Grenada crisis deepens as U.S. ships head in
2000 U.S. Marines and USS Independence move toward Grenada amid a military takeover by Gen. Hudson Austin and a 16 member council. Grenada’s junta ordered residents to stay indoors or face gunfire as diplomats from the United States Great Britain and Canada plan an inspection. The Caribbean leaders meet in Port of Spain to consider military intervention while the university reports 18 deaths including Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several cabinet members. Curfew restrictions ease briefly as Aust in contemplates elections.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
USS
Grenada
Hudson Austin
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Austin
Maurice Bishop
U.S
Caribbean
Kenneth Kurze
Washington
Pentagon
USS Independence
Lebanon
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Eugenia Charles
Dominica
Caribbean Commun
Bayshore
N.Y
Associated Press
Bishop
Bourne
Ministry of Information
Fort Rupert
Woods guilty verdict in Elyria murder case
A Lorain County Common Pleas Court jury found 38 year old Woods guilty of murder for stabbing Ricky Dowell in the parking lot at South Park Apartments on June 21. The verdict followed hours of testimony about self defense and disputed weapon ownership with Woods facing 15 years to life at sentencing.
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Elyria
Jack L. Woods
Ricky Dowell
Common Pleas
Woods
Bell Ave
Lorain County Common Pleas
Adrian F. Bedeski
John Otero Sr
Joseph C. Grunda
Grunda
Bedeski
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Dowell
South Park
Middle Ave
Catherine Sullivan
Wellington Rockwell Closing Imminent in Michigan Plants
Rockwell International previews closing its Wellington automotive plant in Michigan to boost efficiency and also contemplates closing its Battle Creek facility. Wellington employs 167, Battle Creek 95. A union meeting with Allied Industrial Workers AFL-CIO Region 3 will be set next week to discuss.
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Troy
Mich
Rockwell International
Wellington
Rockwell
Battle Creek
Ohio
Allied Industrial Workers of America Afl-Cio
Parma
Tony Petrucci
Petrucci
Convict confesses to killing Adam Walsh case in Florida
Ottis Elwood Toole, in a Florida jail, signed a confession to the 1981 killing of 6-year-old Adam Walsh and claims involvement in 35 to 80 other slayings with ties to Henry Lee Lucas. Police say Toole acted alone in Adam’s abduction, luring the boy outside a Hollywood area store, then driving toward the Turnpike before authorities recovered the severed head near Vero Beach.
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Hollywood
Fla
Adam
Ottis Elwood Toole
Henry Lee Lucas
Texas
Florida Turnpike
Vero Beach
Toole
Union
Raiford
South Florida
Hessler
Weekend Weather Outlook With Rain Likely
A wet night brings heavy rain and possible thunder. Lows near 5 with showers in the morning, then drizzle in the afternoon. Sunday reaches around 55 with near 100 percent rain tonight and about 86 percent Sunday.
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Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
St. George’s University School of Medicine
Geoffrey Bourne
Wolf Brothers Farm
Detroit Road
Avon
Lorain County
Cleveland
Elyrian
Karen Balmer
C-T
Deborah Brown
Convict
Lucas
Louisiana
Martin
Florida
Duval County
Adam Walsh
Leroy Hessler
Charles Manson
Tom
Ottis Toole
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