Aquino Announces Run Against Marcos in Philippine Election
Corazon Aquino declares her candidacy for president in the February 7 election challenging Ferdinand Marcos. She cites her status as a leading victim of Marcos and appeals for petitions backing her bid. The report notes Marcos reinstates armed forces chief Fabian Ver after a court acquits Benigno Aquino III’s assassin Rolando Galman, with international reaction mixed.
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Manila
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Fabian C. Ver
Aquino
Benigno Aquino
Republic of the Philippines
Armed Forces
Fabian Ver
Cardinal says too soon for Jewish forgiveness from Christians
Cardinal Johannes Willebrands said it would be premature for the Catholic Church to seek forgiveness from Jews for past Christian persecution. He stressed unity among Christians but opposed celebrating communion with other denominations and urged deeper interfaith confidence before any such gesture.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Synod of Bishops
Johannes Willebrands
Vatican Secretariat For Christian Unity
Willebrands
Christ
Freeways Drive L A Bank Robbery Cap
Los Angeles area accounts for about one fifth of U S bank robberies due to its freeway system and drug user population. Police cite easy freeway access and high narcotics use as key factors. Through October 1985 the region had 880 holdups, with 1,100 projected for the year.
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Los Angeles
United States
Jim Grayson
Grayson
FBI
Fred Reagan
Orange
Santa Barbara
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Luis Obispo
Ventura
Kern County
Reagan
Americans vary in morals but condemn premarital sex
A Roper Organization poll for U.S. News & World Report finds one in four Americans cheat on taxes while most say cheating on a spouse is wrong. Youth show lax morals on sex before marriage but condemn affairs and white collar crime. clergy top honesty, car salesmen bottom at six percent.
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Washington
Roper Organization
U.S. News & World Report
Air France 727 Skids Off Runway at Rio Airport
An Air France Boeing 727 carrying 317 people skidded off the runway while landing at Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The jet slid hundreds of yards along the grass verge but no one was seriously hurt, the airline said. It was en route from Paris to Buenos Aires and Santiago.
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Brazil
Air France
Rio
Madeleine Archer
Paris
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Santiago
Chile
Liberals Capture Quebec Assembly in Major Election Win
The Liberal party led by former Premier Robert Bourassa defeated the Parti Quebecois in Quebec’s provincial election, ending PQ rule after nine years and ousting Premier Pierre Marc Johnson who had led the party for nine weeks. The result shifts control of the 122-seat National Assembly and marks a retreat from independence momentum.
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Montreal
Parti Quebecois
Quebec
Liberals
Robert Bourassa
National Assembly
Pierre Marc Johnson
Canada
Israel allows FBI talks with Pollard contacts in espionage case
Israel agreed to let American investigators interview two Israeli diplomats linked to Jonathan Pollard and a senior counterterrorism official identified as Rafael Eitan. The moves come with an apology from Prime Minister Peres and assurances against further espionage, as Washington and Jerusalem seek to ease a strained spy affair.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Washington
George P. Shultz
Shimon Peres
Peres
United States
FBI
Jonathan Jay Pollard
U.S. Navy
Pollard
State Department
Rafael Eitan
Eitan
Rafi
Mossad
Men
Congress OK's gold coins for general circulation
Congress approved a bill authorizing minting and sale of general circulation gold coins for the first time in 53 years. Four bullion coins will be issued in $50 $25 $10 and $5 denominations with prices tied to gold market value. Proceeds aim to reduce the national debt.
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Congress
Reagan
House
Senate
New York Commodity Exchange
Treasury Department
U.S
Frank Annunzio
D-Ill
House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
Supreme Court to rule on state workers opting from Social Security
The Court agreed to decide if states and localities may withdraw employees from Social Security. A lower court invalidated the 1983 amendment restricting withdrawals, warning it could drain Social Security by over 3 billion dollars by 1990. The justices plan a ruling by July.
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Supreme Court
Congress
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