Sidon gunfire tests cease-fire in south Lebanon clashes
Sporadic gunfire and mortar exchanges around Sidon strain a two day Palestinian guerrilla offensive against Shiite Amal militants. 32 killed 55 wounded as PLO fighters hold captured hills awaiting withdrawal per cease-fire terms. In Mexico, Sinaloa governor race ends with claimed victories by both major parties amid heavy security and delayed results.
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Popular Liberation Army
Mediterranean
Liberation Army
Culiacan
Mexico
Sinaloa
Bombing incidents in US decline in first half of year
FBI report shows 1986 first six months had 377 explosions with 6 deaths 122 injuries and 1.4 million in property damage. Six months of 1985 had 10 deaths 44 injuries. None tied to terrorist groups. Residential targets 32 percent of attacks.
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Washington
United States
FBI
Counseling Profession In Trouble Across Schools
A College Board study warns counseling is in trouble as many poor youths fail to reach college due to a shortage of counselors. It urges starting counseling in elementary school and credits a 20 member educator commission with the findings to be released at The College Board annual meeting.
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College Board
Therapy improves family climate lowers schizophrenia relapse rates
Yale psychologist Jeri Doane reports that families receiving a new therapy show a calmer emotional climate and patients relapse far less often within nine months, while untreated families see worsening conditions and higher relapse risk. In other items a teen dies after a rifle discharges while freeing a friend. A federal judge allows students to opt out of reading books conflicting with religious beliefs, aiming to spark free speech and religion debates.
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Jeri Doane
Yale Psychiatric Center
New Haven
Doane
The
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Greeneville, Tenn
U.S
Thomas G. Hull
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Holt, Rinehart, Winston
Mitterrand Opens West Germany Talks on Arms and Culture
French President Francois Mitterrand arrives in Frankfurt to begin two days of talks with West German leaders led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The discussions focus on arms reduction and cultural exchange amid broader superpower concerns following the Iceland summit.
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United States
Reagan
Activists Protest Trident Sub Deployment At Bangor Base
In Bangor Washington about 400 people including two bishops gathered to protest the USS Alaska Trident submarine deployment. About 30 demonstrators planned to trespass on the base for arrest while others prayed and held vigil overnight.
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Syria Denies Involvement in Heathrow Bomb Plot
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shar’a insists Syria has no link to the attempt to smuggle a bomb aboard an El Al jet at Heathrow last April. He says the U.S. recall of Ambassador Eagleton is a normal consultative step and expects the United States to seek the facts beyond British claims.
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Syria
U.S
Farouk al Shar
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United States
Reagan
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White House
State Department
Deborah Cavin
Shar’a
States with SDI funds tied to key senators
A study finds over 90 percent of fiscal 1985 1986 SDI contracts went to firms in states with senators on major defense funding panels. Five states California New Mexico Massachusetts Alabama Washington account for 85 percent of SDI contract dollars. The report accuses pork barreling linking defense ties to regional economies and committee representation.
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Strategic Defense Initiative
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Council On Economic Priorities
SDI
Rosy Nimroody
The
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New Mexico
Massachusetts
Alabama
Washington State
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Reagan
Pentagon
Energy Department
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
AIDS Researchers May Leave CDC
Two AIDS researchers Patricia Fultz and A Srini vasan consider leaving the Centers for Disease Control amid an ongoing staff exodus that has reduced the senior scientist ranks from 13 to six. The CDC faces turnover as seven senior scientists have already departed or been reassigned. some are credited with proving AIDS is caused by a virus and developing key tests. Officials cite mounting pressures from the AIDS crisis and concerns over tampering in related labs as investigations proceed.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta Constitution
Patricia Fultz
A. Srinivasan
The
Constitution
CDC
James O. Mason
First Combined US Japan Drill Begins on Hokkaido
About 13,000 troops from the United States and Japan join in five day Operation Keen Edge on Hokkaido. The drills include air sea and ground forces with Americans from the Philippines Hawaii and Okinawa. Japanese leaders warn it may strain the constitution though officials say the exercises defend Japan and do not involve collective defense.
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U.S
Japanese Defense Agency
Philippines
Hawaii
Okinawa
Japan
Hokkaido
Kenji Uenaka
Uenaka
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