Japan vows stronger defense ties with the West
Japan's cabinet issued the annual defense white paper urging stronger armed forces and increased cooperation with the West to deter Soviet power in the Far East. The document notes Soviet deployments of Backfire bombers and SS-20 missiles, while opposition parties decry the move as bowing to U.S. pressure and risking an arms race.
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Tokyo
Japan
West
U.S
Far East
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Soviet Union
Japanese Defense Agency
Haruo Natsume
Natsume
Japan National Press Club
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Pentagon
Hokkaido
Japan Socialist Party
Nakasone
Reagan
JSP
Kyodo
Socialist Party
Japan Communist Party
Washington
Teens lured into international sex ring tied to Hollywood hopes
Police say two teens were recruited by Allan Licht and John Michael Lewis into an international vice ring with clients possibly including Canadian Parliament members. The 11 month probe uncovered an inch thick list of customers and acts at Lewis’s Vancouver home. Licht was arrested in Los Angeles. Lewis in Vancouver. Additional arrests expected.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Allan Licht
John Michael Lewis
Vancouver
B.C
Lewis
Bellingham
Wash
Ralph Bennett
Lewis’ Vancouver
Michael D. Brambles
Canada
Fotomat
Polish bishops and Walesa push to restore 1980 Gdansk pact
Poland's bishops at Jasna Gora call for restoring the August 1980 agreement that allowed free trade unions and oppose martial law restrictions. Lech Walesa, from Gdansk, urges full realization of the Gdansk agreement including Solidarity and plans to lay flowers at a Solidarity monument outside the Lenin Shipyard. State Department says US and USSR will renew talks on a cultural exchange and on opening consulates in New York and Kiev, with negotiations set for Moscow in about a month.
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Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Jasna Gora
Walesa
Gdansk
Lenin Shipyard
Soviet Union
State Department
New York
Kiev
United States
Afghanistan
Moscow
Gazette Wire Services
Navy officer urged to face court martial over affair
Cmdr. James Rogers recommended a court martial for Cmdr. Gerald M. Vanderwier, accused of a homosexual relationship with a crewman aboard USS McDonnell. Vanderwier, relieved of duty in June, commanded the frigate based in Mayport, Florida. The recommendation was sent to Vice Adm. Edward Briggs after a two day hearing.
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Gerald M. Vanderwier
McDonnell
Mayport
Fla
Vanderwier
James Rogers
Atlantic
Adm
Edward Briggs
Rogers
Dale Smith
Norfolk
U S Embassy Probes Reported Refugee Aid Diversion
The United States Embassy in San Salvador said it is investigating claims that aid funds intended to feed war refugees were diverted by the Salvadoran army to feed soldiers. A military source cited logistics problems as a possible reason in eastern San Vicente province.
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San Salvador
Salvador
U.S
San Vicente
Talks to reopen Washington diplomacy stalls
Talks to reopen Washington diplomacy stall as officials seek common ground on key issues. Negotiators from the United States and partner nations pursue arrangements to restore channels, with a focus on security and economic cooperation amid continuing tensions.
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Washington
United States
Philippine Major General briefs press on Aquino assassination probe
Philippine Maj. Gen. Prosper Olivas who heads the military inquiry says investigators are considering a variety of motives to find who gains most from Benigno Aquino's death. He notes only blind leads after the gunman was shot down seconds after the assassination at Manila airport.
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Philippine
Prosper Olivas
Benigno Aquino
Aquino
Olivas
Manila
Amtrak Silver Meteor Accidents Kill Two In South East
Four incidents involving Amtrak Silver Meteor fatalities and injuries across Georgia South Carolina North Carolina on a return trip from New York to Florida. A driver killed in Kenly North Carolina while crossing barriers. Mamie Anderson and Walter Earl Blackmon Jr. among the dead. Authorities investigate with no charges filed yet.
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Associated Press
Amtrak
Georgia
Carolinas
New York
Florida
Kenly
N.C
Ira Furman
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
Mamie Anderson
Savannah
Ridgeland
S.C
Rowland
Miami
Walter Earl Blackmon Jr
Henderson
Black
Seaboard
Clifford Black
Seaboard System
Caped crusader helps motorists on Miami highways
Brenda Duffy stopped for a blown tire on I 95 and met Kaptain Kendall a masked helper in purple hood green leotards and a yellow cape. The 24 year old mechanic Gary assists stranded drivers under sponsorship from a car dealer and radio station as part of a Miami Herald story.
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Miami
Brenda Duffy
Duffy
Kaptain Kendall
Dade County
Miami Herald
Kaptain
Richard Buttafuoco
Buttafuoco
Gary
Crusader
McFarlane and Jumblatt Hold Lebanon Talks in Paris
U S envoy Robert McFarlane and Druse leader Walid Jumblatt met in Paris on Friday with Lebanon’s leaders to avert bloodshed in the central mountains after an Israeli withdrawal. President Amin Ge mayel’s adviser Wadid Haddad joined, while officials said an exchange of views with French authorities would occur. Jumblatt and McFarlane planned to discuss preventing a Druse confrontation with Lebanon’s army as fighting raged between Druse and Christian militiamen.
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Associated Press
U.S
Robert McFarlane
Druse
Walid Jumblatt
Paris
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Wadid Haddad
McFarlane
Jumblatt
Christian Voice of
Rome
Damascus
Centra Mountains
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