Chilean civilians seek end to Pinochet rule through peaceful pressure
Civic leaders representing nearly 3 million Chileans organized a broad nonviolent disobedience campaign to paralyze the country and force a return to democracy. They issued a 50 point petition demanding university reforms, industry bargaining, higher public spending, and relief from unemployment and housing shortages.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Assembly
Juan Luis Gonzalez
Pinochet
Infant Receives Heart Transplant At Loma Linda
A 15 month old infant identified as Baby James remained in critical condition after receiving a heart transplant at Loma Linda University Medical Center. The donor was a 15 month old girl brain dead after accidental Thorazine ingestion. the father involved in the case was cleared of abuse allegations.
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Loma Linda
Calif
Baby James
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Dick Schaefer
Schaefer
Gwen Young
California Medical Center
Los Angeles
Acro Cats Amaze Crowds At Chicago Pet Store
Four trained felines perform hoops somersaults and bowling at Animal Kingdom in Chicago. Bernie Hoffman, former circus ringmaster, and Steve Maciontek describe hour long daily training and beef flavored cat food as lure. Crowds express wish their own cats could do the tricks.
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Chicago
Bernie Hoffman
Animal Kingdom
Steve Maciontek
Blackie
Maciontek
Callie
Catchatori
Sandy
Reagan Backs Aquino After Marcos Phone Call
President Reagan gently rejected Ferdinand Marcos’s claim to the presidency and voiced support for Corazon Aquino during a brief, nonpublic phone exchange. Marcos’s wife Imelda wept, and Mrs. Marcos criticized media portrayal of the couple amid reports of wealth.
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Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Manila
Rizal Park
Honolulu
Reagan
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
White House
Far East
Indonesia
Tokyo
Imelda
Nancy
Malacanang Palace
Tragedy at Beirut Militia Checkpoint
In west Beirut a Lebanese woman Soha Toukan 30 was killed by machine gun fire after attempting to turn away from a militia checkpoint. Richard Robert 37 a French teacher was wounded in the back and thigh. Police say she feared kidnapping by the gunmen.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Richard Robert
West
Soha Toukan
American University of Beirut
Irish Republican Army
Seamus McElwaine
Belfast
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