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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1986
Page
4
Millions of Filipinos registered to vote on Feb. 2 in a constitutional plebiscite and general elections next year. President Corazon Aquino says the vote will complete the restoration of democracy and would extend her term until 1992 under the proposed constitution.
In El Salvador, leftist guerrillas hit Santa Rosa de Lima causing power line explosions and assaults on a police station and an army post. A police official cites seven dead, while guerrillas claim 45 soldiers killed. In Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers clashed with rock throwers during a third day of West Bank protests, with six injured and over 70 Palestinians arrested.
Anti apartheid groups criticize newspaper owners for agreeing to tougher press curbs under government pressure. Opponents say the Botha government aims to tighten control of the press as part of a broader plan to crack down on opposition before Christmas and keep the public in an apartheid darkroom.
Seven months after U S warplanes bombed Libya in retaliation for a West Berlin attack police investigators still cannot prove Libyan officials linked to the bombing. West Berlin authorities have no access to intercepted messages and have not gathered enough information to arrest or connect Libya to the attack.
In Paris hundreds clash with police on day three of protests against a university reform bill. About 20,000 students march silently to Cochin hospital where Malik Oussekine, 22, died after an earlier clash. The reform bill author Alain Devaquet resumes his resignation to Prime Minister Chirac amid fevered demonstrations. Authorities cite autopsy results indicating cardiac arrest from kidney issues, while witnesses describe violent police actions during the encounter. Police probe ongoing.
At a two day European Community summit in London British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher led 12 EC leaders in affirming support for the United States amid the arms sales to Iran scandal. Thatcher said any weakening of America weakens Europe and the free world, while others urged not to criticize Washington until the issue subsides.
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