Common Market summit ends in failure with no communique
Western Europe's Common Market summit closed without a communique for the first time in 25 years. Leaders including Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterrand warned of grave financial problems and rising tensions, as subsidies for farm products dominated debate and Thatcher pressed for tighter controls.
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Athens
Greece
Western Europe
Helmut Kohl
West Germany
Francois Mitterrand
France
Europe
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
New Kevlar Helmet Credited With Grenada Soldier Survival
Army reports two soldiers survived direct head hits thanks to the new one piece Kevlar helmet worn in Grenada. The 82nd Airborne praised the headgear for about one third more protection while replacing the steel pot. Reagan officials estimate fewer than 10 hostile fighters remain in Grenada as U.S. forces plan to withdraw by December 23.
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Washington
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Richard Thompson
John Wickham
Reagan Administration
Jay Morris
Agency For International Development
Grenada
Morris
White House
Larry Speakes
Reagan
U.S
Spacelab tests challenge 1914 inner ear theory in space
In Houston a Spacelab experiment disproved Rudolf von Baumgarten’s weightlessness study refuting Barany’s convection theory of heat transfer in the inner ear. Six astronauts Owen Garriott Byron Lichtenberg Ulf Merbold and Bob Parker showed strong nystagmus in zero gravity. Columbia set to land Thursday at 9 58 a m CST after a 10 day orbit.
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Rudolf von Baumgarten
Johannes Gutenberg Universitat
Germany
Robert Barany
Austria
Barany
Byron Lichtenberg
Ulf Merbold
Bob Parker
von Baumgarten
Seven Fathers Remain in Jail Over Illegal Faith School
In Plattsmouth Nebraska seven fathers of Faith Christian School students stay jailed for contempt after refusing to testify about their role in running the uncertified church school. Five refused to leave jail cells and two sought attorney advice, while a six year dispute centers on church freedom versus state education standards. Judge Ronald Reagan presides.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Faith Christian School
Cass County
Faith Baptist Church
Louisville
Sarpy County
Ronald Reagan
Isabel Peron to Return for Argentina Inauguration
Former Argentine president Isabel Peron, ousted in 1976, will fly from Spain to attend the inauguration of President-elect Raul Alfonsin of the Radical Civic Union. Alfonsin won 52 percent to 40 percent for the Peronists in the Oct 30 election, ending Peronist rule.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Spain
Peronist
Raul Alfonsin
Radical Civic Union
Peronists
Peron
Alfonsin
Flynt Is Sentenced for Contempt in Chicago Hearing
Larry Flynt received a 60 day prison sentence after spitting and swearing at a federal judge. Judge Frank J. McGarr ordered authorities to determine if psychiatric treatment could be provided and noted the publisher’s disruptive conduct at the contempt hearing.
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Chicago
Larry Flynt
Frank J. McGarr
Flynt
U.S
Olga Jurco
Hustler Magazine
California
Eugene Kolko
McGarr
Pope to hold prison Mass at Rebibbia in Rome
Pope John Paul II plans a Christmas time Mass for inmates at Rebibbia prison in Rome. It will be broadcast on Western European TV. Mehmet Ali Agca is serving a life sentence for the May 1981 assassination attempt on the pope. No date has been set.
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Vatican City
John Paul II
Rome
Europe
Vatican
Rebibbia
Mehmet Ali Agca
Mario Schierano
Baby boomers settle into traditional values in study
A Tuesday study from life and health insurers, based on a 1,000 person telephone survey of those born 1946 to 1964, finds baby boomers blending independence with traditional views. It notes preferences for marriage and shared work roles, cautious attitudes on marijuana, and mixed opinions on unmarried partners and sexual freedom.
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Washington
Life and Health Insurance Industries
Bombing Accidental Near Santa Ana Injures Marine
Investigators say a miscoded computer caused an accidental bombing of a 40 man Marine platoon during a summer exercise near Santa Ana Calif A dozen 500 pound bombs fell near the unit on June 16 injuring one Marine from Camp Pendleton The A 6 Intruder pilot Capt J W Kosewicz and navigator 1st Lt M W Meed were grounded after the probe found Meed typed erroneous data into the computer and Kosewicz failed to catch the error
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Santa Ana
Calif
Camp Pendleton
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
J.W. Kosewicz
M.W. Meed
Meed
Kosewicz
Education summit opens as Bell urges tougher school program
Education Secretary T H Bell addressed 2300 educators politicians and parents in Indianapolis urging a new rigorous course for American schools and the creation of a classroom post of master teacher He predicted 1984 would dawn a new era for education while noting the Reagan administration will not back new billion dollar federal spending initiatives at the forum.
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Indianapolis
T.H. Bell
Bell
Nightline to be cut in half to 30 minutes
ABC News president Roone Arledge announced at the Board of Governors meeting in Honolulu that Nightline will switch from an hour to 30 minutes on February 20. He cited the aim of maximizing live carry across more stations as the reason for the format change, noting one hour kept some affiliates from airing the program.
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New York
Nightline
ABC News
Ted Koppel
Roone Arledge
ABC
Board of Governors
Honolulu
Arledge
Drug bust at Diablo Canyon workers arrested in narcotics probe
Thirteen Diablo Canyon nuclear plant employees were arrested on cocaine and drug distribution charges. Warrants remain outstanding for ten others, eight at the plant, per San Luis Obispo County Narcotics Task Force supervisor Richard Briggs.
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San Luis Obispo, Calif
Diablo Canyon
Richard Briggs
San Luis Obispo County
Inside man charged in Brinks-Mat gold robbery case
Ten days after thieves stole three tons of gold from an airport warehouse a Brinks-Mat security guard Anthony John Black aged 31 was charged with being concerned with others in robbing Brinks-Mat Ltd of gold platinum diamonds and travelers checks valued at 26,369,777 pounds. Other suspects were being questioned but not charged according to Scotland Yard.
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London
Britain
Scotland Yard
Anthony John Black
Brinks-Mat
Brinks- Mat Ltd
Brinks-Mat Ltd
Soviet Led Offensive Against Afghan Rebels Near Kabul
Western diplomatic sources reported a week long attack in the Shamali region north of Kabul with about 2500 Soviet soldiers backed by tanks MiG jets and helicopter gunships against Afghan rebels. Afghan troops were involved in the operation.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Shamali
Kabul
Controversial cleric John Robinson dies at 64
The Rt. Rev. John Robinson, famed Anglican cleric and author of Honest to God, died Monday night at his Arncliffe home after months of cancer illness. He was former bishop of Woolwich, England. Church spokesman John Miles confirmed the death.
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London
John Robinson
Church of England
Robinson
Woolwich
England
Arncliff
John Miles
Miles
High-tech arms urged at NATO defense ministers meeting
In Brussels U S officials push Western alliance to adopt advanced weaponry by decade's end. The semi annual NATO defense ministers meeting heard presentations and papers prepared in Washington outlining the plan and expressing satisfaction with the discussion.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
Western Alliance
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Washington
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