MX commission backs 100 MX missiles in reinforced silos
The Reagan era panel recommends basing 100 MX missiles in strengthened silos, while urging continued research into mobile or static small missiles and other basing schemes. Officials say Congress may resist a permanent basing plan despite the compromise.
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Special Commission
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Congress
Bipartisan Commission On Strategic Forces
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Moynihan seeks inquiry into CIA Nicaragua role
Senator Moynihan urged a formal inquiry and testimony under oath on CIA support for efforts to overthrow Nicaragua's government. He named Weinberger and Shultz as possible witnesses and warned that officials may not have been fully candid in briefings to the intelligence panel. The probe ties to U.S. covert activity in Central America amid Sandinista claims and Reagan administration denials.
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Administration
Moynihan
New York
U.S
Defense
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el Salvador
Salvadoran army battalion hit in Morazan losses rise
Military sources say at least 23 soldiers killed this week in an attack by leftist guerrillas on the Ramon Belloso battalion in Morazan province. The elite U.S. trained unit suffered a major setback amid ongoing fighting and reports of limited air support during Holy Week. Colonel Miguel Mendez and other senior Morazan officers were on leave.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Morazan
Ramon Belloso
Jose Guillermo Garcia
United States
Col
Miguel Mendez
Mystery professor held seven patents including credit card device
Harrisburg authorities say Paul Crafton a professor with 34 identities and 70 charge cards patented seven inventions, notably a personal authority verification system to limit computer use to verified card holders. He faces 27 counts of theft by deception forgery and tampering tied to dual teaching jobs at Shippensburg and Millersville.
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Paul Crafton
U.S. Patent Office
Crafton
Patent Office
Crafton's
Lancaster County
L. Buckwalter
Shippensburg
Millersville
Judge halts additional punishment for Fleming over Groucho case
In Santa Monica California a judge refused to increase damages against Erin Fleming noting her positive influence on Groucho Marx. Fleming already owes $471 000 to the bank handling Marx's estate and the court found no fraud in her acquisition of two houses a half interest in Groucho Marx Productions Inc and stocks and bonds valued above $100 000.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Erin Fleming
Groucho Marx
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Groucho Marx Productions Inc
Challenger Launch Countdown Advances at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral reports a flawless countdown as Challenger preparations proceed for the Monday liftoff. Weather outlook deemed good. payload bay checks completed and cargo doors secured with food medical supplies loaded.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
al O'Hara
Popayan Quake Toll Grows as City Mourns Victims
In Popayan many mourners buried loved ones after the Thursday earthquake that devastated the Andean city. Emergency officials counted 194 identified bodies by Friday with 700 injured in hospital and clinics crowded beyond capacity. U.S. aid arrived including tents and 25 tons of emergency supplies as aftershocks unsettled residents.
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Popayan
Colombia
Amalia de Salazar
Buitrago
Cali
U.S
Thomas Boyatt
Pope Leads Simple Good Friday Ceremonies Across Two Continents
Thousands of Christians walked the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem as Pope John Paul II knelt to kiss a wooden cross in St. Peter's Basilica. Security tightened with fewer armed escorts, while Protestants held service at the Garden Tomb.
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Associated Press
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Via Dolorosa
John Paul II
St. Peter's Basilica
Jesus
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Middle East
Rome
St. Peter’s
Colosseum
Easter bomb and murder campaign warned in Ireland
Police in Belfast said intelligence links the Irish Republican Army and the Irish National Liberation Army to planned attacks over the Easter period. Authorities urged the province's Protestant and Catholic communities to stay vigilant as security forces take precautions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Irish Republican Army
Irish National Liberation Army
Pravda Rejects Reagan Interim Nuclear Ceiling Plan
Pravda denounces President Reagan's proposal for a Europe based interim ceiling on U S and Soviet medium range missiles as propagandistic and not new. The Moscow paper stops short of formal rejection while signaling a lukewarm official reception ahead of a news conference by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
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Reagan
U.S
Europe
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Communist Party
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vietnamese Troops Allegedly Cross Border Into Thailand
Bangkok reports say about 500 Vietnamese troops crossed into Thailand twice on Friday but were repelled by Thai forces. The Foreign Ministry claims fighting continues, Vietnamese casualties include at least 200 Cambodian refugees killed, hundreds wounded, and 30,000 displaced since a Khmer Rouge camp seizure, though reporters cite no clear crossing and lower refugee tolls.
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