Aquino backs rival. Marcos taps Tolentino as running mate
Oppositions united behind Corazon Aquino for a February special election as Ferdinand Marcos selects Arturo Tolentino, a former foreign minister he dismissed in March, to run with him. Salvador Laurel runs for vice president with Aquino’s backing. the political stalemate sparks Supreme Court doubt about the election.
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Manila. Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
Aquino
Salvador Laurel
National Election Commission
Laurel
Supreme Court
Arturo Tolentino
Tolentino
New Society Movement
Manila
National Assembly
United States
United Nationalist Democratic Organization
Jaime Sin
Sin
Benigno
De Lorean custody decision split over assets and time with children
In New Jersey, Superior Court judge Michael Imbriani upheld John De Lorean’s pre nup protecting about 10 million in assets while granting custody to Cristina Ferrare Thomopoulos for their two children Zachary and Kathryn. De Lorean will keep assets though custodial time favors Thomopoulos.
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John de Lorean
Somerset County
N.J
Michael Imbriani
de Lorean
Cristina Ferrare Thomopoulos
Thomopoulos
Imbriani
Zachary
Kathryn
Warning on aspirin packs over Reye's Syndrome risk
Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler proposed a rule requiring warnings on aspirin packages about the possible link to Reye's Syndrome in children and teens. The rule would replace voluntary manufacturer notices and take effect after at least 120 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Health and Human Services
Margaret Heckler
Reagan orders polygraph tests for those cleared to see secrets
President Reagan ordered lie detector tests for government employees with access to highly secret information. Up to 150,000 federal workers and 33,000 private contractors could be covered, though only a small fraction may be tested due to equipment limits. Secretary of State George Shultz opposes polygraphs, while politicians debate the order’s secrecy and scope.
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Washington
Reagan
George Shultz
Shultz
State Department
Charles Redman
Europe
White House
Larry Speakes
Los Angeles Times
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Congress
Department of Defense
200 Federal Workers Linked to Fake Diplomas
The FBI identified about 200 federal employees including a White House staffer and a Joint Chiefs officer who bought sham degrees. Diploma mills have yielded 7,400 names nationwide. 75 worked for Defense. Pepper, chair, bought a bogus PhD to dramatize the scam.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
White House
Joint Chiefs
Secret Service
FBI
House Select Committee On Aging
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
America
Wyden
Anthony Daniels
Jack Swagerty
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Dr. Pepper
Pepper
Los Angeles University
Gun store explosions kill four in Pasadena area
A sequence of blasts tore through a gun shop on Rosemead Boulevard near Los Angeles, igniting a large fire that killed four people and injured two others. Fire officials credited Brent Hanson with saving a child and said cause and investigations are ongoing.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dan Sweetman
Fowler Sport Center
Los Angeles
Rosemead Boulevard
Sweetman
Brotman Memorial Hospital
Culver City
Steve Williams
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Brent Hanson
San Marino
Crystal
Hanson
Methodist Hospital
Arcadia
Williams
Chamber urges reform in South Africa amid violence
The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa with about 300 U.S. firms says police aggravate anti‑apartheid violence. It calls for race reforms and lifting the state of emergency to protect the framework of the country. Police found a charred body in Kwanabuhle near Port Elizabeth as the Black Christmas boycott slashes sales up to 90 percent in some stores. In Beirut, West Beirut sees 800 plus troops enforcing a Syrian backed security plan to end 22 months of unrest.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
American Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Kwanabuhle
Port Elizabeth
Beirut
Lebanon
West Beirut
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Geraldine Ferraro
U.S. Senate
New York
Alfonso D’amato
U.S. Justice Department
Associated Press
Margaret Goldwater
Hegins
M.S. & W. Coal Co
Schuylkill County
James Shober
Department of Environmental Resources
Tulsa
Okla
Reginald D. Still
Stuart Earnest
SEARS
Daniel G. Clemens
First Street
S.W
Cedar Rapids
Chamber
Seiko
Pulsar
3Rd Avenue
Killian
Chalet
Onsale
Esoft
Nnordica
Nordica
1St Ave. S.E
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