Mao Restoration as Hero Sparks Chinese Commemoration
In Peking the late Chairman Mao was rehabilitated as a hero on his 90th birthday with official praise, films, and a mausoleum ceremony. Leaders visited Tiananmen while vendors sold Mao memorabilia, signaling a reversal of five years of discrediting Mao and support for modernization.
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Washington Post
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Tian An Men Square
Mao Tsetung
Hu Yaobang
People’s Daily
Deng Xiaoping
Deng
Chinese Communist Party
Red Army
Nakasone reshuffles Cabinet to stabilize second term
Japan Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone starts his second term by naming a 21 member Cabinet to restore Lib Dem harmony after election setbacks. Shintaro Abe remains foreign minister. Noboru Takeshita keeps finance, pushing budget cuts as Seiichi Tagawa becomes home affairs minister in a Liberal Democrat and New Liberal alliance cabinet.
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic Party
Japan
Liberal Democrats
Shintaro Abe
Nakasone
Noboru Takeshita
Security tightened after 12 dogs stolen from LA research lab
Investigators report 12 dogs disappeared from Harbor UCLA Medical Center research lab during protests against animal testing. Some dogs had worked on pacemaker and tracheal implant projects and were earlier given by activists a supposed freedom. The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility and cited additional actions including freeing six rats at Johns Hopkins and vandalizing Miami fur shops.
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Los Angeles
Harbor-Ucla Medical Center
Frank DeSantis
The
Animal Liberation Front
DeSantis
Thomas Carroll
Hospital Security Department
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
Miami
Fla
Prisons for Profit Gains New Ground in Texas
Nashville based Corrections Corp of America led by Tom Beasley plans a Houston minimum security prison for deportation detainees under INS contract. The 300 bed, 4 to 5 million facility will cost and is funded by Massey-Burch Investment. Beginning rate is 23.50 per inmate daily. The venture argues private prisons can cut costs vs government while offering humane, efficient confinement. Don Hutto, penology leader, is involved.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Nashville
Tenn
Corrections Corp. of America
Tom Beasley
West Point Grad
Tennessee Republican Party
Penitentiaries
Texas
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Beasley
Massey-Burch Investment Co
Massey-Burch
Jack Massey
Hospital Corp. of America
Kentucky Fried
Corrections Corp
Magic Chef
Don Hutto
American Correctional Association
AMA
Penology World
Houston
Immigration Service
INS
Israelis Protest Austerity Sparks Wide Strikes Across Sectors
Tax collectors, mail carriers, welfare workers, and miners began strikes over layoffs and rising costs as Israel prepares to announce a 1983 inflation rate of 200 percent. Postal workers shut services, 300 Timna mine workers halted operations, and clashes injured two police. The unrest follows belt-tightening measures by Finance Minister Yigal Cohen-Orgad amid protests from Histadrut and other unions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jerusalem
Timna
Gulf of Aqaba
Eilat
Yigal Cohen- Orgad
Likud
David Kanfu
Dead Sea Works Labor Union
Cohen-Orgad
Boy rescued after apartment fire starts from Christmas tree
A neighbor pulled a boy to safety as a potholder near flames ignited a Christmas tree in Bellflower. The youth was unharmed. apartment damage was estimated at 15000 dollars. Neighbor Olivero Angelo, 20, assisted in the rescue.
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Bellflower
Calif
Olivero Angelo
Reagan foresees Nicaraguans seek democracy in exodus
Catholic bishop who led more than 1,000 refugee Indians from Nicaragua said President Reagan told him the exodus shows Nicaraguans want democratic leadership. The remarks came as the bishop noted the political pull of events on U.S. policy.
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Salvador Schlaefer
Reagan
Nicaragua
Schlaefer
Nicaragua-Honduras
Campbellsport
Wis
Abandoned newborn girl found at Lexington hospital
An infant girl abandoned in a hospital restroom on Christmas Day was listed in serious condition at University of Kentucky Albert B Chandler Medical Center. Nurses gave the baby the nickname Angela Noel as officials confirm she was found by staff after an unidentified woman notified the hospital.
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Lexington
Angela Noel
University of Kentucky
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center
Patrick Stone
London shoppers urged to be vigilant after bomb blast
Police warned shoppers to stay alert as London's department stores reopen after the Christmas bomb blast. Scotland Yard blamed IRA terrorists for the Sunday night explosion that wounded two passersby and linked it to the Dec. 17 Harrods attack that killed six. Cmdr. William Hucklesby asserts IRA guerrillas aim to disrupt the post Christmas sales.
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London
Scotland Yard
Harrods
William Hucklesby
The
Yard
Hope finishes 31st overseas tour aboard USS Kennedy
Comedian Bob Hope completed his 31st overseas tour for U.S. troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in the Mediterranean off Lebanon. Thousands of sailors and Marines filled the hanger deck for a two hour show and sent prayers on leaving. Hope had earlier visited Marines at Beirut airport Christmas morning.
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Hope
Bob Hope
U.S
Mediterranean
Kennedy
Beirut
Samantha Smith Proposes Granddaughter Exchange Plan
Samantha Smith suggests US and Soviet leaders exchange granddaughters for two weeks yearly to curb nuclear war risk. At Kobe symposium 54 youths discuss future, with 13 year old Steven Naplan noting youth focus on life prospects over space.
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Samantha Smith
Soviet Union
U.S
Children’s Express
Kobe
Samantha
Yuri Andropov
Japan
Tsukuba
Steven Naplan
Marblehead
Mass
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