Peru seeks regional plan for Cuban evacuation from Havana embassy
Peru calls emergency meeting with Andean Pact foreign ministers from Colombia Venezuela Ecuador Bolivia and Peru to draft an evacuation plan for about 10 000 Cubans who swarmed the Peruvian Embassy in Havana after Fidel Castro withdrew police protection. The talks aim to address refugee flows and safe passage issues amid Cuba’s offer of exit visas.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Havana
Fidel Castro
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Bolivia
U.S. Interest Section
Sadat and Carter begin talks on Arab self rule
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat met President Carter at the White House to discuss Palestinian autonomy and the scope of Arab self rule in Israeli held territories. They planned to present any agreement to Israeli Prime Minister Begin with a May 26 target for settlement and possible three way talks if needed.
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Carter
Washington
Anwar Sadat
White House
Oval Office
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza
Menachem Begin
U.S
Begin
Camp David
Egypt
Andrews Air Force Base
National Press Building
FCC frees phone firms to offer data services and computer products
The FCC on a 5-2 vote deregulates the telephone equipment market effective March 1 1982. AT T and GTE gain freedom to compete with IBM Xerox in data processing and other computer services via independent subsidiaries. Consumers face separate bills for lines and equipment.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
American Telephone & Telegraph
General Telephone & Electronics
At&t
IBM
Bell
Bell System
Xerox Corp
Highspeed
GTE
Excommunication upheld of feminist Sonia Johnson
A church court in Salt Lake City upholds the excommunication of Sonia Johnson, who campaigned against the LDS Church stance on the Equal Rights Amendment. Johnson says the high council met last month without her knowledge and plans to appeal to the First Presidency after the World Conference.
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Salt Lake City
Sonia Johnson
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
High Council
New York unions fined one million as transit strike lingers
In Brooklyn courtroom Justice Monteleone fined TWU Local 100 five hundred thousand dollars and the parent union two hundred fifty thousand, and ATU International along with locals one hundred fifty thousand total as the eighth day of the bus and subway shutdown continued. Mayor Koch urged restraint while traffic incidents raised concerns.
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New York
Manhattan
John A. Monteleone
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Transport Workers Union
TWU
ATU International
Edward Koch
Hostage released from Dominican embassy reports treat of U S ambassador
Albert Byfield says U S Ambassador Diego Asencio, held 42 days, is well in the Dominican Republic Embassy release. He notes Asencio’s family sends food and shares it with others. The trio freed April Easter Sunday includes Byfield among others.
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Bogota
Colombia
Dominican Republic
U.S
Diego Asencio
Albert Byfield
Jamaica
Byfield
Vatican denies illness report about Pope John Paul II
The Vatican rejected a six page magazine report claiming Pope John Paul II has mononucleosis and requires periodic blood transfusions. Deputy press officer Rev. Pier franco Pastore called the piece fantasy and criticized sensationalist media.
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Vatican City
Vatican Today
John Paul II
Pierfranco Pastore
Vatican
L’europee
Two charged in Peoples Temple tragedy sentenced in Georgetown
In Georgetown Guyana one of two defendants linked to the Peoples Temple disaster was sentenced to five years hard labor for attempted murder of a 9 year old. The court heard the case as authorities pursued justice for victims of the incident.
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Charles Edward Berkman
Jonestown
Berkman
Sharon Amos
Jim Jones
Peoples Temple
Georgetown
Guyana
Radiation found in test wells near Three Mile Island
Traces of cobalt and tritium appeared in wells around the damaged Three Mile Island reactor base. Officials say downstream Susquehanna River shows no abnormal radiation. A leak from Unit 2 containment is not ruled out, but a storage tank near idle Unit 1 is considered a more likely source.
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Harrisburg
Three Mile Island
Susquehanna River
Unit
Reagan wins in Oklahoma as candidates discuss Iran stance
United Press International reports Reagan dominating Oklahoma caucus sentiment with about 87 percent of the vote at precinct meetings and securing at least 30 of 34 delegates. Anderson contemplates an independent bid, while Bush declines a Reagan vice presidential slot amid a broader Iran policy debate. Reagan also tours North Carolina where he weighs Olympic boycott politics and athlete impact.
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John Anderson
Reagan
Edward Kennedy
Anderson
U.N
George Bush
Bush
Carter
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Oklahoma
GOP
North Carolina
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