Haig Meats Nicaragua Talks Amid MIG Jet Reports
Secretary of State Haig met Nicaragua's foreign minister at the OAS, saying Managua offered no assurance it would curb its El Salvador intervention. Reports surface that Nicaragua expects Soviet MIGs, with U.S. officials claiming runway expansions and a potential base in Central America. D'Escoto counters, saying no MIG plans exist.
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Alexander Haig
Nicaragua
Haig
el Salvador
Organization of American States Assembly
Soviet Union
Miguel D’escoto Brockman
Aragua
U.S
Europe
D’escoto
D'Escoto
United States
Reagan
Washington
Central America
Santa arrives at car lot to gift family a Pinto
Craig Bartlett and his two children trek for a $100 car near Polar Chevrolet only to be directed to White Bear Lincoln Mercury. Salesman Bill McKnight offers a 1973 Pinto for $1 after title transfer costs. Owner Randy Lee agrees to the sale to help the family for Christmas. The car, nearly rust free with new snow tires, radio and winterization, is towed to the lot.
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Matthew
Michele
Barrett
Bill McKnight
Randy Lee
Lee
McKnight
Aging groups seal Social Security compromise at White House
At the White House Conference on Aging, the administration and elderly groups reached a deal to avoid cutting Social Security’s real protection for future retirees. After hallway talks between Rep. Claude Pepper and officials, the conference Social Security committee adopted a resolution opposing cuts to current benefits and urging preserving protections for future retirees. Pepper noted the resolution was acceptable, despite earlier protests by demonstrators. Major aging groups, in early reviews, said they saw much to cheer.
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UPI
White House
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Pepper
Polish troops storm firefighter academy amid strike clash
Polish police and army helicopters ousted about 300 striking cadets at a firefighter academy in Warsaw and briefly detained 34 Solidarity officials. The government’s move, its largest display of force in 18 months, sparked threats of a general strike from Solidarity and a nationwide walkout warning. Lech Walesa ordered a strike alert while urging restraint.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Christmas trees held steady despite inflation in Iowa
Inflation-weary shoppers find relief as nearly half of Iowa Christmas tree retailers keep prices unchanged from last year and others raise less than ten percent. Artificial tree competition helps hold prices, with real trees selling for 2.25 to 3.50 per foot, and farms offering lower, choose and cut options. Iowa Christmas Tree Growers Association president Lloyd Vander Streek notes 22 percent of 400000 trees sold are Iowa grown, mainly choose and cut.
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Lowe Daily Press Association
Iowa
Lloyd Vander Streek
Pella
Iowa Christmas Tree Growers Association
Vander Streek
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Day care operator in Martinez charged with murder
Eleanor Nathan, 35, charged in Mt. Diablo Municipal Court with one murder count and multiple cruelty charges after allegedly abusing 39 children at her Clayton day-care home. Bail set at 250000 as investigators review two months of abuse reports and past licensing issues.
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Mt. Diablo
Betty Schaat
Mrs. Nathan
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San Francisco
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