Regime derides Walesa as Yankee of Gdansk under sanctions
In Warsaw, Communist authorities barred seven U S congressmen from meeting Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and denounced him as the Yankee of Gdansk for backing American sanctions. Rep Clarence Long said Jaruzelski urged lifting those sanctions during a 24 hour meeting, as Solidarity calls for support actions and work stoppages amid ongoing economic hardship.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.S
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Gdansk
Walesa
Communist Party
Trybuna Ludu
Clarence Long
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Long
Jaruzelski
Boy Denies Letters Replies and Returns to Soviet Union
Andrei Berezhkov the 16 year old son of a Soviet diplomat denied writing President Reagan asking to stay in the United States. He and his parents flew home with U S government concurrence after brief media sessions at the Soviet Embassy and Dulles Airport. He said he wanted to go home and not stay in the United States and that no pressure was applied.
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Washington
Andrei Berezhkov
Reagan
United States
U.S
Dulles International
Dulles
Richard Burt
Elliott Abrams
Paris
Soviet Union
State Department
Valentin Berezhkov
Bethesda
New York Times
Andy” Berezhkov
Berezhkov
Andy
Andrei
Dulles International Airport
Taxes Take Bigger Share Of Income In 1970s
Census Bureau study shows income and property taxes rose from 20 percent to 23 percent of after tax income between 1974 and 1980. The report notes after tax income per household fell from 17 527 to 16 272 in 1980, while per capita after tax income stayed near 5 964.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Gordon Green
Green
Conviction in slave labor camps case shocks Florida and North Carolina
A federal jury convicted four men Willie Warren and relatives and Michael Moore of enslaving migrant workers lured to labor camps in Florida and North Carolina between 1979 and 1980. Six workers testified of deception and intimidation to keep them at camps. A Tennessee fugitive and a female lawyer accused of aiding an escape were ordered returned to face charges.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
North Carolina
Willie Warren
Willie Jr
Richard
Michael Moore
U.S
Robert Merkle
Loughman
Orlando
Tennessee
Western Union
William Timothy Kirk
Mary Pentecost Evans
Ten Die When Plane Hits Mountain Near Grand Canyon
A sightseeing flight from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon crashed into a canyon wall amid Thunderstorms. All 10 aboard perished including pilot Wallace S. Gustafson Jr. The wreckage was found in a remote canyon area as recovery teams prepared to retrieve bodies. Names of passengers not released pending kin notifications.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Grand Canyon
Dave Donohue Jr
Las Vegas Airlines
Wallace S. Gustafson Jr
Air Force
Time out in talks stalls AT&T bargaining progress
Negotiators for American Telephone & Telegraph and striking unions paused on Thursday to reassess their positions amid very heavy bargaining. A two day pattern of optimism was interrupted as the sides did not meet as scheduled, with a spokesman indicating continued talks would resume.
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Washington (Ap
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Time Out
Oklahoma House Leaders Convicted on Vote Fraud Charges
A federal jury in Muskogee found Oklahoma House Speaker Dan Draper guilty on all 11 counts and Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon guilty on 9 of 10 counts. Prosecutors alleged they manipulated absentee ballots to aid Draper's father in an.Adair County election bid.
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Muskogee
Okla
House
Dan Draper
Joe Fitzgibbon
Draper
Fitzgibbon
Adair County
Rockets Hit Israeli Camp in Lebanon Toll Rises
Guerrillas fired Katyusha rockets at an Israeli supply camp near Marjayoun and a U.N. position in Southern Lebanon. One Israeli soldier was killed and three wounded, raising total Israeli deaths to 517 with 2,943 wounded since the 14 month invasion. A Katyusha struck the main supply camp and another exploded near a Norwegian U.N. position, causing no further casualties.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Tel Aviv
Marjayoun
Israel
Timur Goksel
Nicaraguan Troops Battle Rebels in Jinotega Province
Military source says 140 insurgents and 60 government soldiers dead after two weeks of clashes with rebels from Honduras in Jinotega. Fighting centered on Wiwili, San Jose de Bocay, and San Rafael del Norte about 100 miles north of Managua.
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Nicaragua
Honduras
Jinotega
Wiwili
San Jose de Bocay
San Rafael del Norte
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