Salvadoran rebel leader Cayetano Carpio dies by own action
Salvador Cayetano Carpio, a senior guerrilla commander in El Salvador, died in Managua last week. The Popular Liberation Forces and the Nicaraguan government cited suicide after learning a trusted aide killed Melida Anaya Montes, a fellow faction leader. The event unsettles El Salvador politics and could shift influence toward negotiators like Shafik Handal while signaling internal rifts.
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Presser Elected Teamsters Chief Vows Image Makeover
Ohio Teamsters leader Jackie Presser was elected president by the General Executive Board after Roy Williams resigned amid bribery conspiracy charges. Presser pledged an open administration and immediate efforts to repair the union's public image, while acknowledging past federal probes. Williams, the third Teamsters president jailed in this era, left under court orders.
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Ohio Teamsters
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Presser
Roy Williams
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Ohio Conference of Teamsters
Teamsters
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Jimmy Hoffa
American Labor Movement
Cleveland
Baker’s
Major suit targets 31 defendants over Stringfellow acid pits
U.S. and state officials sue 31 defendants including major corporations to force cleanup of the Stringfellow acid pits in Riverside County. The filing warns of a serious threat to drinking water and seeks a court order holding polluters liable for all past and future cleanup costs.
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Los Angeles
Riversideounty
U.S
Carol E. Dinkins
Justice Department
Land and Natural Resources Division
Washington
U.S. District Court
Not Worth It Says Artificial Heart Patient Dad Went In For Science
Dr Stephen Kent Clark says the operation did not extend his father Barney Clark’s life or improve his quality of life. He notes the patient joined the procedure with eyes open to contribute to medical research and believed the artificial heart might not work for him.
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Chicago
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Stephen Kent Clark
American Medical News
American Medical Association
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New Jersey Girl Identified in Staten Island Case
The victim Maria Ciallella, 17, of Brick Township, disappeared on Halloween 1981 and was identified Thursday as one of two bodies found near a Staten Island home. Monmouth County Prosecutor Alexander Lehrer will seek a murder indictment against Richard Biegenwald, 42, of Asbury Park, who is jailed in a Camden murder case and was paroled in 1975 after 18 years for killing a Bayonne prosecutor in 1958.
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The Gazette Establishment and Subscription Rates
The Gazette was established in 1883 by The Gazette Company and is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second Class postage is paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription options include Carrier 1.95 per week and Mail Morning Editions and Sunday 9 issues 9.20 for 4 weeks or 95.00 for 52 weeks, with regional rates at 125.00 for 52 weeks and no mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas. The Associated Press has exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Glenn enters presidential race in small Ohio town
In John Glenn High School auditorium Glenn announces his Democratic bid for president vowing to freeze nuclear weapons, repeal future tax cuts, and return to simple values. The 61 year old former astronaut trails Mondale in some polls but leads Reagan matchup potential.
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John Glenn
Glenn
White House
Walter Mondale
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Mondale
Reagan
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U.S
Joint Chiefs support Reagan MX plan after shift
The Joint Chiefs of Staff backed President Reagan's MX missile plan, stating unanimous support while noting politics influenced the decision. Gen. John Vessey cited reconsideration of politics and technical doubts, with Sen. Kennedy pressed on political factors. Gen. Charles Gabriel said the dense pack option is not viable now.
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Army
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Joint Chiefs
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Sen
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Vessey
Charles Gabriel
Air Force
Shultz Promises Small Army If Congress Backs Embassy Security
Secretary of State George Shultz testified before a Senate panel that Congress would fund a "small army" to protect U S diplomatic missions abroad if needed. He urged extra security measures after the Beirut embassy bombing that raised the death toll to 52, including 17 Americans.
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Washington
George Shultz
Congress
U.S
Shultz
Senate
Beirut
State Department
Nine indicted in Greensboro anti-Klan rally case
A federal grand jury charged six Ku Klux Klan members and three American Nazi Party members with conspiring to disrupt the 1979 Greensboro anti-Klan demonstration in which five Communist Workers Party members were shot to death. Virgil Griffin led Klan activities. gunfire killed five demonstrators and injured others.
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N.C
Justice Department
Virgil L. Griffin
Mount Holly
North Carolina
The
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Klan
Feder
Communist Workers Party
Greensboro
China says frontier guards kill 16 Vietnamese infiltrators
The Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday that Chinese frontier guards killed 16 Vietnamese infiltrators in two clashes. Li Xiannian warned Hanoi it would face worse consequences if it continued its actions, saying the nation was “playing with fire.” The incidents followed China’s claimed 1981 raid in which it said 400 attackers were killed.
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