Soviet Rag on Pope John Paul II Over Poland Crisis
Tass accuses Pope John Paul II of guiding Vatican anti communist activity and Solidarity backing in Poland. The Soviet critique links the pope to Western plots, cites church influence in Eastern Europe, and notes Poland's martial law context and Warsaw's cautious church state relations.
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Washington Post
Moscow
Tass
John Paul II
Vatican
Poland
Solidarity
Communist Party
Krakow
Karol Wojtyla
St. Peter
Josef Glemp
Warsaw
Jews demand resignation of Vatican adviser
Leaders of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles urged the Vatican to remove Herman J Abs from a new advisory board to the Vatican bank. They accuse Abs of expropriating Jewish property for personal use and aiding Hitler and Nazi operations. The center says Abs lacks moral credentials for a religious institution.
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Washington Post
Los Angeles
Marvin Hier
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Herman J. Abs
West Germany
Deutschebank
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Auschwitz
Hier
Center Here
Abs
Vatican
Institute For Religious Works
Vatican Bank
Center
Apostolic
Washington
Jorge Mejia
Agostino Casaroli
Pulitzer custody ruling leaves Roxanne tearful and distraught
Palm Beach Florida AP Roxanne Pulitzer cried and was described as destroyed after Palm Beach Circuit Judge Carl Harper awarded custody of her two sons to Peter Pulitzer and assigned most of his fortune to him. Peter said he would strive to be a good parent and keep his family united.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Roxanne Pulitzer
Peter Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Palm Beach
Carl Harper
Harper
MacLean
Zachary
Pierrette Barr
Styron defends Sophie role against feminist critics
William Styron responds to claims of feminist hostility toward Sophie in Sophie's Choice. He calls critics lunatics for labeling the character insulting to women and notes the portrayal reflects Sophie’s personal constitution rather than a statement about womanhood.
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NEW York
William Styron
Sophie
Styron
Meryl Streep
Psychology Today
Nancy Reagan vows to avoid sun after skin cancer removal
Palm Springs California AP Nancy Reagan announced New Year's resolution to avoid sun after doctors removed a small malignant growth above her upper lip last week. They said it was a form of skin cancer linked to sun exposure and she said she will not go in the sun anymore.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Reagan
Nancy
Boston Gov Signs Law Allowing Local Control of Smut
Gov Edward J. King signed a measure empowering communities to form adult entertainment districts and use local standards to judge obscene material. Violations carry prison terms and fines up to 30000. law takes effect immediately with an emergency preamble. The bill responds to a Stoughton bookstore backlash that spurred a broader stamp out smut campaign.
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Boston
Edward J. King
Stoughton
Times Square
King
Magnet measures high iron in livers quickly
A sensitive magnet can safely detect poisonous iron buildup in the liver in under a minute, potentially reducing the need for biopsies. Developed at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital and Case Western Reserve University, the device aids early diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis and evaluates transfusion therapy. Doctors tested 120 people and reported findings in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Boston
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
Case Western Reserve University
New England Journal of Medicine
Japan Boosts Defense Budget for 1983 Under Nakasone
Tokyo approves a 6.5 percent rise in 1983 military spending to 11.7 billion dollars, overriding a tighter 5.1 percent proposal. The move aims to show Japan's willingness to shoulder greater defense duties amid U S urging, with formal cabinet endorsement expected in Tokyo.
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Washington Post
Tokyo
Yasuhiro Nakasone
United States
Nakasone
Finance Ministry
Japan
New Hampshire Gov Hugh Gallen Dies in Office
Governor Hugh Gallen of New Hampshire dies at Brigham and Women's Hospital at 3:49 p.m. after more than a month of hospitalization for kidney and liver failure linked to internal bleeding. At 58, he was near a term end with Senate President Vesta Roy acting as governor.
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Boston
New Hampshire
Hugh Gallen
Gallen
Irene
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jennifer Murray
Concord
H Gallen
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
John Sununu
Senate
Vesta Roy
Salem
Medicare premium to rise 10.6 percent in July
The government announced a 10.6 percent increase in the monthly Part B Medicare premium from 12.20 to 13.50, effective July 1, for about 29 million beneficiaries. The Part A hospital deductible will jump from 260 to 304 on Saturday, while overall costs for the program rise to over 56 billion dollars.
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Washington
Health and Human Services
Richard Schweiker
Schweiker
Congress
Suspect Named In Cyanide Laced Capsule Case
The husband of a woman poisoned by a cyanide tainted Anacin-3 capsule on Thanksgiving Eve was named a suspect in the attempted murder probe. Police searched Richard Bowen's home while awaiting lab results. Bowen and officials held back on confirming suspect status.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Maury Bye
Richard Bowen
Joseph McNamara
Bowen
McNamara
Susan
Five year old girl found after kidnapping in Florida
Monica Aguilar of El Paso, Texas, was located unharmed in Panama City, Florida. Robert Baxley and Linda Baxley were arrested at the scene and face kidnapping charges after posing as representatives of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church during a family Christmas shopping trip.
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EL Paso
Texas
UPI
Florida
Monica Aguilar
Panama City
Fla
Robert Baxley
Linda
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
FBI
Bay County Sheriff's
Baxleys
Photo not of Patz misidentified in 1968 calendar image
Police said a boy photo resembling Etan Patz came from a 1968 calendar and is not a lead after a Wareham raid arresting three NAMBLA members. Etan Patz, missing since age six in 1979, was not connected by his parents to the image.
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New York
Etan Patz
Raymond O’donnell
Wareham
Mass
Patz
Iraq signals willingness to restore ties with Egypt
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz told Al Ahram that Baghdad is open to reestablishing relations with Egypt after nearly four years of break over Egypt signing a peace treaty with Israel. He offered to meet Egyptian Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ali to discuss the matter and analysts see a potential thaw in Arab world relations. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Iraqi offer is under study and being taken seriously.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Tariq Aziz
al Ahram
Kamal Hassan Ali
Foreign Ministry
Washington Post
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