Israel warns only miracle can avert war
President Reagan dispatched veteran diplomat Philip C. Habib to the Middle East to head off possible war and press leaders in Lebanon Israel and Syria for a peaceful settlement. Syria insisted its deployment of Soviet missiles in Lebanon is non negotiable and Israel warned only a miracle could avert conflict.
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Middle East
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
State Department
Philip C. Habib
Feller ex wife Virginia Feller found dead in Ohio home
Virginia Feller 62, ex wife of Hall of Famer Bob Feller, was found dead in her suburban Cleveland apartment. The body was discovered by an apartment manager after her son Bruce of Chicago could not contact her. Officials cited natural causes pending coroner's ruling. The couple divorced in 1971 and Feller, 62, has remarried.
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Steve
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York, Pa
Weather outlook Clear with cool tonight near 30s
The night will be clear with lows in the mid to upper 30s and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday will be sunny with a high near 60 and little to no precipitation. Sunrise is 6 19 am and sunset is 8 30 pm with details on page a 3.
Hunger strike death sparks riots and letter bombs
In Belfast and Dublin violence flared after Bobby Sands died on the 66th day of a hunger strike. Rioters burned cars, smashed windows, and fought police. A letter bomb campaign hit British politicians and the royal family, with bombs defused in London and Belfast. Police reported 22 injured, four seriously, during clashes in Catholic Belfast.
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Bobby Sands
Irish Republic
Sands
London
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Labor Party
Roy Hattersley
Queen’s University Great Hall
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
Sand
Mucho Money Offered for Testimony in Drug Case
In a federal narcotics trial spanning Elyria central Ohio and Miami defendants including Richard Marsico and Raymond Ripley face cross examinations aimed at credibility. Prosecutors press witnesses while defense questions informants and the police payoffs cited involve a $5,000 offer and witness protection references before a page turn to continue on A-4.
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Richard Marsico
Raymond Ripley
Elyria
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Miami
Fla
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Ripley
U.S. District Court
Jeffrey Linkous
Westerville
Winthrop Hoag
Dublin
Mario Adamo
Hectore Garcia
Columbus
John Cherubini
Harold Wonnell
Cherubini
Ronald Hawley
Hawley
Cherubins
Federal
Marsho
Fred Jurek
$850,000 asbestos death award in Ohio case
Avon Lake widow Dolores Moran won $850,000 in damages from Johns Manville Sales Corp after her husband Edward Moran died of lung cancer in 1979. Jurors allocated $350,000 in compensatory and $500,000 in punitive damages, the largest punitive award to date in an asbestos case. Moran smoked two packs daily. he worked as an insulation worker under a union contract. The company plans to appeal and faced similar outcomes in other jurisdictions.
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Edward
Moran
Tim Croasdaile
Johns-Manville Sales Corp
Science
Sweeney
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Works Union
The Irish Problem and the roots of Northern Ireland
An analysis of the Irish Question tracing the conflict in Northern Ireland beyond religion to economic, cultural, and sociological roots. It notes decades of violence, the role of Bobby Sands, and how headlines mask deeper historical factors. The piece asks when and how the troubles began and who fights whom.
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Northern Ireland
TRA
Bobby Sands
Ireland
North
Henry II
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Mucho
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Denver Company
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