Thousands flee west Beirut as fighting rages near camps
Civilian panic spreads through Moslem west Beirut as Israeli and Palestinian forces clash for hours near refugee camps. UPI reports Syria tanks damaged, a 48 hour truce, and renewed threats of continued battle despite diplomacy in Beirut and international appeals for relief and restraint.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
PLO
U.S
Philip Habib
Israel
Camille Chamoun
Liberal Nationalist
Israel Television
Earthquake rocks El Salvador and Guatemala
A 7.0 quake struck at 2:22 am ET, damaging the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador and causing at least 14 deaths with hundreds injured. Destruction spanned villages in El Salvador and Guatemala, roads blocked by landslides, and many communities isolated along the border.
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San Salvador
Guatemala
Jutiapa
Yolanda
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
Pacific Ocean
el Salvador
U.N. seeks aid for refugees in Lebanon appeal
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a France drafted resolution urging all fighting nations in Lebanon to avoid civilian harm and to aid distribution through U.N. agencies and the Red Cross. It requests continued vast humanitarian assistance and calls on Secretary General Cuellar to implement the plan.
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United Nations
Security Council
UPI
U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
U.N
International Red Cross
Javier Perez de Cuellar
MacArthur accused of conspiring over POW records
Helena reporters say Gen Douglas MacArthur was accused at a U S House hearing of colluding with a Japanese general to obtain secret World War II records on prisoners of war used as biological warfare subjects. Ex POW Vision Quest head Greg Rodriguez Jr said records may hold vital health data denied to former prisoners.
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Helena
Mont
UPI
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. House Committee On Veterans’ Affairs
Phillippines
Mukden
Manchuria
Greg Rodriguez Jr
Missoula, Mont
Vision Quest
MacArthur
Gen
Shiro Ishii
Douglas A. MacArthur
Ishii
Rodriguez
Inflation's down Americans doubt it says poll
The AP NBC poll shows only 25 percent of Americans believe inflation fell recently while 51 percent say it rose in the past year. Respondents show split views on Reagan credit for lower inflation and most say declining inflation has not improved personal finances.
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New York
Associated Press
NBC News
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Blondie strip echoes 1963 cartoon in copyright note
Sioux Falls report says a recent Blondie panel showing two husbands sneaking out mirrors a 1963 Murat Young strip. Pete Kilian owns the original, with Dagwood and Herb planning a pool hall visit while Blondie and Tootsie head to a lecture. Dean Young and associates have run Blondie since 1973.
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Sioux Falls
8.D
Pete Kilian
Blondie
Tootsie
Dagwood
Herb
Young
Dean Young
King Features Syndicate
Hinckley Trial Deliberations Continue With Split Jury
A mostly Black jury chosen to lead as foreman a retired Giant Foods worker failed to reach a verdict on John W. Hinckley Jr. after a second day of deliberations. Hinckley pleads innocent by reason of insanity in the Reagan assassination attempt. The panel, seated in Washington, reviewed evidence in the same courtroom as the trial, with jurors staying at a secured hotel.
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Washington
UPI
John W. Hinckley Jr
Hinckley
Federal
Reagan
Jodie Foster
U.S
Barrington Parker
Lee Ann Flymm
Jory Feanne
Revere
Mar
Shals
Ms. Flynn
Roy Jackson
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Habib
Yasser
Arafat
Abu Iyad
Israeeli
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Green
Washington Monument
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Gandlach
Flint
Mich
Gundlach
France
Charles Lichenstein
Lichenstein
Yehuda Blum
Blum
Council
Yakov Meridor
Ris
Rodriquez
Committee
Abby & Ann
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Avewen
P.O. Bes
Ode
Neem
Nathaniel Adams
United Press International
Jackson
Giant Foods
Sica Oo
Toner
Parker
New York Times
Merryanna L. Swarts
Janmed
Milwaukee
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