U S Forces Invade Grenada With Caribbean Troops
About 2,000 U S troops and 300 Caribbean soldiers landed in Grenada in a surprise assault aimed at removing a leftist regime. President Reagan said the mission protected innocent lives and restored order, with airfields secured and reports of clashes at the main airport and a Cuban-built second airstrip. Casualties were mentioned. ham radio reports noted a helicopter crash and medical students reporting for duty as invaders took the True Blue campus and established a radio transmitter.
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Waiting kin cannot take much more after Beirut bombing
Elyria families of Marines Michael Forbush and Richard Bailey wait for word on sons amid the Beirut attack. Mothers describe exhaustion and fear as Red Cross hotlines and ham radio attempts fail. The death toll rises as Marines bunker down near the bombed US command post and French troops suffer losses.
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Richard Bailey
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Robert Jordan
John Stewart
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Guyton death penalty case moves toward jury
Prospective jurors, about 150 summoned for the Lorain murder case against Ernest Guyton Jr., questioned singly in Judge Floyd Harris's courtroom. If convicted, he faces life or death. Trial hinges on admissibility of murder specifications in the strangling of Mildred White at Hart Plaza Apartments on April 12.
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Hart Plaza Apartments
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Harris
James Burge
Jack Bradley
Death Penalty Standards Questioned in Ohio Case
Guyton argues Ohio death penalty law is unfair as it applies to unplanned murders during a felony like burglary while planned killings without a felony do not qualify. He contends the statute punishes the same crime twice and that a burglary factor does not make the murder more heinous.
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Wayne Forbush
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