Reagan Sees Great Progress At Summit In Cancun
President Reagan hailed progress at the Cancun summit of 22 nations while opposing a new international bureaucracy to fight poverty. No concrete steps emerged, though food and agriculture topics dominated discussions on economic energy issues. He defended U S foreign aid levels and noted ongoing private enterprise emphasis amid debate over aid reductions.
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Cancun
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Reagan
United States
Crown Prince
Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Space Shuttle Columbia STS 2 Launch Delayed to November
Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly command and pilot the Space Shuttle Columbia on STS 2. The launch moved from October 9 to November 4 after repairs to a caustic nitrogen tetroxide fuel leak detected September 22 during fueling.
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Governor Road Bond Tour Aims for Mercer Welch Stops
West Virginia Governor John D. Rockefeller IV will campaign for the Roads for Jobs and Progress bond issue with nine stops in Mercer and McDowell Counties on Monday. He will speak at an 8 p.m. rally at the Mercer County Courthouse after a noon Bluefield Kiwanis Club luncheon. He plans further remarks at Bluewell and Montcalm High School while touring Route 52 improvements from Bluefield to Welch.
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Princeton
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John D. Rockefeller IV
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McDowell
Mercer County
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Mountain State
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Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Bluewell
Montcalm High School
Dodgers Edge Yankees to Narrow World Series Lead
Fernando Valenzuela battled inconsistency to win the rookie duel as Ron Cey hit a three run homer and the Dodgers beat the Yankees 5-4 to cut New York’s World Series lead to 2-1. Watson and Cerone homered for New York while Valenzuela allowed nine hits and walked seven.
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Mexico
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Rick Reuschel
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Cey
Dave Lopes
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Russell
Willie Randolph
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Steve Garvey
Watson
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Poland to Use Military Units to Halt Rioting
Poland announced the deployment of special military units across the nation to curb rioting and economic decline amid widespread strikes and protests. Government spokesman Jerzy Urban cited rising tension and the need to enforce law, while Solidarity pressed a one hour nationwide strike and urged locals to end wildcat protests.
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Katowice
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Country Commission
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Gdansk
Baltic
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Lech Walesa
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Trybuna Ludu
Zielona Gora
Zyrardow
Inflation Jump Hits 14.8 Percent in September
The Labor Department says the Consumer Price Index rose 1.2 percent in September bringing the annual inflation rate to 14.8 percent. Food, housing, and transportation led gains, with surprising rises in beef pork eggs and fresh fruit while gasoline increased for the first time since March. Real spendable earnings fell 1.9 percent for the month and are down 4.4 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
Thomas D. Thomson
San Francisco
Crocker National Bank
Edward Yardeni
E.F. Hutton & Co. Inc
Allen Sinai
Murray Weidenbaum
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Labor Department
Sinai
Weather Forecast Mostly sunny and cold today to Sunday
National Weather Service extended forecast covers Sunday night through Tuesday. Today remains mostly sunny with high in the 40s and cold conditions. Tonight east increases clouds with lows in the upper 20s to 30s. Sunday brings a cloudy day with a chance of rain and warmer highs in the 50s. Monday remains fair and cool. Tuesday clouds bring a chance of rain. Overnight lows range from the 20s to 30s in the mountains and the 40s elsewhere with mountain highs in the 50s and areas reaching 60s.
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Night to gain an hour as daylight standard time returns
Night owls gain 60 minutes as clocks are set back one hour from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday. Residents are urged to adjust before bed and enjoy the extra sleep.
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