Bomb disrupts Hirohito birthday as Tokyo braces for security
A bomb injures a man in a Hinokicho Park lavatory as leftists threaten to disrupt Emperor Hirohito's 85th birthday and the May Tokyo summit. Police mobilize 30,000 in a major security operation surrounding palace appearances and a Kokugikan ceremony.
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Hirohito
Japan
Hinokicho Park
Defense Ministry
Imperial Palace
U.S
Ronald Reagan
Empress Nagako
Michiko
Kokugikan Arena
Yasuhiro Nakasone
U S Threatens to Scrap ANZUS Pact Over NZ Nuclear Ship Ban
The United States warned Australia and New Zealand it will end the ANZUS defense commitment if New Zealand passes anti nuclear legislation barring nuclear armed or powered ships from entry. Washington says NZ breach would dissolve the 1951 pact and shift to a Australia U S arrangement.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
State Department
Bob Hawke
Reagan
Hawke
New
Zealand
San Francisco
Pacific
Labor Party
David Lange
Spymaster Walker details Whitworth recruitment in espionage case
In San Francisco court, John Walker recounts recruiting his ex Navy buddy Whitworth in a San Diego bar to sell classified Navy secrets. He cites monetary motives and says the plan included possible buyers like Jane's Fighting Ships and the Israelis.
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San Francisco
John Walker
Jerry Whitworth
San Diego
Walker
Whitworth
Soviet Union
Davis
Calif
Baltimore
Michael
Arthur
Norfolk
Navy
Soviets push for talks on troops and weapons in Europe
Soviet officials at the embassy urged the United States to revive arms control discussions by negotiating a plan to withdraw troops and tactical nuclear weapons from Europe to the Ural Mountains. Kislyak and Churkin framed Gorbachev’s April 18 proposal as a bold step to reduce NATO and Warsaw Pact forces with observer access, while Vienna talks proceed separately.
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United States
Atlantic
Ural
U.S
Sergey I. Kislyak
Vitaly I. Churkin
Mikhail Gorbachev
East Berlin
Gorbachev
Vienna
Europe
Ural Mountains
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Kislyak
FAA launches nationwide drive to recruit air traffic controllers
The FAA begins its largest recruitment push since 1981 to add 1,000 controllers and staff in two years. Ads run in 100 newspapers next month with college, broadcaster, and employment office outreach. In space news, Challenger remains are set for Dover burial with a flag draped casket plan and a military escort.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Delaware
Dover Air Force Base
Astronaut Corps
Dover
NASA
Gazette
Man with six DUIs haunted by death threats after 1979 crash
Terrence Duncan 27 of Hermantown Duluth says threats and guilt surround his six drunken driving convictions including a 1979 carelessness death of 9 year old Lynette Czapinski. He received a two year sentence at Northeast Regional Correction Center and sought treatment.
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Duluth, Minn
Terrence Duncan
Duncan
Lynette Sue Czapinski
Duluth
Hermantown
Duluth News-Tribune & Herald
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