Hostilities Cease and Forces Reduced in Grenada
Defense Secretary Weinberger told President Reagan that all hostilities have ceased in Grenada and ordered a pullout of U S ground forces within days. Pentagon reports say about 5 000 82nd Airborne troops may begin returning to Ft Bragg N C as equipment leaves Grenada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Reagan
Grenada
U.S
Pentagon
Lebanon
Cmdr
Fred Leeder
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Caribbean
82Nd Airborne
U.S. Army
Independence
Mediterranean
Navy
Joseph Metcalf
2Nd Fleet
Edward Trobaugh
Rudyard E.C. Lewis
America
United States
22Nd Marine Amphibious
Eisenhower
22Nd Marine Amphibious Unit
24Th
MAU
Beirut
Guam
Carriacou Island
Carriacou
Community rally backs drug prevention program in Mercer County
Hundreds of Mercer County parents and teachers joined town meetings as The Chemical People Project launched nationwide. First Lady Nancy Reagan hosted the public television program watched at Bluefield High School with a nine member panel addressing youth drug abuse and community alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield High School
Chemical People
John Murray
Bob Lohr
Herb Sims
Bluefield
James Dent
Prin
Maryanne Stevens
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Nancy Reagan
Nick Amell
Frankie Fredericks
BHS
Jim Strong
Wswp-Tv
Lawrence Beale
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Lebanese Shiite Leader Demands Marines Move From Beirut Airport
In Geneva, Nabih Berri pressed that U S Marines be redeployed away from Beirut airport amid a climate of hostility after October bombings that killed nearly 300 Marines and French paratroopers. He urged shifting to West Beirut or replacing them with Italians or English, or withdrawal if refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Israel
U.S
Beirut
Nabih Berri
Amal
National Reconciliation Conference
Berri
West
Lebanon
Medics and prisoners flown from Grenada to Havana
Fifty seven wounded Cuban prisoners and ten Cuban medics were flown from Grenada to Havana where Fidel Castro greeted them on the runway. The prisoners had been evacuated via Barbados on an American cargo plane followed by a Red Cross jet. The embassy dispute continued as U.S. and Grenadian officials discussed the Cuban diplomatic corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Salines
Grenada
Havana
Fidel Castro
Barbados
Red Cross
Castro
Julian Torres Rizo
State Department
White House
Larry Speakes
Washington
U.S
Paul Scoon
Scoon
Air Force
Rick Mayer
Aeroflot
Guy Farmer
Regular Washing Scrubbing Lowers Lead Levels In Children
A Baltimore led study shows frequent floor mopping, window sill cleaning, and hand washing cut children's blood lead by 18 percent after a year. More than 600,000 U.S. youngsters may exceed federal lead standards. researchers caution that dust control can be more effective than paint removal for lowering lead levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
Evan Charney
Sinai Hospital
Baltimore
New England Journal of Medicine
Charney
Centers For Disease Control
Thursday Showers Likely With Cooler Weekend Outlook
A weather update shows Thursday showers, temperatures dropping from the mid-50s to low 60s into the 40s and 50s in the afternoon, followed by a mostly cloudy, colder night with a chance of lingering showers and possible mountain snow flurries. Lows in the 30s. Saturday will gradually clear with highs 40s to 50s, continued clouds, then partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with highs in the 50s and morning lows ranging from the 20s to 30s in Sunday and the 30s on Saturday and Monday.
Byrd Opposes Acid Rain Law Affecting State
Washington AP Sen Robert Byrd vows to fight any acid rain bill that raises electric rates or costs jobs in West Virginia as Senate hearing on sulfur dioxide controls begins. Regional split seen. other senators push for fast action while coal states fear impact and western costs.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Democrat
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
United States
Canada
George Mitchell
Maine
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Byrd
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Far West
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Chemical People Panel
Cipal
Beth Hays
Professional Counseling Associates
Kevin Crane
Delores French
Lori Taylor
Frankie Frederick
Fred Brown
Bluefield Department of Parks and Recreation
Princeton- Bluewell Pharmacies
Bluefield Community Hospital
Frederick
Abdel-Halim Khaddam
Cruse
Walid Jumblatt
Gemayel
Pierre Gemayel
Jumblatt
Druse
Suleiman Franjieh
Franjieh
Saeb Salam
Amin Gemayel
St. George’s
Gaston Diaz
Wes
Society
Old Dominion
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