Reagan rebuffs governors on defense cuts taxes and surpluses
President Reagan met 34 governors to discuss reducing the federal deficit but rejected their bids to cut Pentagon spending Social Security and raise taxes. Governors insisted states do not have surplus funds for federal program takeovers and pressed for input on spending reductions.
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Washington
Pentagon
Kansas
John Carlin
National Governors’ Association
Carlin
White House
California
Earl
Lamar Alexander
Tennessee
Governors
Alexander
Reagan plans to divert aid to contras through Honduras
Washington officials say the Reagan administration is weighing covert CIA funding of the Nicaraguan rebels with a plan to route economic aid via Honduras. The idea faces opposition from House Democrats and concerns about legality and control of the rebels, with other options under review.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Reagan
Nicaragua
Central America
George Shultz
Congress
CIA
U.S
Honduras
House Democrats
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard Lugar
Indiana
United States
Shultz
Senate Intelligence Committee
State Department
Managua
Mexican arrests four in Guzalajara DEA kidnapping case
Four men including Enrique Gonzalez Aguilar former head of transit in Mexico City were arrested in Tijuana in connection with the kidnapping of DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar. Another suspect Marciano Belazzegoitia Valverde was detained in Guadalajara. No recovery or condition of Camarena was announced.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Mexico City
U.S
Guadalajara
Mexican Federal Judicial Police
Enrique Gonzalez Aguilar
Tomas Morlett Borquez
Eduardo Ramirez Ortiz
Angel Villa Barron
Judicial Police
Marciano Belazzegoitia Valverde
Villa
Frances M. Mullen Jr
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Enrique Camarena Salazar
Camarena
DEA
Goetz Won't Face Federal Civil Rights Charges
The federal government will not prosecute Bernhard Goetz for civil rights violations related to the subway shootings. Prosecutors said he did not act with racial prejudice. Goetz emerged from seclusion to advocate arming the public to fight crime. Black leaders urged U.S. officials to review the case after a state grand jury declined to indict him for the shootings.
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New York
Bernhard Goetz
Goetz
U.S
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Pakistan vote shows turnout despite boycott calls
Initial counts from Pakistan's first general election in eight years show over 40 percent turnout. The results reveal setbacks for President Zia ul-Haq's regime as three Cabinet ministers lose seats, with army units on alert amid scattered violence and at least four deaths.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Mine blast at Forbach coal mine kills 22
An explosion more than a half mile underground at a coal mine near Forbach in eastern France killed 22 miners and left 103 injured. Company officials say they strongly suspect a firedamp methane explosion.
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Forbach
France
Lorraine
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates by carrier and mail vary by region with weekly and annual options. Postmaster address and AP use rights noted.
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Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
P.O. Box
Israel Opens Path to Middle East Peace Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres expressed great interest in Egyptian proposals for peace talks with a joint Jordanian Palestinian delegation. King Hussein warned time is running out and urged rapid progress, while Syria vowed to thwart the Arafat Hussein accord as Washington urged direct negotiations among Arabs.
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Jerusalem
Shimon Peres
Middle East
Jordan
Hussein
Hosni Mubarak
Israel
Peres
Associated Press
Mubarak
Washington
White House
U.S
Reagan
Robert Sims
New York Time
Lebanon
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Hafez Assad
Nobel laureate, 11 protesters freed in Boston South Africa case
Charges dropped against a Nobel laureate and 11 protesters opposing South Africa's apartheid policy as their trial was about to start. Prosecutors said trespass charges did not merit a courtroom clash over foreign policy. Demonstrators planned further action at a gold exchange tied to Krugerrands.
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New York Times
Boston
Washington
John Gibbons
Deak Perera
Willard Johnson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Protesters persist at South African Embassy as arrests mount
Prosecutor John Gibbons says the issue is serious but not for the courtroom. The protests at the South African Embassy in Washington continue with illegal demonstrations every workday since Nov. 21. Trans-Africa spokesman David Scott notes growing turnout and reports 1,292 arrests by Monday afternoon, including Sen. Lowell Weicker Jr. and 18 other congressmen.
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Deak-Perera
Washington
David Scott
Trans-Africa
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Detroit paperboy hailed as hero for halting attacker
Teenage paperboy Collin Boatright confronted a 50-year-old man in a vacant Detroit house and blocked an assault on an 11-year-old girl with a stick until police arrived. The girl credits him with saving her life and officers praise his bravery.
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Detroit
Collin Boatright
WWJ
Audrey Martini
James Smith
Daniel Carr Smith
Boatright
Martini
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