Andropov says Reagan shows no interest in arms limits
Yuri Andropov in a Der Spiegel interview accuses the Reagan administration of blocking progress at Geneva talks to curb medium range weapons in Europe. He says US proposals are unrealistic and that Washington aims to disarm the USSR while rearming NATO. He also comments on France’s expulsion of Soviet diplomats and Afghanistan troop withdrawal, noting a fondness for classical music.
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Mass bankruptcy in Newark crowds federal courtroom
About 450 factory workers and small businessmen filed for mass bankruptcy in a Newark federal hearing. Groups of over 100 waited for final hearings while officials called it the largest such proceeding in New Jersey to clear a court backlog.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Interior inaction undercuts strip-mining penalties
Interior Department faces criticism for near absence of criminal actions against strip-mining violators and for failing to collect millions in civil penalties. Vincent A. Laubach, terminated after pushing for tougher enforcement, says officials blocked prosecutions and civil actions even in clear fraud cases.
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Office of Surface Mining
Garment Workers Rally To Limit Foreign Apparel Imports
Unemployed garment workers sold apples in a somber scene in New York as rallies spread to Philadelphia Chicago and Newark. ILGWU staged a fashion show with 1 000 attendees and called for federal action to curb foreign made clothing citing 315 000 potential jobs.
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Philadelphia
Chicago
Newark
United States
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Dallas lead cleanup costs tied to city contamination
Dallas officials say two smelter firms RSR Corp and Dixie Metals Co must cover about 262000 to clean lead from schools parks and day care centers. The Housing Authority urged relocations for up to 400 families from a nearby project while the firms agreed in principle to cooperate.
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Dallas
City Health and Human Services Department
Callie Struggs
RSR Corp
Dixie Metals Co
Gains by women and blacks in U.S. labor market
A Census Bureau report shows a turbulent decade as women entered high paying roles and labor force participation rose from 30.3 to 44.5 million while men also grew. Black workers increased in numbers yet remained underrepresented in top earners, with notable gains in law, psychology, and engineering.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Nationalist air force major defects to mainland China
Maj. Li Ta-wei, 33, leader of an observation squadron, allegedly flew his U 6a reconnaissance plane from Hualien Taiwan to a coast field in Fujian Province. Radio Peking says the defection denounced Taiwan’s ruling regime as corrupt. Initial indications say arms found were Soviet and American manufactured and labeled medical supplies for Nicaragua.
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Nationalist Army Air Corps
Hualien
Fujian
Soviet Union
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Nicaragua
China Vietnam border clashes claim new Vietnamese dead
Chinese frontier guards killed 17 more Vietnamese troops along the China Vietnam border, raising the week toll to 37. Xinhua reported and TV footage showed battle scenes including damaged houses artillery in action and wounded civilians. A 19 year old girl recounted shelling killing three in a Yunnan village market last Sunday.
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China-Vietnam
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Libyan jet weapons unloaded in Manaus briefing
Surrounded by armed soldiers air force technicians began unloading weapons and explosives from three Soviet built Libyan jets as a presidential spokesman described the operation in Manaus. In Brasilia the air force handled related details.
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