Westmoreland Says CBS Apology, CBS Denies Appology Claim
Westmoreland withdraws his 120 million libel suit against CBS saying the network apologized for The Uncounted Enemy Vietnam Deception. CBS disputes any apology and defends the broadcast as accurate while both sides claim victory amid court action and mixed statements.
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William C. Westmoreland
CBS
Katherine
New York
Westmoreland
van Gordon Sauter
CBS Broadcast Group
Southeast Asia
U.S. District Court
Pierre Leval
Vietnam
U.S
Westmore
Sauter
ABC News
Princess Anne departs London for India tour
Princess Anne 34 leaves London to finish her Save the Children Fund tour in India. Her prior visit was cut short by Prime Minister Gandhi's assassination, and she returned for Mrs. Gandhi's funeral before delaying her return. She plans to come back to London Feb. 28.
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London
Anne
Britain
Elizabeth II
Calcutta
India
Save the Children Fund
Indira Gandhi
New Korean Prime Minister vows liberalization and democracy
Sho Shin-Yong, former national security chief, sworn in as prime minister and pledges liberalization. President Chun Doo-hwan reshuffles 13 of 22 cabinet posts after elections that strengthen the ruling party despite a rising opposition.
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Seoul
South Korea
Sho Shin-Yong
Chun Doo-hwan
Chun
National Assembly
New Korea Democratic Party
Park Shil
Sho
Cook Wins In Settlement Against Student Newspaper
A juried libel and negligence case in Utica New York finds a former school cook and her husband awarded ten thousand one dollars after a student newspaper article titled Students Rebel Against New School Cook published in 1981 labeled Mrs Gagnon. The district which no longer exists must pay. The jury also held school officials liable for insufficient supervision of a Colgate University teaching intern Rebecca Pitkin.
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Utica
N.Y
Supreme Court
Carol Gagnon
Oriskany Falls Union Free
James
Cook
Gagnon
Rebecca Pitkin
Colgate University
Protesters Fail To Block Testing At Grand Forks Base
Anti-nuclear protesters who lost a court bid to stop a first free-flight test of a U S cruise missile planned to release balloons to disrupt the mission A B 52 bomber carried two missiles and lifted off at 1206 a m on a 122 hour flight from Grand Forks Air Force Base The test route would pass over Alaska the Mackenzie Valley and end near Cold Lake Alberta Canadian authorities court ruling followed by peace groups planning protests and a silent vigil at the base gate to show solidarity with Canada Australia and New Zealand against nuclear arms proliferation.
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Grand Forks Air Force Base
N.D
U.S
Canada
David MacNamee
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
MacKenzie Valley
Cold Lake
Edmonton
Alberta
MacNamee
Primrose Lake
Supreme Court
Ottawa
Red River Valley
Scott
Thatcher to Address Joint Session of Congress
Margaret Thatcher visits the United States for a two day trip to meet President Reagan and address a rare joint session of Congress. She aims to discuss the British pound, U S dollar, arms control, and other global issues while signaling a cautious stance on Star Wars.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
U.S
United States
Thatcher
Reagan
Congress
Washington
pIon
Geoffrey Howe
Defense
Michael Heseltine
Federal Reserve Board
Paul A. Volcker
Northern Ireland
Middle East
Striking Miners March in West Virginia and Kentucky
Hundreds of United Mine Workers members from southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky protested in LOBATA against Sprouse Creek Processing Co. as 48 employees returned to work under orders from A T Massey Coal Co. The strike began Oct 1 affecting about 2,500 miners across three states.
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Lobata
W.va
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Sprouse Creek Processing Co
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Kentucky
Poland
Sprouse Creek
Eddie Burke
Burke
Massey
James Slater
Slater
Robert Phalen
UMW District 17
Pennsylvania
Ethiopia’s famine aid reshapes rivals and aid ties
Western governments and charities rushed to help Ethiopia as drought threatens 9 million. Mengistu’s Soviet leaning and denial of relief to rebels frame aid politics. U.S. diplomats report a thaw but remember the regime’s control and continued strategic priorities.
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Nairobi
Kenya
United States
Ethiopia
Mengistu Haile Mariam
U.S
Mengistu
Berhanu Bayih
Ee M. Peter McPherson
U.S. Agency For International Development
Addis Ababa
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours
The Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions and advertising and invites ideas. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday at 124 Rutland Drive.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
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