Informal Summit Goes Well in Ford Museum Visit
President Reagan calls the informal summit fine and presses differences with Mexico over El Salvador while noting slow progress with Canada on energy and pollution. He met separately with Jose Lopez Portillo and Pierre Elliott Trudeau in Grand Rapids before inviting both to breakfast.
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Gerald Ford
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ford
Grand Rapids, Mich
Reagan
Mexico
el Salvador
Canada
Michigan
Gerald R. Ford
Jose Lopez Portillo
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Reagan signals possible changes to AWACS Saudi sale
President Reagan's allies hint terms of the AWACS radar planes and jet weaponry sale to Saudi Arabia could be altered as opponents claim one vote from a veto. Supporters say the deal isn't dead and seek to corral co sponsors to veto it. Oregon Republican Packwood says six more unnamed senators would oppose the sale while House GOP leader Michel says a House veto is assured.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Saudi Arabia
Oregon
Bob Packwood
House
Bob Michel
Illinois
White House
Blockade Ranks Thinning at Diablo Canyon Protest
In San Luis Obispo California police halted a three day anti nuclear protest as organizers claimed 300 protesters remained to try a blockade of Diablo Canyon power plant. Helmeted officers wrestled protesters from the driveway and main gate while construction worker buses entered with little delay.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Diablo Canyon
Beirut car bombings kill two in Bourj el Barajneh
Lebanon faced a third car bombing in two days in the Bourj el Barajneh suburb of Beirut killing two and wounding several. No claim of responsibility was made while the PLO blamed Israel for a Sidon blast that killed 25 and wounded 108. A caller claimed a Lebanese Christian group was responsible for that Sidon attack and a separate northern Lebanon blast.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bourj el-Barajneh
PLO
Israel
Sidon
Poland Warns Solidarity Union Amid Soviet Pressure
In Warsaw the Soviet Union urged Poland to take strong action against the Solidarity labor federation. The Polish government warned the union that continued agitation for reform could threaten Poland's independence, implying possible Soviet occupation if events escalated.
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Warsaw
Poland
Soviet Union
Solidarity Labor Federation
Solidarity
Polish airliner hijacked to West Berlin
A Polish LOT airliner carrying about 50 passengers was hijacked to West Berlin and landed at Templehof Airport after a diversion from a domestic route. Police said 10 hijackers aboard threatened to use firebombs and were in control of the plane.
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U.S
Templehof
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