Jury Selection Accelerates in Williams Murder Trial
In Atlanta 51 of 143 Fulton County residents qualified as impartial jurors for Wayne B. Williams murder trial. The final 12 will be chosen from a pool that may be sequestered six to 10 weeks, with jury selection expected to wrap quickly and testimony possibly starting soon.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Williams
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Fulton County
Superior Court
Clarence Cooper
Lewis Slaton
Polish Solidarity Leader Urges Soldiers to Defy Martial Law
Zbigniew Bujak, head of Solidarity in Warsaw, calls Polish soldiers and police to listen to conscience over orders in a New Year message. The note frames the crisis as a moral choice, while Washington signals possible human rights action and Reagan pressures the Soviet Union over Poland.
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Solidarity
Poland
Zbigniew Bujak
Warsaw
Washington
Reagan
Alexander M. Haig Jr
United States
European Security Conference
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red Brigades deliver Dozier photo to New York Times Rome bureau
The Red Brigades, in a first contact with a foreign news organization during a decade of activity in Italy, left a gift wrapped package in a Rome restaurant restroom containing Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier’s photo and ideological documents. ANSA had received similar materials earlier.
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NEW York
Red Brigades
U.S. Army
James L. Dozier
New York Times Bureau
Rome
Italy
Dozier
Times
ANSA
Minuteman MX missiles slated for fortified silos
The Air Force will place the first 40 MX missiles in fortified Minuteman silos at a single base rather than Titan sites. Six bases are under study for the initial deployment in 1986, with decisions on location to come next spring. Governors and senators from South Dakota and Arizona reacted with cautious relief.
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Washington
Air Force
Pentagon
Reagan
Minutemen
Malmstrom
Montana
Ellsworth
South Dakota
Whiteman
Missouri
Minot
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Titan
Arizona
Arkansas
PATCO Officers Quit as Union Splits and Leadership Vacuums
PATCO faces a leadership vacuum after President Robert E. Poli and executive VP Robert Meyer resign amid the Reagan administration’s continued stance on fired controllers. A new group calling itself the legitimate voice of PATCO seeks union elections and recognition to bargain with the FAA.
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Washington
Robert E. Poli
Federal Aviation Administration
PATCO
Poli
Robert Meyer
Reagan
FAA
Marcia Feldman
Meyer
Reagan Opens 1982 With Recovery Resolve At Annenberg Ball
President Reagan celebrated the New Year at Walter Annenberg’s Sunnyland estate with 86 guests including Frank Sinatra and top officials. He urged Americans that the road to recovery will be tough yet possible, pledging a new beginning for the nation amid recession. The president golfed with guests and declined any New Year’s resolution, planning to spend New Year’s Day watching football.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Reagan
California
Nancy
Walter Annenberg
U.S
America
White House
Larry Speakes
Annenberg
Lenore
Sunnyland
Frank Sinatra
Alexander M. Haig Jr
William P. Clark
Caspar Weinberger
Regan
Charles Price II
Belgium
Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Rawlings Seizes Ghana Power in Second Coup in Two Years
Abidjan Ivory Coast AP reports former air force lieutenant Jerry J Rawlings says he has taken over Ghana again claiming the elected government brought repression. A State Department official said the situation is fluid with no foreign threat. Heavy fighting was reported near Burma Barracks before the radio fell silent.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Jerry J. Rawlings
Air Force
Ghana
Rawlings
Hilla Limann
State Department
Washington
U.S
Accra
Burma
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