas
Fort Worth
Five die in small jet crash near Granby Colorado
A small jet crashed 400 yards from the runway in Granby killing five aboard and critically injuring one. The victims were William J. Gettle 37 Willard Bud Gettle Jr 47 Patricia A. Gettle 46 Calvin Kelly Kianke 55 all of Granby Lois Harrington 45 of Wichita Ran Harrington 38. One survivor remained hospitalized in serious condition at St. Anthony Central Hospital. The Gettle and Klanke families developed the Silver Creek ski area and conference center near Granby.
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Grand County
Dave Schoenfeld
William J. Gettle
Willard
Bud” Gettle Jr
Patricia A. Gettle
Calvin
Kelly” Kianke
Lois J. Harrington
Wichita
Inmate killed as Pendleton prison riot overtakes cellblock
In a Saturday incident at Pendleton Correctional Facility, inmates seized G cellblock for more than two hours, leaving one inmate dead from head stab wounds and injuring four guards and another inmate. Coroner John Noffze withheld identity. four guards and an inmate were treated at St. John's Medical Center. Earlier, a J block takeover last February left seven guards and two inmates stabbed. The standoff ended after Gordon H. Faulkner, DOC commissioner, agreed to publicly read inmates grievances and two hostages were released.
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Ind
Barbara Slusher
Madison County
John Noffze
St. John’s Medical Center
Anderson
Marlene Carey
J. Celblock
Gordon KH. Faulkner
Department of Correction
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Weather outlook: snow, rain likely with cold highs
Outside Hustery reports a 50 percent precipitation chance today with snow possible tonight and continuing. Temperatures fall to around 20 degrees as the day progresses. Monday remains mostly cloudy and near 20 with scattered flurries and a 40 percent precipitation chance.
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