Chad Government Halts Libyan Push Near Faya Largeau
Chad's Soumaila Mahamat said government forces pulled back to a defensive line from Salal to Biltine after losing Faya Largeau to Goukouni Oueddei's forces backed by Libya. France ordered a 500-man paratroop detachment to Salal and additional defenses near Ati as Libyan aid continued. An African summit in Brazzaville looked for Chad war compromise amid widening regional involvement.
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Soumaila Mahamat
Biltine
Faya- Largeau
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Habre
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Pope appeals for solidarity as he visits France
Pope John Paul II met with President Mitterrand in Tarbes and spoke in Lourdes urging unity with Warsaw and calling for Aug 31 protests. He addressed thousands at the shrine, prayed at the grotto, and highlighted alleged Marian apparitions while Catholic commissions review alleged cures.
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Warsaw
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Virgin Mary
Mary
Jesus
Bernadette Soubirous
Catholic Church
Reagan and Mexico Leaders Exchange Warm Climate Message
President Reagan and Mexican President de la Madrid described their talks as productive and cordial. They stressed resolving hemispheric issues through reason and democracy, while addressing narcotics control water sharing and Central American policy amid U S pressure on Nicaragua and support for El Salvador.
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la Paz
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de la Madrid
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Central America
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Weather Forecast and Storm Briefs Across the Nation
Extended outlook calls for fair warm days from Wednesday to Friday with highs in the 80s and 90s and lows in the 60s. National extremes include 36 at Old Forge New York and 110 at Palm Springs California. Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms impacted the South and Plains with damage in Park City Montana and Lake Charles Louisiana.
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Burnett Convicted in Texas Slayings After Prolonged Deliberations
Linda May Burnett, 35, was found guilty of capital murder in the 1978 killings of Martha Phillips and four relatives, after jurors repeatedly reported a deadlock and Judge Larry Gist ordered continued deliberations. The case tied to Joe Dugas, who led police to the bodies. Dugas was later killed escaping death row.
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Jason
Elmer Phillips
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Winnie
Texas
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Dugas
Western Electric workers join phone strike
About 40,000 Western Electric manufacturing workers joined the strike against AT&T as bargaining stalled into a second week. IBEW said over 80 percent rejected the company's offer, with daily picket lines forming at plants while other unions in the industry were already on strike.
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Associated Press
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Tom Hickman
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At&t
Communications Workers of America
Telecommunications International Union
Western Electric Manufacturing
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Georgians object to paraquat spraying in county
White County Commission chair warned Sunday he will impound federal vehicles if they are used again for paraquat spraying on marijuana crops in the county SAUTEE Georgia. The confrontation centers on federal herbicide operations and local authority.
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Sautee
White County Commission
Man charged with robbery in Iowa City
Robert Craig Jones 37 of Hilltop Trailer Court Iowa City was arrested 1 45 p m Sunday in front of Randall s Mini Priced Foods at Sycamore Mall and charged with first degree robbery and carrying a concealed weapon Police said Jones threatened the store assistant manager with a knife and fled without paying for beer He was held in Johnson County Jail awaiting arraignment. Lanier Chambers at a meeting of 500 area residents opposed to spraying accused officials of violating a 1980 agreement over drug control The meeting at Nacoochee Presbyterian Church followed the DEA spraying Friday on marijuana patches near Helen Paraquat can cause serious respiratory harm and death If ingested The DEA says sprayed plants will be burned after they die Ed Jenkins urged suspension of paraquat spraying in his Georgia district
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Robert Craig Jones
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Sycamore Mall
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Chambers
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Nacoochee Presbyterian Church
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