Offer to send Marines draws fire on Capitol Hill
Opposition mounts on Capitol Hill to President Reagan s conditional offer to deploy up to 1000 Marines to Beirut for peacekeeping and evacuations. Senators Hatfield Goldwater and others express concern while a 1973 War Powers framework looms. House Foreign Affairs to hold hearings as White House touts limited support amid calls for UN involvement.
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UPI
Capitol Hill
Reagan
Beirut
Sen
Mark Hatfield
Rore
Hatfield
Senate
House
U.S
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Navy plebes start at Annapolis with harsh new life
At the Naval Academy the Class of 86 begins plebe year under stern training. Midshipman Jeff Weaver explains the ship like dormitory Bancroft Hall and the five plebe responses. New plebes, including Jim Vahsen, face nerves and strict regimentation as 1,334 join the academy today.
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Annapolis, Md
Apt
Naval Academy
Bancroft Hall
Jeff Weaver
Birdsboro
Weaver
Jim Vahsen
Academy
Navy
Jim
Annapolis
Vahsen
Berlin
SOS note in dollar bill frees kidnapped women in Maine Motel
In a nationwide kidnapping and drug case, three women were rescued unharmed from the Maine Motel after a note for help hidden in a folded dollar bill led North Attleboro police to the captors. Odell Henley and Cynthia Fielder, both jailed, were charged with kidnapping firearms violations and marijuana distribution.
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Mass
UPI
Maine
Hearst
Sheila Lewis
Odell Henley
Westbury
N.Y
Cynthia
Fielder
Rockville Centre
Attleboro District Court
Ms. Lewis
Boston
Hen
Ley
Ms. Fielder
Henley
New York City
Massachusetts
John D. Coyle Jr
Coyle
New York
Beulah White
DOO
Baltimore
Ms. White
Pamela Smith
Man vindicates owl owner in amphibious legal clash
Norfolk federal judge reverses April conviction and $100 fine against birdwatcher T R Vanhorne for possessing an endangered species. Igor the stuffed screech owl, found in 1975 with broken wings, had been displayed in a Chesapeake shop. The judge ruled the owl was lawfully acquired and the taxidermist could sell it, clearing Vanhorne and restoring Igor to his possession.
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Norfolk
UPI
T.R. Vanhorne
Igor
U.S
Robert G. Doumar
Vanhorne
Tgor
Chesapeake
Doumar
Idaho workers build home in under seven hours
In Post Falls Idaho a crew of 200 unemployed workers built a three bedroom home for Richard and Mindy Galbraith in six hours 55 minutes and 23 seconds to showcase the housing industry recovery efforts. The project organized by the North Idaho Homebuilders Association drew about 1000 onlookers as the couple received occupancy and a champagne celebration marked the symbolic achievement.
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Post Falls
Idaho
UPI
Richard
Mindy Galbraith
North Idaho Homebuilders Association
Jerry Wimmick
Brezhnev Denies Marines Planned for Lebanon
Beirut endures shortages of vegetables fruit and meat as bread runs thin amid a flour fuel crisis. Diplomats seek a cease fire after Israel shells Palestinian districts in south Beirut and drops flares over the capital. Tass reports Israeli shells damage the Soviet Embassy office in Beirut during the third bombardment event.
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Beirut
West
Israel
Moscow
Tass
Audit cites 169 Board procedures and a deductible clash
The auditor faulted 169 Board procedures noting a $100 not reimbursed due to a deductible clause. Corts defended handling $8 million over two years with only $461 in losses, while Payner argued many faults lay with county administration. Examiners also said they were denied Murray Ridge Production Center work papers.
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Corts
Ellen Payner
Murray Ridge Production Center
169 Board
Diplomat Hotel dispute over 11 thousand daily charge
In Hollywood Florida Diplo mat Hotel accuses Sheik Mohamed al Fassi of owing 1 475 516 for two months of lodging and food while his lawyer argues the 11 000 daily figure and debts are simple millionaire quarrels Banks and Credit Suisse blamed for bounced checks as al Fassi is arrested then released on bond The sheik and aides threaten payment plans as officers question his finances and royal ties to Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz with 40 entourage members leaving for the Everglades Hotel in Miami
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Fla
UPI
Diplomat Hotel
Sheik Mohamed al-Fassi
Thomas
Miami
Everglades Hotel
Al-Fass
Tarki bin Abdulaziz
Turki
al-Fassiy
Princess Head
al-Fassi
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Larry Speakes
Los Angeles
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Kevin Berlin
Dayton
James Hopkins
California
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the Chronicle Telegram
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Herstio Tee
Deifai
Telwaram
East Ave
PO Bor
Ehyria
Darwin
Jim Crowe
Contractors’ Association
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Brezhnev
Thomas E. Thomas
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Maurice Millette Jr
Shetk Coeparing Sin
Pci Vy Mastak
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