Khmer Rouge Strikes Deep in Cambodia Defying Vietnam
Khmer Rouge guerrillas push deeper into Cambodia and strike Vietnamese forces from the rear near Aranyaprathet. Khieu Samphan says Vietnam’s offensive has failed and they advance toward Siem Reap and Battambang amid mortar shelling near Phnom Vai Som. Prince Sihanouk joins locals in supporting the resistance.
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Phnom Thmei
Aranyaprathet
Samphan
Siem Reap
Battambang
Sive
Khao Noi
Phnom Vai Som
Phnom Malai
Sihanouk
Khmer Front
Norodom Sihanouk
Andropov Remembered As Ard ent Patriot By Soviet Rulers
The Soviet Communist Party paid a warm tribute to Yuri Andropov one year after his death, calling him an outstanding figure and ardent patriot. Pravda highlighted his peace efforts and anti corruption drives while noting continuity with Chernenko’s regime.
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Washington Post
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Soviet Communist Party
Yuri Andropov
Soviet Union
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Pravda
Andropov
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Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Chernenko
Koch slams budget as House hearings open
Mayor Edward Koch assailed Reagan's 1986 budget during the first of six regional hearings chaired by Rep. William Gray. He warned social-spending cuts would cost New York City about 1.2 billion in federal funds and force shifts from policing to medical services. The city faces Medicaid cuts estimated at 208 million and rising homeless shelter costs beyond 170 million.
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William Gray
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Kansas
Florida
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Woman risks life to rescue five neighbors in deadly blaze
Neighbors credit Lynda Lefever with guiding five residents to safety after a pre-dawn fire at Bell's Rest Home in Los Angeles. Five elderly women died. a sixth resident escaped on his own. Police say the fire was deliberately set and suspect Walter Evans Jr. faced prior arson links.
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Los Angeles
Lynda Lefever
Lefever
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Ed Reed
Walter Evans Jr
Bell
Boesak admits relationship amid apartheid era controversy
Rev Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, acknowledged a relationship with church worker Di Scott to 2,000 supporters in Cape Town. He said they had worked closely for a year and noted his status as a mixed-race colored individual under South African law while White-Nonwhite sexual relations were prohibited.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
Allan Boesak
di Scott
Cape Town
Boesak
United Democratic Front
Scott
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