Rebels claim annihilation at San Jose Caucasque clash
Leftist guerrillas say they wiped out army defenders in San Jose Caucasque and captured 12 prisoners north of San Salvador. The Defense Ministry reports commanders Jose Anibal Osorio Tiburcio and Rafael Castillo were killed along with two other rebels in a Monday battle near San Lorenzo, 37 miles east of the capital, with one army squad leader dead and two soldiers wounded. The Nicaraguan government says Salvadoran rebel Melida Amayo Montes was assassinated in Managua.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
San Jose Caucasque
Defense Ministry
Jose Anibal Osorio Tiburcio
Rafael Castillo
San Lorenzo
Melida Amayo Montes
Managua
Nicaragua
U S and Soviet Cooperation Urged in Central America
A group of U S and Latin American citizens urged Washington to cooperate with the Soviet Union and Cuba to curb revolutionary activity in Central America. The 82 page report says U S policy risks prolonged bloodshed in El Salvador and new turmoil in Nicaragua and should shift toward joint action to prevent wider conflict.
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Washington
Reagan
Central America
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Man on Death Row Seeks Execution to Save Family
Gerald Smith, 24, says he wants to die to spare his family embarrassment after his murder conviction for the bludgeoning death of a former girlfriend in St. Louis. He told AP at Missouri State Penitentiary he has no regrets and believes an appeal would fail.
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Jefferson City
Gerald Smith
Missouri State Penitentiary
Smith
St. Louis
Thousands Flee Flooding Across Mississippi and Louisiana
An estimated 25,000 people fled homes in Mississippi and Louisiana as up to 14 inches of rain caused floods. Dozens of roads closed, four passenger trains halted, and two children were swept away. Five people drowned or were presumed drowned in the lower Mississippi Valley amid three days of heavy rain. The storm has reached a total death toll of thirteen as the system began in California.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
California
Scientists study 80,000-year-old Neanderthal skeleton
An almost complete Neanderthal skeleton from Egypt's Nile Valley has been brought to the United States for removal from a sandstone block. If confirmed, it would be the first Neanderthal specimen found in Egypt, with the remains housed at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History for careful extraction.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
Nile Valley
Smithsonian Institution
Museum of Natural History
Global arms spending tops 600 billion in 1980
Washington AP reports world military expenditure reached about 600 billion in 1980 with the United States and the Soviet Union together accounting for over half. The USSR led in arms spending and exports, while Libya emerges as a notable outlier under Khadafy, fueling a regional arms race.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Col
Muammar Khadafy
Libya
Africa
William Zartman
School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Senate panel may scale back Reagan 1984 defense budget
The Republican led Senate Budget Committee plans to approve a defense budget well below Reagan's request for 1984 with only a few members backing the president. Chairman Domenici warned Reagan to compromise as the panel votes on defense spending amid bipartisan concern over deficits and security needs.
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Senate
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Sen
Lawton Chiles
Florida
White House
Reagan
Washington
Senate Budget Committee
R-N.m
Senate Republicans
United States
Soviet Union
Domenici
Pentagon
Chiles
Space Walk Planned From Challenger by Musgrave and Peterson
Two astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald Peterson prepare for a dual space walk outside Challenger in the cargo bay the first Americans to do so in nine years. Commander Weitz and pilot Bobko monitor from inside during a 3 1/2 hour excursion to test suits and tools for satellite service.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Challenger
Story Musgrave
Donald Peterson
Paul Weitz
Karol Bobko
White Sands
N.M
Musgrave
Terson
Mission Control
Peterson
Watt’s Rock Ban Sours White House Aides
Interior Secretary James Watt bans the Beach Boys from the capital’s Fourth of July celebration provoking White House aides who call the group a national institution. Mike Love voices disappointment while Deaver notes no power to overturn the decision and hints Reagan may still be a fan.
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Washington
James Watt
White House
Beach Boys
Capital
Michael K. Deaver
Mantovani
Moncton
New Brunswick
Mike Love
Secretary of the Interior
Watt
Reagan
Deaver
California
Racial campaign visuals ignite Chicago election tensions
Chicago voters confront racially charged buttons and literature amid Bernard Epton and Harold Washington campaigns. Activists condemn the imagery as polarizing while noting no direct evidence linking candidates to the materials. A bartender defends the jokes as nonracist while selling watermelon buttons.
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Chicago
Punch
Bernard Epton
Harold Washington
A. Abbot Rosen
Midwest
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B'rith
Northwest
Epton
Pye
Rosen
I of Integration
James Lucien III
South Side
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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