Kissinger panel treads toward doubling aid to Central America
A presidential commission moves toward endorsing about 1 billion dollars annually in economic and military aid to Central America for 10 to 15 years. The plan would more than double current aid to El Salvador Honduras and Costa Rica and include loan guarantees and possible tariff concessions. The panel remains divided on conditions for military aid to El Salvador and ending aid to Nicaraguan rebels, with Kissinger seeking consensus to avoid a minority report.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Central America
Commission
el Salvador
Honduras
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Henry Kissinger
Bipartisan Commission
Kissinger
Reagan
United Commission
Lane Kirkland
Afl-Cio
Kirkland
Weinberger aide charged in 1.9 million stock scheme
SEC accuses Paul Thayer former deputy secretary of defense of sharing insider tips with eight individuals to profit 1.9 million in trades. Dallas broker Billy Bob Harris and Sandra Ryne named among named associates. Thayer resignation effective Jan 12 noted. Taft IV to replace him as Pentagon leader.
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Weinberger Aide
Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Securites and Exchange Commission
Paul Thayer
Defense
Dallas
Billy Bob Harris
Thayer
SEC
Reagan
Pentagon
William Howard Taft IV
Taft
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
LTV Corp
Allied Corp
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc
LTV
Allied
Diversified Chemical Company
Anheuser
United States
Sandra K. Ryne
Garland
Texas
Nevada Fallout Not Linked To Utah Leukemia Rise
National Cancer Institute scientists report in Science that 1950s nuclear test fallout in Nevada did not significantly raise childhood leukemia deaths in Utah, contradicting an earlier Utah study. About 1,192 residents across Utah Nevada and Arizona sue the federal government over alleged fallout related cancers.
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Washington
Nevada
Utah
National Cancer Institute
Science Magazine
Arizona
Santa Claus kidnapping investor earned money at broker
A.G. Edwards spokesman said investor Grover Phillipps earned more than most in a year while a client there. An audit found he made money rather than torturing the broker, with the firm noting the account results and criticizing the initial estimates.
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Pittsburgh
Santa Claus
A.G. Edwards & Sons
Grover Phillipps
W. Richard Evans
St. Louis
Evans
Birmingham Mayor backs Mondale and Jackson for VP
Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington Jr endorses Walter Mondale for president and says he will work to secure the Democratic nomination for Rev. Jesse Jackson as vice president. He calls Mondale a national leader who has paid his dues and believes he offers the best chance to defeat President Reagan in November.
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Birmingham
Ala
Walter Mondale
Jesse Jackson
Mondale
Richard Arrington Jr
Reagan
Eight-year-old firebug suspected of more arson but jailed none
In Roanoke Virginia an eight year old who admitted setting a fatal 1982 fire and two fires last month is suspected of starting additional blazes. He cannot be jailed due to age and could only receive counseling or placement in foster care.
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Roanoke
Rawleigh Quarles
Virginia
Commonwealth
Don Wolthuis
Wolthuis
Welfare Department
DeJarnette Center For
Humon Development
Staunton
Quarles
Escapee to Stand Trial for California Ax Murders
Kevin Cooper was ordered to stand trial on charges of murdering F. Douglas Ryen and Peggy Ryen their 10 year old daughter Jessica and neighbor Chris Hughes 11 and attempting to murder Joshua 8 after escaping from a state prison. Arraignment set for Jan 18.
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Ontario
Calif
Kevin Cooper
Chino Hills
David Merriam
Cooper
F. Douglas Ryen
Peggy
Jessica
Christopher Hughes
Ryens
Joshua
Parole Protests Planned Over Dan White Release
San Francisco organizers urge a citywide work strike and a 15 minute outpouring of feeling to protest Dan White's parole for the Moscone Milk killings. Parole time not announced. officials will release details before noon. Rallies set for Union Square and the Castro District with Ginny Foat leading.
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San Francisco
Dan White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
White
Department of Corrections
Union Square
Gay Castro
Ginny Foat
Polish church state talks condemn arms race in joint communique
In Warsaw Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski and Cardinal Jozef Glemp issued a joint communique after a five hour meeting denouncing the arms race and pledging to strengthen church state ties. No discussion of freeing political prisoners or funding private aid for agriculture was noted.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jozef Glemp
John Paul II
Elderly Florida couple linked to AIDS transmission
Doctors at the University of Miami report an elderly woman in her 70s with no known risk factors contracted AIDS through heterosexual contact with her husband of 50 years. The husband, a hemophiliac, likely acquired AIDS from blood products used to treat his condition, highlighting possible transmission via transfusions.
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New York
Florida
University of Miami
Arthur Pitchenik
Radiation exposure to TMI cleanup could rise sixfold
NRC projected cleanup workers at Three Mile Island may face radiation exposure six times higher than earlier estimates. The draft report warns of 2 to 6 additional fatal cancers, 3 to 4 nonfatal cancers, and 3 to 12 genetic changes among an estimated 10,000 workers over the life of the cleanup through 1988, following the 1979 accident.
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Middletown
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Soviets unveil overhaul of education system
Moscow reports a six year plan to deepen and perfect Soviet education with 11 schooling years starting at age six, smaller class sizes under 30 in lower grades and 25 in upper grades, revised textbooks, expanded teaching aids, and more teachers with higher salaries.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Fyodor Panachin
Tass
Communist Party
Pravda
Yur Andropov
Communist Party Central Committee
Panachin
Reagan appeals to Cubans about betrayed leadership
President Reagan told Cubans in a Voice of America broadcast that their leaders betrayed them and kept them ignorant about political prisoners and failures of communism. He linked U.S. actions in Grenada to Cuban governance and pressed for truth and freedom as Cuba marked its revolution anniversary.
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New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Voice of America
Cuba
White House
U.S
Grenada
New Baby Doe rule to be issued by Reagan admin
The Reagan administration plans a compromise Baby Doe rule to balance pediatric and disabled care concerns. The rule drops the push for rapid federal review and requires hospitals to post a confidential access notice with numbers to report suspected non treatment, guiding callers to the hospital’s infant care review committee before contacting state child protection or the federal health agency.
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Washington Post Service
Washington
U.S. District Court
Infant Care Review Committee
State Child Protection Agency
Federal
Department of Health and Human Services
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