Mexico’s new president vows reforms and tough economy plan
Miguel de la Madrid took office in Mexico promising a 10 point reform program. He cited near 100 percent inflation and an $81 billion foreign debt while naming fiscal conservatives to key posts including central bank director Miguel Mancera and Pemex head Mario Beteta.
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UPI
Miguel de la Madrid
Mexico
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Legislative
Miguel Mancera
Mancera
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mario Ramon Beteta
Starch blockers fail to curb starch calories study says
The New England Journal of Medicine report concludes starch blocker pills do not prevent calorie absorption from starch. Despite backing claims, the pills do not help weight loss, as millions were taken daily during peak popularity.
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Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Freeway violence surges in Houston police say
Houston police report freeway fights, assaults, and shootings rising up to 400 percent in under a year. Since March the department logged 174 complaints about freeway altercations, far exceeding four years ago when such calls were rare. Dispatcher Richard Gavin notes three to four daily calls now.
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Chester B. Massey
Richard Gavin
Gavin
Atlanta Victories Give Democrats Edge in House
Voters in metropolitan Atlanta elected Democrats Wyche Fowler and Elliott Levitas to new seats, completing the 98th Congress delegation. The wins tilt the House balance to about 269 Democrats to 166 Republicans, a net gain of 26 seats for the party.
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Atlanta
Wyche Fowler
Elliott Levitas
Washington
Congress
Mass Thai guerrilla surrender ends 38 year insurgency
About 1,000 communist guerrillas and sympathizers surrendered to the Thai government at Banbak in northeastern Thailand. The ceremony aimed for maximum public exposure and marked the largest such surrender in the 38 year campaign.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Banbak
Justice Brennan's Wife Marjorie Brennan Dies at 75
Marjorie Brennan, wife of Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, died Wednesday at Georgetown University Hospital. She had battled cancer for years, and her illness was a major factor in Brennan's 1979 contemplation of leaving the court.
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Supreme Court
William J. Brennan
Marjorie
Toni House
Brennan
Georgetown University Hospital
White House pressures MX vote as lawmakers lobby day
Reagan and Weinberger lead high level lobbying to sway a 54 member House Appropriations Committee on the Peacekeeper MX program. Addabbo seeks $988 million removal while Air Force cites a Fort Polk test showing strong silo resilience against Soviet attacks.
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Defense
Caspar Weinberger
House
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George Shultz
Shultz
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Weinberger
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Bush
House Appropriations Committee
Joseph Addabbo
D-N.y
Addabbo
White House
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U.S
Mike Terrill
Parole violator courts a siege with dynamite in Grand Blanc street
Doug Perreault, 26, armed with a .22 rifle and 9mm pistol and up to 50 pounds of dynamite, held two police officers for about six hours in Grand Blanc Township before releasing one officer at 1:15 p.m. CST and the second 15 minutes later. A state police negotiator mediated as Perreault refused to surrender.
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Grand Blanc, Mich
UPI
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Timothy Lintz
Robert Ehrhart
Perreault
Grand
Dick Lothiam
Robert Sherman
Sherman
Grand Blanc Township
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