US urges private aid to Vietnam despite no ties
State Department asks private U.S. groups to provide humanitarian help to Vietnam while noting no diplomatic ties and U.S. policy blocks aid while Vietnam occupies Cambodia. A delegation led by Gen. John Vessey had sought cooperation on accounting for 1,776 missing in action and agreed to facilitate NGO humanitarian efforts.
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Vietnam
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Pubes Rudi Boone
United States
Cambodia
U S
John Vessey
Soviets Plan Expansion of Mir Orbital Complex this Year
Moscow reports Soviet space officials will add new modules to the Mir space station to study Earth, atmosphere, and the Pacific Ocean. The plan includes gathering gamma radiation data and Mars information for a future manned flight, with the Phoebus Mars probe to launch in July. Cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov continue a year long mission, replacing Alexander Alexandrov and Yuri Romanenko, who held a long space endurance record.
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Soviet Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Cosmic Research
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Mir Space Complex
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Pacific Ocean
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Space Station
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Musa Manarov
Alexander Alexandrov
Yuri Romanenko
Romanenko
Congress Debates Budget Deficit and 1987 Shortfall
Senators Gramm and Rudman urge rapid spending cuts to hit the 1988 deficit target of 144 billion while House Democrat Rep. William Gray counters that 1987 compliance sufficed. Separately, New Year traffic toll hits 340 plus fatalities during the holiday period, with California leading and alcohol-related crashes a factor.
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House
Phil Gramm
Texas
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Congress
Rudman
Gramm
Nbc-Tv
William Gray
D-Pa
House Budget Committee
National Safety Council
New Barriers For White House
Motorists along Pennsylvania Avenue will see an eight foot high plywood fence around a construction site encircling the north side of the White House for several months. A cement post barrier is planned to shield the front while the view across the South Lawn remains open for now. Funds have not yet been provided to install the barrier on the south side.
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Executive Mansion
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Pittsburgh Diesel Spill Sparks Long Clean-Up Effort
Emergency crews battle a 20 mile diesel slick from Monongahela to the Ohio River near downtown Pittsburgh. About 7,000 of an estimated one million gallons have been recovered as water supplies for 750,000 people face contamination risk and shipping halts continue. Authorities say the cleanup could take weeks with more equipment en route.
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Monongahela River
West Elizabeth
Ohio River
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Western Pennsylvania Water Co
Allegheny
Washington
Smithfield Street
Israel raids in Lebanon kill 26 including children
In south Lebanon air strikes by Israeli jets hit Palestinian bases. Police say 26 dead with three missing. civilians and families among the casualties. Reacting, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command reports three killed.
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Lebanon
Jiye
Barja
Israel
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Druse Progressive Socialist Party
Jet hijacker trial opens in West Germany
Abbas Ali Hamadi faces charges in Duesseldorf for kidnapping two West German businessmen in Beirut to pressure Germany over his brother Mohammed Ali Hamadi. The case ties to the 1985 TWA hijacking and broader Middle East terrorism concerns.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
United States
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Lebanon
Middle East
Abbas Ali Hamadi
Duesseldorf
Beirut
Hamadi
Germany
Mohammed Ali Hamadi
U.S
Abras Hamadi
Kidappings
North Korea urges talks on disarmament and 1988 Olympics co host
North Korea called for a conference of people from all walks of life to discuss disarmament on the Korean peninsula and a plan to allow North Korea to co host the 1988 Olympic games. Ho Dam cited shared national interests and urged end to hostility, while noting ongoing military forces and U.S. forces in Korea.
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South Korea
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Ho Dam
Korean Workers (Communist) Party Central Committee
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South
Pyongyang
Kim Il Sung
Sep
International Olympic Committee
Lausanne
Switzerland
IOC
Witness testifies soldier killed Benigno Aquino in 1983
MANILA Philippines AP A Philippine Airlines employee testified he saw a soldier shoot former Sen Benigno Aquino as he descended from a China Air Lines jet with escorts at Manila airport on Aug 21 1983 The witness said the shooter fired at the nape and Aquino fell forward Prosecutors linked the killer to Constable 1st Class Rogelio Moreno If proven the claim ties a soldier to the assassination that helped topple Marcos and propelled Corazon Aquino to the presidency
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Corazon Aquino
Jessie Barcelona
Benigno Aquino
China Air Lines
Barcelona
Raul Gonzalez
Rogelio Moreno
Aquino
Philippine
Ferdinand Marcos
United States
Marcos
Rolando Galman
Galman
Philippines Supreme Court
Col
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Abadilla
Rebecca Quijano
Quijano
Ould Be Moreno
Uijano
National Bureau of Investigation
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