Pope John Paul II calls halt to arms race in Christmas appeal
In a Christmas Day sermon from St. Peter's Basilica the pope urged major powers to end the arms race and seek dialogue. He named the United States and the Soviet Union amid rising East West tensions and highlighted hunger amid vast weapon spending. He delivered the Urbi et Orbi message in Italian and 43 languages to 35 nations, with a noon Mass following the midnight service.
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Cold thwarted Washington crossing reenactment in 60 history buffs
About 60 history enthusiasts in colonial garb attempted the 1776 Delaware crossing at Washington Crossing Park. Ice and zero-degree temperatures stopped rowboats several yards from shore, forcing a retreat before crowds of about 400 spectators.
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Cabinet resigns to clear way for Nakasone election
Tokyo AP report notes Japan's 21 member cabinet resigns to clear the way for Yasuhiro Nakasone's reelection by the Diet. LDP members to elect Nakasone party leader, then form a second cabinet. LDP gains slim majority after December vote and partners with the New Liberal Club for leverage and one cabinet post.
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Palsy victim Bouvin seeks right to die in peace
Riverside California December report on Elizabeth Bouvin a 26 year old quadriplegic patient force fed under court order who says she wants to die peacefully. Her attorney Richard Scott notes she has been offered many assurances yet longs for autonomy and relief from intrusive treatment. A Riverside Superior Court judge previously refused to order hospital aid in her death bid.
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Bombing in Oxford Street injures two as IRA blamed
A bomb in a garbage can outside Marks and Spencer on Oxford Street injured two and shattered windows. Scotland Yard linked it to an IRA gang that planted a car bomb near Harrods eight days earlier, with no warning given before the blast.
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Glemp Announces Release of 30 Polish Political Prisoners
Primate Jozef Glemp said communist authorities would free 30 political prisoners at Christmas Mass, in what appeared to be a conciliatory move after his appeal for clerics to avoid politics. No identities or trial dates were confirmed, and relatives reported no negotiations for further releases.
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Tragic family dispute ends in child’s death in Agawam
A 5-year-old boy died after a family quarrel at a Massachusetts apartment. His father Frank Bond and sister Sherry Bond were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Mrs. Bond sought help at a nearby lounge shouting for aid as police prepared to question Bond.
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Hope brings holiday cheer to Beirut camp
Comedian Bob Hope performs a Christmas Day show aboard the USS Independence off Haifa with limited instruments and borrowed gear while visiting Marines near Beirut airport. He jokes about peacekeeping and meets Cmdr. Edward Andrews, a pilot shot down over Lebanon.
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France Orders Three Diplomats Expelled From Iran
The French Foreign Ministry said three French diplomats were ordered to leave Iran amid a diplomatic standoff. France had earlier closed the Islamic Center in Paris and expelled three Iranians from the Iranian Embassy for activities deemed incompatible with diplomatic status, suspected espionage. Iran countered by citing French “criminal acts” against Iranian students in France.
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Rome kidnappers freed Bulgari heiress and son
In Italy hundreds of police with dogs hunted for the abductors who released Anna Bulgari Calissoni and her son Giorgio near their villa south of Rome. Doctors planned to reattach the boy’s hacked off right ear. The family’s lawyer Carmine Punzi said ransom was paid, far below the reported $2.4 million.
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Fighting in Nicaragua as Christmas Day battles continue
Government and rebel forces clashed in Jinotega and Nueva Segovia on Christmas Day. An army spokesman reported 42 rebels killed in the region over the past ten days, while rebel radio The Fifteenth of September claimed control of several strategic hills 120 miles north of Managua.
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