Thatcher orders riot gear for cops in Britain
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher vowed full riot gear for police and dispatched six police chiefs to Belfast for a crash course as Britain grapples with youth riots. Scotland Yard opened a special command center as 518 officers were injured, 1,730 arrests recorded, and damages estimated at 32 million dollars. Separate clashes in east London and Fulham saw groups of black youths taunting police, throwing a gasoline bomb and overturning a car.
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Jett brothers buy satellite dish for West Virginia TV
Bert and Fred Jett, unemployed brothers in Blue Creek, West Virginia, spent 7800 for a 12 foot satellite dish to pull in stations from Rome to Sydney. They stay up late watching world channels and old films, while Trenton Electronics says about 36 similar antennas have sold to rural WV customers.
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Racism Blamed in WWII Japanese Internment Decisions
Former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas and Gordon Hirabayashi testified at the first U S commission hearing on wartime relocation of Japanese residents, calling racism a basic factor behind Executive Order 9066. Witnesses cited hysteria after Pearl Harbor and unequal treatment of German and Italian aliens.
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Wildlife group calls for ouster of interior secretary Watt
The National Wildlife Federation urges James Watt removal after a survey of 4.5 million members finds overwhelming opposition to his environmental policies. Executive VP Jay Hair cites perceived overdevelopment, offshore leasing, and park land actions, noting 96 percent oppose opening wilderness areas to oil and gas exploration.
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Financier Von Bulow Denies Plot to Kill Wife in Newport
Financier Claus von Bulow, 54, denied twice in Providence County Superior Court that he attempted to murder his wife Martha Crawford von Auersperg, using insulin injections in 1979 and 1980. The Newport case, linked to Newport's Millionaires Row, has drawn high society attention. Mrs von Auersperg, 49, remains in a vegetablelike coma at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, while von Bulow faces a July 6 grand jury indictment and possible inheritance through a long trust.
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Grand
New York
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Pittsburgh
Columbia- Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
500 ton metal chunk may be Titanic find off Newfoundland
Abilene Texas reports photo interpreters aboard the Gyre studied underwater images of a 500 ton metal mass in Titanic Canyon about 95 miles off Newfoundland. Experts will determine within 24 hours if the object comes from the unsinkable liner which sank in 1912 after an iceberg collision.
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Angry priest assaults Streator editor over abortion ad
John Bowman editor of the Streator Times-Press filed disorderly conduct charges against Rev. Richard Crawford after Crawford allegedly punched him in the office over a display ad criticizing the paper for a perceived pro abortion stance. The incident followed Bowman’s editorial praising Sandra Day OConnor's Supreme Court nomination.
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Writers End Strike But Fall Shows Delayed
Writers Guild of America members vote 79 to 1 in New York to approve a four year contract. Despite ending the three month walkout, the fall TV season will face delays as pay TV formulas curb free episodes and the pace of production slows across the industry. Chief negotiator Gary Ellingsworth lauded the vote and urged pride amid lingering impact on new and returning broadcasts.
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