Reagan to offer military cuts to gain MX support
President Reagan plans to tell the Senate Budget Committee he can trim 8 to 10 billion dollars from five year military spending to back the MX missile, while presenting a cheaper 100-missile Minuteman basing plan. The move aims to win MX votes and align with a bipartisan strategic forces commission report.
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Reagan
Washington Post
Washington
Congress
Senate
Administration
Budget Committee
House
MX Commission
White House
Commission
Judge keeps De Lorean bail at 5 million dollars
A Los Angeles judge refused to reduce John De Lorean’s 5 million dollar bail in a cocaine trafficking case despite defense pleas that the auto executive could be financially ruined. Prosecutors had asked to double bail citing undisclosed Swiss assets. The defense argued no secret funds exist and vowed he would appear in court.
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Los Angeles
John de Lorean
de Lorean
Switzerland
U.S
Robert Takasugi
James Walsh
DeLorean
United States
Howard Weitzman
Hussein refuses to represent Palestinians in peace talks
In Amman King Hussein will not negotiate for Palestinians in the Reagan peace plan framework. Arafat told Hussein he could not permit him to speak for the PLO. Arafat met with the PLO executive committee in Amman after a visit by Hussein. A hospital spokesman reported a patient in satisfactory condition after a hospital incident.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Israel
Reagan
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
Argentina marks Falklands invasion anniversary with mass
Argentina observed the first anniversary of the Falklands invasion with an outdoor mass for the fallen and a small military parade. A military chaplain urged renewed effort to reclaim the archipelago from Britain as Holy Saturday shifted the holiday by two days.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Falkland Islands
Britain
Anniversary rallies mark 15 years since King slaying
In Atlanta and other cities about 250 people gathered for civil rights anniversary events. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced a planned Washington march on August 27, the 20th anniversary of I have a dream. Coretta Scott King attended a wreath laying at King's tomb alongside leaders and relatives.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
King
C.T. Vivian
Atlanta Federal Building
Coretta Scott King
Memphis
Tenn
Anderson
Ind
Little Rock
Ark
James Earl Ray
Clayborn Temple
Lorraine Motel
Zimbabwe senator slain in Matabeleland shooting
Troops and police backed by helicopter gunships hunted gunmen in southern Matabeleland after a raid at dusk on Easter Sunday at the ranch of Sen. Paul Savage. The 70 year old senator his 20 year old daughter Colleen his wife and a visiting Briton were ordered to surrender and then shot. The intruders looted a large quantity of property before fleeing. Betty Savage identified as the senator's wife.
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Harare
Zimbabwe
Matabeleland
Paul Savage
Colleen
Betty
Racehorse Shergar Hoax Calls Spark Uproar in Ireland
An anonymous caller to Ireland's state radio twice claimed Shergar would be released today after a ransom allegedly paid on Saturday. The Aga Khan's team denied any payout and police consider the calls likely a hoax, with investigators citing an English accented voice.
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Dublin
Ireland
Shergar
Aga Khan
Federal court bans political hiring in northern Illinois
U.S. District Judge Nicholas Bua ruled that state and local governments in 18 northern Illinois counties including Chicago must post job openings and take further steps to end patronage in most hires. The Shakman ruling extends to the public sector, challenging Democratic machine influence. Attorney Michael Shakman praised the decision, calling it a death knell for patronage practices.
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Chicago
Democratic
Illinois
U.S
Nicholas Bua
Shakman
Michael Shakman
Second condor egg shows hole during incubation at San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo staff report a hole in the shell of a second California condor egg being incubated. The zoo previously saw Sisquoc the chick hatch in captivity on March 30 and be kept at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. A spokesman said eggwatch teams are encouraged by the second chick’s vigorous efforts to break out.
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San Diego
San Diego Zoo
Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Jeff Jouett
Reagan urges Brezhnev to join UN disarmament push
President Ronald Reagan said he would address a United Nations disarmament conference in New York in June and urged Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev to participate. The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, notes its long history and mailing details.
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Ronald Reagan
New York
Leonid Brezhnev
Vietnamese troops attack Sihanouk refugee camp near Thai border
Vietnamese forces push against resistance groups at O Smach camp on Cambodia's northern border. Thai air strikes reportedly hit Vietnamese units near Phnom Chat as up to 50,000 civilians flee across into Thailand. U N and relief officials report ongoing clashes and refugee flows.
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Washington Post
Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Phnom Chat
Thai Supreme Command
Phnom Pra
Khmer Rouge
Sihanouk
O Smach
Supreme Command
U.N
Final rally closes four day anti nuke protest in West Germany
In Frankfurt and other West German cities four days of Easter Week demonstrations against U S missile deployment ended with a carnival mood. Organizers claimed 450 000 attended the finale though officials questioned the figure. The protest included blockades of U S and German bases and drew participants by foot bike and wheelchairs.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
U.S
Melinda Fine
U.S.A
Uta Schulze-Lessel
Bonn
Washington
London cash vault raid could be Britain's largest heist
Armed men robbed the Security Express Ltd. vaults in London on Easter Monday, potentially the biggest cash theft in British history. Police report six attackers seized the guard, bound staff, and escaped with a sum exceeding 1 million pounds, with initial losses cited around 6 million pounds or more.
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London
Security Express Ltd
Press Association
Britain
Scotland Yard
Financial District
Cmdr
Frank Cater
Security Express
de la Rue Group
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