Reagan Offers USSR 23 Million Tons of Grain Purchase
President Reagan proposed to the Soviet Union a guaranteed purchase of up to 23 million metric tons of U.S. wheat and corn for the year beginning Oct 1, with delivery guarantees in November. Officials stressed uncertainty, while noting the long term grain pact requires Soviet buys of at least 6 million tons annually and possible 2 million more.
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President
U.S.S.R
Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
U.S
Carter
Afghanistan
United States
Agriculture Department
Vienna
Austria
Moscow
Soviets
John R. Black
Block
Escapees Nabbed at Mercer Roadblock After Jail Break
Two Mercer County Jail escapees Timothy L. Trimble and Fred A. Starling were captured at Falls Mills Road roadblock around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, limping and unarmed. A third escapee, David Wayne Sowers, remains at large. authorities pursue leads and warned he is extremely dangerous.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Falls Mills Road
Timothy L. Trimble
Charleston
Fred A. Starling
Bluefield
Starling
Trimble
Princeton Community Hospital
David Wayne Sowers
David W. Knight
Sowers
Virginia
Falls Mills
Death Claims John Drosick in McDowell County
John R. Drosick Jr., 49, superintendent of McDowell County schools, died Friday at University Hospital Morgantown after a two year illness. Born in Bishop, he was a son of Margie Zalesky Drosick and the late John R. Drosick. He held degrees from West Virginia University and the University of Pennsylvania, with further graduate work at several universities. He served as assistant and then superintendent of the McDowell County Board of Education and held roles with Rotary, Cancer Society, Gary city board, and the county library.
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John R. Drosick, Jr
Thorpe
McDowell County
University Hospital
Morgantown
Bishop
Margie Zalesky Drosick
Pochahontas
John R. Drosick
Bishop and Pochahontas
Gary High School
West Virginia University
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Colorado University
Marshall University
Virginia Polytechnical Institute
Duke University
Carnegie Tech
U.S. Steel Corporation
McDowell County Board of Education
Rotary Club
The
Cancer Society
Gary
Violence Flares For Third Day In Warsaw
In Nowa Huta Krakow suburb riot police used tear gas water cannon and flares against about 1 000 defiant protesters chanting Solidarity and the army is with us The three night violence followed the outlawing of Solidarity and the death of Bodgan Wlosik a worker shot during the protests Wlosik died after surgery and riots spread from Gdansk to Wroclaw Nowa Huta residents say the unrest reflects a young population hardened by years under communism.
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Poland
Nowa Huta
Solidarity
Krakow
St. Mary Queen of Poland
Independent Union
Soviet Bloc
Communist Party
Gdansk
Wroclaw
Bodgan Wlosik
Wlosik
Katowice
Nova Huta
Cards Take 2-1 Lead In World Series As McGee Powers Win
Willie McGee drove in four runs with two homers and a clutch ninth inning catch that robbed Gorman Thomas of a homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 to seize a two games to one series advantage. Joaquin Andujar won with a two hitter before leaving with an injury, Bruce Sutter earned the save, and McGee added a solo shot in the seventh.
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Milwaukee
Willie McGee
Gorman Thomas
St. Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee Brewers
Cardinal
Joaquin Andujar
Ted Simmons
Andujar
Jim Kaat
Doug Bair
Bruce Sutter
Sutter
Cecil Cooper
Brewers
McGee
Thomas
St. Louis
Ben Oglivie
Keith Hernandez
Pete Vuckovich
Cardinals
Vuckovich
Dave LaPoint
Moose Haas
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Fred Starling
Judge Frazier
Knight
Don Hare
P. E. Winston
Don Meadows
Lonnie Feury
Les Catron
Robert Baughman
S. FE. Pennington
W. A. Dean
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sheriff's Department
Meadows
Hare, Baughman
Winston
Pennington
Fred A. Starling Sr
Hare
Wriston
Annex
Carlotta Dillon
John Drosick
V.I. Lenin
Franciszek Macharski
Lenin Steel Works
Wlasik
Tass
Lubin
Woclaw
Showe
Nam
Clear Fork
Tazewell
Hurley
Beckley
Big Creek
Mt. View
Herndon
Patrick Henry
Twin Springs
Man Meadow Bridge
Mullens Sro
Gate City
Petree
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