Walesa at ILO amid Poland labor crackdown and exile status
Geneva AP reports Solidarity leader Lech Walesa remains a focal point as ILO delegates debate Poland's refusal to allow ILO officials access to him in Gdansk. Since martial law in 1981, Solidarity is banned and Walesa is styled a private citizen amid broader labor unrest.
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Lech Walesa
International Labor Organization
ILO
Walesa
Gdansk
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Soviet Bloc
Japanese researchers launch 10 year effort for fifth generation computers
Tokyo reports Japan starts a decade long national project to create computers that interpret meaning and devise solutions. Dr Kasuhiro Fuchi selects 40 of Japan's top under 35 computer scientists for a new government funded lab in Tokyo aiming to lead the global Fifth Generation computer race.
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Reagan hails MX missile vote as step toward peace
President Reagan says the 239 186 House approval of the MX Peacekeeper missiles signals unity in securing peace and reducing nukes. Senate votes on development and testing loom as lawmakers debate basing plans and arms control goals amid lobbying.
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Thomas P. O’neill Jr
U.S
Norman Dicks
D-Wash
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White House Commission
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Williamsburg Heads Toward Historic World Leaders Summit
World leaders meet in Colonial Williamsburg next weekend for an economic summit. President Reagan will stay at Providence Hall with security and communications setups, while François Mitterrand occupies Lightfoot House. Thatcher, Trudeau and others are housed in Chiswell Bucktrout and Bracken Houses respectively.
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Reagan
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France
Virginia
Britain
Lightfoot House
Mitterrand
Yorktown
Chiswell-Bucktrout House
Margaret Thatcher
Bracken House
Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Government Borrowing Frozen As Debt Limit Debate Opens
The Treasury paused government borrowing while the Senate begins consideration of the Reagan administration plan to raise the national debt limit to about 1.389 trillion dollars. Senate Finance chair Sen. Dole said action would come late today after an 11-5 vote in committee.
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Reagan
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
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Retired Army Colonel Beckwith to study Olympic security
Former Iran hostage rescue leader Colonel Charles A. Beckwith, aged 54, has been hired to assess security for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The White House requested a security report, as federal funding for Games security nears 69.1 million dollars with most duties handled locally and federal help only if needed.
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Iran
Beckwith
White House
Los Angeles Olympic Committee
Peter V. Ueberroth
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