Senate Backs B 1 Bomber and MX Missile Plan
Senate votes 60 to 35 to allow existing silos for MX missiles and to back Reagan's B 1 bomber. It rejects plans to fund silo hardening and pursues a price support compromise on the farm bill, with House and Senate negotiators awaiting a next step.
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Senate
Reagan
Washington
U.S
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Geneva
Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Congressional
John Black
House
Secret Service
White House
James A. Baker
Michael K. Deaver
Edwin Meese III
Sailors Killed as Cable Snaps on Kennedy Landing
Two sailors died and three were injured when an arresting cable snapped during a landing attempt of an A 7E Corsair on the USS John F Kennedy in the Caribbean Sea. The incident halted the attack and the Corsair later landed at Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico.
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UPI
Navy
Cmdr
David Thomas
U.S. Naval Base
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Rio flood toll climbs to at least 43 in Petropolis reach
More than 20 hours of rain triggered floods and mudslides in the Rio de Janeiro area leaving 43 dead and about 700 homeless. Petropolis and Teresopolis, mountain resort towns around 40 miles north of Rio, bore the heaviest losses with several drownings and building collapses. Mudslides blocked routes isolating the cities from Rio.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Petropolis
Teresopolis
Ciskei Declares Independence Amid World Silence
The Ciskei becomes an independent state under apartheid policy, featuring flag lowering, gun salutes, and speeches, while the world and United Nations largely ignore the birth of the new nation. European peacekeepers prepared for Sinai deployment in April after U.S. opposition to a PLO role.
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Ciskei
UPI
Connecticut
South Africa
World Community
United Nations
Washington
Sinai
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Menachem Begin
Reagan
Middle East
U.S
United States
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Harry Truman
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WATS
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Minolta
Minolta Auto
Minolta Sat Scii
Minolta Photography
E. Washington
Iowa City
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lowa-Lllinois
Armstrong
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