Reagan rejects PLO in talks while seeking Mideast peace
President Reagan said U S negotiators could meet Jordanian and Palestinian representatives but not the PLO and vowed no direct American role in Arab Israeli talks. He also discussed a possible summit with Mikhail Gorbachev and defended actions in Lebanon and South Africa, calling the CBS crew shooting a tragic wartime incident.
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Panel Appointed To Probe Police Killings Of Blacks
In Johannesburg the white minority government ordered a judicial commission to urgently investigate the killings of 18 black protesters marching to a funeral. Helen Suzman condemned the shooting as indiscriminate and shocking. In Washington the Commerce Department reported February durable goods orders fell 0.2 percent to 104.7 billion amid weak demand for military hardware.
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Washington
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Mother rages as rape case is dismissed in Pittsburgh
The mother of a 13 year old rape accuser denounces Judge J Quint Salmon after dismissing the case for lateness. Prosecutors urged reversal but Salmon, retired, cited no alternative due to staffing. The daughter, now 14, was delayed by transportation and traffic before the court.
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Former Nazi officer freed for good behavior in Netherlands
Pieter Menten, 85, was released from Scheveningen prison after six years for complicity in murders of Jews in Nazi occupied Poland. He was taken to Blaricum where he previously lived before his 1976 arrest.
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French official kidnapped in west Beirut amid Western detentions
In west Beirut three gunmen abducted Marcel Fontaine the French vice consul as he waited to work. Two more French embassy staffers Marcel Carton and Danielle Perez were missing, raising the tally of Western kidnappings to four in eight days including AP reporter Terry Anderson.
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Middle East
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Food Price Rise Fueling Inflation in February
Government data show a 0.3 percent rise in consumer prices in February led by a 0.5 percent food cost increase. Analysts cite the Florida freeze as a key factor with fruit and vegetable prices up 2.9 percent and tomato costs surging 18.7 percent. Gas prices fell 2.5 percent year over year, while overall inflation for 1985 is expected near 3.3 percent.
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Oregon Wyoming Losers In Revenue Sharing Cuts
Washington AP report notes Oregon and Wyoming face the largest percentage reductions in federal aid under Reagan's proposed 1986 budget. The Federal Funds Information for States estimates Oregon would lose 259 million dollars, 17.9 percent, with South Carolina at 129.3 million, 8.44 percent.
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