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...security headaches, will culminate on Oct. 24, the anniversary of the ratification of the U.N. Charter. President Reagan is expected to speak to the General Assembly that week, along with dozens of Prime Ministers and several potentates, including a few Kings. The Secret Service will airlift the President's bulletproof, armored Lincoln Continental on an Air Force transport from Washington, but foreign dignitaries will have to make do with rented limos. Fugazy, New York's largest limousine purveyor, offers cars equipped with flag holders, but the company reports that only six such autos have been requested. Few heads of state...
...Knoxville home, looked out the window and saw a body in his backyard. Police found the remains of Andrew Carter Thornton II, 40, snarled in a parachute. Along with 79 lbs. of cocaine, two pistols, knives and $4,500 in cash, Thornton carried night-vision goggles and wore a bulletproof vest. Police believe he had smuggled the drugs, with a value of $15 million, in a twin-engine Cessna. He put the plane on * automatic pilot and bailed out. At treetop level, his chute became fouled. Instead of landing upright, he hit the ground headfirst. The wrecked plane was found...
Does anyone remember underwear? The boldest of the Wanna Be's prowl thrift shops looking for ancient, bulletproof black lace bras and corsets, which they wear slapdash under any sort of gauzy shirt or found-in-the-attic jacket. They tie great floppy rags in their frazzled hair, which when really authentic is blond with dark roots...
...Utrecht with protesters who had assembled under a legal permit. Several dozens of the 1,000 marchers sang, "We're going to kill, kill, kill the Pope tonight," while pelting police with rocks, bottles and smoke bombs. At one point, a bottle, cans and eggs were hurled toward the bulletproof white Popemobile...
...restless manner belies his words, however. Though he may have dodged apprehension, Veliotis is not a free man. There have been three attempts on his life, he asserts, and threats to his wife and two children as well. To ensure the family's safety, the villa has bulletproof windows, a sophisticated alarm system and a brace of German shepherds patrolling the grounds...