Nicaragua Civil War Escalates as Guard Prepares All-Out Assault
In Managua the national radio warned residents to evacuate as the government plans an all-out attack on Sandinista strongholds in eastern districts including Belo Horizonte El Dorado Don Bosco and Colonia Luis Somoza barrios. Civilians report being caught in crossfire as tanks and machine guns sweep main streets while power and communications fail.
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UPI
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Belo Horizonte
el Dorado
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Colonia Luis Somoza Barrios
Nicarao
Anastasio Somoza
Supplies Slow as Violence Rises in Truck Shutdown
National Guard units guard fuel depots and ride with truck convoys amid a nationwide independent truckers strike now 17 days old. Violent incidents including abductions and shootings disrupt routes, rotting produce and dwindling gasoline threaten supplies while governors deploy troops to escort fuel deliveries and protect depots.
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Florida
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Mexican father welcomes nine children born to wife
Monterrey reports Daniel Chavez Garcia frets over supporting newborns and his six existing children after his wife Juana Perez Rodriguez de Chavez gave birth to four healthy boys. He works selling baby clothes at a local department store earning under seven dollars a day.
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Monterrey
Mexico
UPI
Daniel Chavez Garcie
Juana Perez Rodriguez de Chavez
Daniel
Malaysia turns back 2500 refugees amid sea blockade stance
Malaysian authorities report 2500 arriving Vietnamese refugees were towed back to sea over the past week as part of a hard line to stop new arrivals. Hanoi denounces a proposed Southeast Asia refugee conference as an imperialist plot while Vietnam signs readiness to attend a U.N. sponsored talks.
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FAA shifts DC-10 probe from upkeep to design issues
Langhorne Bond of the FAA said the maintenance phase of the DC-10 investigation is near completion and the focus has moved to design. He arrived in Los Angeles to confer with an FAA team examining engine pylons that attach the engine to the wing after a May 25 Chicago crash. Bond sought more data from McDonnell Douglas and asked the company to delay its appeal against suspension of DC-10 certification.
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UPI
Langhorne Bond
Federal Aviation Administration
Bond
Aiport
Washington
FAA
McDonnell Douglas
Band
Movers urged to delay relocation this summer
Washington officials report a push to postpone moves to fall or winter due to a strike and diesel shortages. American Movers Conference says only about half of 60,000 trucks are active, with some at 20 percent capacity as many deliver and return home. Separately, the Energy Department notes seismic signals from a Soviet underground test at Semipalatinsk in southwestern Siberia around 10:57 p.m. EDT.
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Washington
UPI
American Movers Conference
Bill Mansfield
Energy Department
Semitalatinsk
Siberia
Uganda plans progressive course after Lule ouster
Uganda's new parliament chairman Edward Rugumayo says the government will pursue a more progressive path, limit foreign investment, and avoid mortgaging the country's future. He warns against large scale foreign involvement in the economy as part of a post-Lule plan. In Pennsylvania, an Amish nine month old in Chester County tested polio positive, the eighth case in the state and 14th nationwide, with officials investigating a possible vaccine-related link.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Edward Rugumayo
Yusufu Lule
Rugumayo
United Press International
Harrisburg
Chester County
Police Break Up Hot Rod Crowd in Indianapolis Riot Gear
Nearly 100 police in riot gear and about 12 dogs dispersed a crowd of 5,000 hot rod fans who blocked a street for drag races on Indianapolis northeast side. About 40 arrests were made for disorderly conduct or public intoxication. Detainees were held for court Monday. some received treatment for dog bites and minor injuries.
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Indianapoli 65
UPI
Indianapolis
ABC Executives to Attend Services for Slain Reporter
ABC Television executives from New York and eight Washington correspondents will attend services for Bill Stewart, the 37 year old ABC TV reporter killed in Nicaragua. Stewart will be eulogized by co anchor Frank Reynolds and family clergyman John Eldridge.
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UPI
ABC Television
New York
Washington
Bill Stewart
Stewart
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ABC
Frank Reynolds
John Eldridge
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