France and U S to Send Weapons to Chad Over Libyan Raids
The United States and France agreed to supply anti aircraft arms to Chad after Libyan air raids. Washington will provide shoulder fired Redeye missiles to aid Chad's forces defending Habre's government against Libyan backed insurgents.
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France
U.S
Chad
Washington Post
Washington
United States
State Department
George Shultz
Conde
Hissene Habre
Pentagon
Libya
High tech war games boost U S troop training at Camp Pendleton
A 100 million system of lasers and computers powers the MILES training network at Camp Pendleton and Fort Irwin. Soldiers fire blank rounds while lasers register hits and near misses. Lasers stop only when ammo runs out, boosting realism and reducing cheating in simulated engagements.
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Los Angeles
California
Camp Pendleton
Fort Irwin
Jose Rovira
James Fetig
Women protest at Seneca Army Depot in Ny arms action
About 1,900 women at the Seneca Army Depot staged a nuclear weapons protest. Military police arrested over 200 after climbing the fence and tailbacked the drive. Camp organizers said the action aimed to block missiles and vowed to return. depot commander dismissed it as beyond free speech.
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Romulus
N.Y
Seneca Army Depot
Nancy Alach
John Wilson
Shultz and Baldrige urge easing oil and gas equipment exports
Washington moves to relax controls on oil and gas equipment to the Soviet Union in a joint option paper by Secretary Shultz and Secretary Baldrige. They propose either full decontrol or partial loosening including pipelayers, aiming to narrow the East-West gap and bolster support for a proposed Cabinet-level International Trade and Commerce Department. The plan seeks to offset industry pushback and protect U S interests amid shifting Eastern Europe trade discussions and a new grain agreement with the Soviets.
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New York Times Service
Washington
George Shultz
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Soviet Union
Congress
Department of International Trade and Commerce
Carter
Anatoly Shcharansky
Aleksandr Ginzburg
Afghanistan
Reagan
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Shultz-Baldrige
U.S
Moscow
Europe
Poland
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Ill
Lee Morgan
Business Roundtable
Greenspan Warns Governors of Slowdown in 1984 Economy
Economist Alan Greenspan told the National Governors Association that the 1984 recovery would slow dramatically due to budget deficits and high interest rates and urged a bipartisan domestic summit to cut deficits. He called the recovery vigorous but driven by largely interest insensitive demand and warned of political pain to resolve the issue. A letter led by Gov. Bob Kerrey, criticizing Vice President Bush on Central America and economic policy, gained support from several Democratic governors.
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Portland
Maine
Alan Greenspan
Greenspan
Ford
Bipartisan Commission
National Governors’ Association
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
George Bush
Kerrey
Bush
Central America
Rudy Perpich
Minnesota
Tony Earl
Wisconsin
Toney Anaya
New Mexico
Bill Clinton
Arkansas
Richard Lamm
Colorado
William Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
U S wage data shows earnings rise with inflation in 1983
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average weekly earnings for full time workers at 320 dollars in the second quarter, up 3.9 percent from a year earlier, keeping pace with inflation at 3.9 percent. About 62 million families are surveyed, while 12.7 million have no wage earners, up 0.5 million. Castro says he opposes a bloody Cuba spillover and seeks talks prompted by friends.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New envoy McFarlane opens Beirut talks amid Lebanon crisis
Robert McFarlane met three hours with Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Elie Salem and security adviser Wadid Haddad as Syria accused Washington of planning a new Middle East war. Discussion focused on pressuring Syria to withdraw troops alongside an Israeli pullout. In the Bekaa Valley clashes between PLO rebels and Arafat loyalists killed seven and wounded nine.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Robert McFarlane
Reagan
Middle East
Syria
McFarlane
Elie Salem
Amin Gemayel
Wadid Haddad
Bekaa Valley
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Honduran President Admitted to Hospital With Heart Ailment
President Roberto Suazo Cordova of Honduras was hospitalized in Comayagua with a serious heart ailment, doctors saying he could not be moved to Tegucigalpa. He has chronic heart trouble and had prior tests in Houston, most recently on July 5.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Comayagua
Suazo Cordova
Houston
Texas
Soviet Siberia energy project under fire
Pravda blasts planning and inefficiency costing the USSR hundreds of millions on Siberia energy development. The article, by economist A. Aganbegyan, criticizes ministries in steel, transport, coal and energy for failing to buy quality equipment, build roads, and waste funds amid broader economic openness under Yuri Andropov.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Siberia
Pravda
Yuri Andropov
Communist Party
A. Aganbegyan
Worker charged in double slayings at nursing home
Philadelphia police arrest 24 year old kitchen worker Anthony Joyner for the July 19 deaths of Mildred Alston and Eugenia Borda at the Kearsley Home of Christ Church Hospital. Joyner faces two counts each of murder rape and burglary. evidence not disclosed.
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Philadelphia
Anthony Joyner
West Philadelphia
Mildred Alston
Eugenia Borda
Kearsley
Christ Church Hospital
Joyner
McGovern Says Castro Seeks U S Talks on Central America
Former senator George McGovern, after a four day Cuba visit, reports Fidel Castro showed a new urgency and willingness to open talks with the United States on Central American issues. Castro stressed his strong desire to meet for negotiations on topics both sides would discuss.
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Central America
McGovern
Castro
Cuba
Washington
George McGovern
Fidel Castro
United States
Suspect Kevin Cooper in San Bernardino arraignment delay
Kevin Cooper, 25, the prison escapee wanted in a hatchet killings case, sat in a lineup room at the San Bernardino County Jail as a judge postponed arraignment to August 12 to allow defense objections. Police say an alleged sailboat rape led to his capture.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Kevin Cooper
San Bernardino County
Phil Schuyler
Santa Barbara
Cooper
Building Spending Rises in June Amid Recovery Signals
U S building spending climbs 2.6 percent in June, the third straight gain led by home building. Commerce Department data show broadening recovery, though undersecretary Robert Dederick warns higher interest rates threaten long term gains.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Robert Dederick
Department
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