FBI chief says Soviets did not dominate nuclear freeze movement
FBI Director William Webster on CBS News says Soviet intelligence attempted to influence the U S nuclear freeze drive but did not dominate mainline organizations. He notes 30 to 40 percent of about 3 000 Soviet allied diplomats in the U S are or have been espionage risks and urges more funding for surveillance.
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New York
United States
FBI
William Webster
Webster
CBS News
Soviet Union
Friedan Wins Cambridge Debate on Women’s Liberation
Betty Friedan endured sexists jokes at the Cambridge Union Society then won her debate on whether women’s liberation benefits men and society. A clerical error initially reversed the tally. she learned of the victory days later. She said feminism frees women and also liberates men, praising the American campus contrast.
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London
Cambridge Union Society
Betty Friedan
Mrs. Friedan
Ater
Queen Noor Gives Birth to Princess Iman in Amman
In Amman the Royal Palace says Queen Noor, 32, has delivered a daughter named Iman. King Hussein, 48, now has five sons and six daughters with eight children from his prior marriages and one adopted daughter from 1973. The new princess is the king’s 11th child and meaning of faith.
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Amman
Jordan
Noor
Hussein
Iman
Royal
Liza Najeeb Halaby
Pan Am
Najeeb Halaby
Faith
Teen seeks $10 million in sex assault suit in New Jersey
A teenage girl plans to file a $10 million civil suit against two men convicted of sexual assault. Principal defendant Joseph A. Giorgianni, now 370 pounds, is serving 15 years for carnal abuse and debauching a minor at Jo Jo's Steakhouse. The attack occurred in 1978 when the victim was 14.
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Trenton
N.J
Joseph A
Jo-Jo"' Giorgianni
Leesburg State
Jo-Jo's
Pershing 2 test hits target at White Sands range
A ninth Pershing 2 missile launch at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico achieved all test objectives and accuracy. The fixed land target was struck nine minutes after launch under clear skies after a two day postponement, part of an 18 flight engineering development program.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Central America's battles move toward Congress gains in aid clash
Washington AP reports two House delegations flew to Central America as Reagan pushes for 60 million in El Salvador aid and CIA activity debate. Kirkpatrick said Congress will back Reagan foreign policy. Dodd seeks closed session on Nicaragua policy. debates over aid, legality, and howitzers versus reform shape a tense Capitol clash.
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House
Central America
Reagan
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
U.S
United Nations
Congress
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Senate
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Iowa
Jim Leach
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Clarence Long
D-Md
House Intelligence Committee
Honduras
G. William Whitehurst
R-Va
Norman Mineta
D-Calif
C.W. Young
Rfla
Bob Stump
R-Ariz
Dave McCurdy
D-Okla
Caterpillar plants near Peoria reopen after lengthy strike
Peoria marks end of a 205 day UAW strike as Caterpillar plants resume operations. More than 12,000 workers return to late shifts with 8,000 starting next day. Mayor says history may view the strike as foolish while workers praise relief and higher pay through quarterly COLAs and a new profit-sharing plan.
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Peoria, Ill
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Caterpillar
G. Dean Wilson Jr
United Auto Workers Union
Richard Carver
Carver
Jim O’connor
UAW
Colorado
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
UAW International Vice
James K. Ward
Komatsu
Japan
Vietnamese survivor recalls two days adrift after shipwreck
An 18 year old Vietnamese boy, Phan Cong Trang, said he clung to a plastic water jug for two days after a wave as big as a house sank his 22 foot boat, drowning 12 companions. He was rescued off the Vietnam coast on April 20 and had fled Vietnam to avoid fighting. Vietnam denied Sunday claims that its forces were involved in the fighting.
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Mass
Timothy Leary
Harvard
Leary
Richard Alpert
Alpert
Memorial Hall
Nathan M. Pusey
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William James
Manila
Philippines
South China Sea
Phan Cong Trang
Vietnam
Trang
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NBC
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Kirkpatrick
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