Embassy Death Toll Reassessed After Beirut Bombing Toll Drops
Rescue teams halted the search at the U S Embassy annex in Beirut as officials cut the death toll from the van bombing. Lebanese investigators reported 12 dead and 72 wounded, with a U S diplomat citing eight killed and 36 wounded. Earlier police had warned of 23 dead and 60 hurt. U S Embassy deputy chief Stephen R Lyne confirmed all Americans and foreign service nationals accounted for and said only security material removal remains. The Pentagon identified two American embassy staff killed Kenneth V Welch and Michael Ray Wagner both in their 30s, amid injuries to Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew and British Ambassador David Miers.
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Elias Mousa
Annex
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Foreign Service
Lyne
Reginald Bartholomew
David Miers
Bartholomew
Abu Jawdeh Hos
Pital
NBC
Washington
Pentagon
Army
Kenneth V. Welch
Grand Rapids
Mich
Navy
Michael Ray Wagner
Zebulon
N.C
U S Embassy Offices Move To Safer Ground In Lebanon
The United States moves embassy offices in Lebanon to safer ground after a terrorist bombing. Officials defend security measures and avoid pledges of retaliation, while President Reagan keeps to campaign duties and reiterates a swift response policy.
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U.S
Safer Ground
Lebanon
Washington
Reagan Administration
Reagan Halts MX Missile Push Amid Political Test Delays
President Reagan agrees to pause the MX nuclear missile program as part of a broader compromise with Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker Jr. and House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. The Pentagon budget dispute ends with a political retreat that delays critical defense spending into next year.
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Reagan
Pentagon
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Congress
Settlement Seen As Possibility In UMW Bargaining
Washington AP report says UMW negotiators and soft coal industry despite missing an informal Thursday deadline continued talks at a downtown hotel. Optimism grew as October strike seemed avertable and contract terms remained unsettled.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Sneeden Nomination Heads to Senate for Consideration
U S Sen Strom Thurmond nominee Emory Sneeden for the 4th U S Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the Judiciary Committee and moves to the full Senate for approval. Sneeden, a Columbia lawyer and Thurmond ally, would resign from the campaign if confirmed.
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U.S
Strom Thurmond
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
South Carolina
Republican
Emory Sneeden
Thurmond
Sneeden
Columbia
Appeals Court
Democrats Face Hecker Propaganda in 1984 Campaign
Washington AP reports that Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro endure louder, more frequent heckling as they campaign. Protests include anti abortion signs targeting Ferraro, with accusations of orchestrated demonstrations by Republicans. Mondale cites Watergate echoes and notes possible incitement at USC.
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Ferraro
University of California-Irvine
Geraldine Ferraro
Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Reagan
George Bush
Arlington
Texas
Pope John Paul II Ends Canadian Pilgrimage
Pope John Paul II returned to Rome after a coast-to-coast Canadian journey urging 250,000 at Windsor Park to seek justice and peace. He defended church doctrine on sex while urging society to favor workers and the poor. plans to write a social encyclical may follow the trip.
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Castel Gandolfo
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Puerto Rico
Paul VI
Letters Push Textile Ban COLUMBIA
South Carolina lawmakers push a grassroots letter campaign to pressure President Reagan and Walter Mondale for tighter textile import controls. State Rep. Crosby Lewis leads about 15 colleagues seeking action to restore imports to 1983 levels, arguing the industry faces collapse without relief and that 1983 levels keep the market in balance.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Reagan
Walter Mondale
Crosby Lewis
D-Fairfield
Lewis
Larry Martin
D-Pickens
Bob Lake
D-Newberry
Mondale demands Reagan plan to cut deficits
Mondale says, Where's the plan, as he criticizes Reagan on deficits, jobs, education, civil rights, and arms control. The campaign mood is tempered by the Beirut embassy blast that killed 23, including two U.S. servicemen, on Thursday.
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Walter F. Mondale
White House
Beirut
U.S
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