Look Ahead to 1985 Time Capsule Satire
Satirical forecast pastiche for 1985 lists political headlines and pop culture twists. Notable items include Reagan tax auctioning Congress, Iacocca Nobel Peace Prize bid, Jesse Jackson Moscow trip, and Cubs night baseball debut.
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Iowa
Konstantin Chernenko
New York
Congress
Immigration Agency
Reagan
Cubs
Wrigley Field
Detroit Tigers
Ohio
George Raveling
Hawkeye
Time Magazine
Peter Ueberroth
Lee Iacocca
Humana
Hayden Fry
Kennedy tours Soweto migrant camp in distressing visit
Sen Edward M Kennedy called his Soweto stop at the Nance field Hostel one of the most distressing experiences of his life. He criticized the migrant workers system as cruel and alien to Judeo Christian ethics while visiting homes in the compounds and attending Mass. Police clashed with protesters at the airport as Kennedy’s entourage faced security measures and detours amid large crowds.
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Soweto
South Africa
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nance
Massachusetts Democrat
Airlines seek new flights to rescue Ethiopian Jews
The Times reports Israel explores commercial airline rescue of 12 000 to 14 000 Falashas in Sudan and Ethiopia after Trans European Airways halted the airlift. Zvi Eyal names 4 000 in Sudan camps and 8 000 to 10 000 in Ethiopia awaiting evacuation. Some airlines have offered services and the matter moves to the Israeli Cabinet.
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London
Times of London
Sudan
Ethiopia
Trans European Airways
Jerusalem
Zvi Eyal
Jewish Agency
Eyal
The
Israel
Zaccaro to plead guilty in Manhattan real estate case
John A. Zaccaro husband of Geraldine Ferraro is to plead guilty in a Manhattan criminal court to a misdemeanor tied to a real estate transaction. A grand jury had sealed indictments against him and associates as prosecutors weighed multiple charges.
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Los Angeles Times Service
New York
John A. Zaccaro
Geraldine A. Ferraro
Manhattan
Zaccaro
Robert M. Morgenthau
Ferraro
Federal Election Commission
Congress
Queens
Walter F. Mondale
Duarte aide and three villagers slain in El Salvador
A rightist party member killed Pedro Rene Yanes a Duarte aide, and three villagers in Concepcion de Oriente while he bought a drink. Two others wounded. the gunman Francisco Alfaro, identified as Republican Nationalist Alliance. A guard wounded the attacker who lay dying. Government and guerrilla talks ongoing.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Duarte
Christian Democratic Party
Pedro Rene Yanes
Yanes
Concepcion de Oriente
Amilcar Velasquez
Velasquez
Francisco Alfaro
Republican Nationalist Alliance
Alfaro
White House launches own news service for speeches and announcements
The White House plans a news service to distribute presidential speeches and statements to radio stations and small newspapers. Citizens for America led by Lew Lehrman is among first clients as the effort aims to provide unfiltered official content to subscribers with PC modem access.
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Washington
White House
Reagan
Citizens For America
New York
Lew Lehrman
Sue Mathis
Media Rela
Five Die in Grand Rapids Murder Suicide
A distraught gunman fatally shot four people including his estranged wife and their six month old son before turning the shotgun on himself. Police Chief William Hegerty said the bodies were found about 1 20 p m at the wife's Grand Rapids home. victims' names were withheld.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
The
Grand Rapids
William Hegerty
Hegerty
Jordan to receive Soviet air defense missiles early 1985
Jordanian army chief Gen. Sherif Zeid bin Shaker said Moscow would supply surface to air missiles and other air defense gear early in 1985. He indicated Britain and France may also back Jordan's military build up as U.S. Stinger deals fell through last year. The announcement followed training with officers from Jordan and Arab states.
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Amman
Jordan
Soviet Union
Sherif Zeid bin Shaker
bin Shaker
Britain
France
United States
U.S
Reagan electoral votes confirmed in constitutional ritual
At a joint session of Congress today Vice President George Bush and four lawmakers will open the 538 Electoral College ballots and certify Reagan’s victory. Reagan won 525 electoral votes, the highest total ever, after electors met in state capitals on December 17.
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Congress
George Bush
Nancy Reagan
Washington
Reagan
Observers foresee Vietnamese assault on Ampil base
Observers say Vietnamese forces and the Khmer People’s National Liberation Front are massing along the Thai border for a decisive battle at Ampil the rebel headquarters. The action aims to mark six years since Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia. The clash signals the greatest troop concentration in the Cambodian guerrilla war.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
Ampil
Cambodia
Three charged in NE NH negligent homicide trial
OSSIPEE N H Three people face trial for allegedly provoking a landlord’s death over 80 dollars in back rent in a case testing New Hampshire negligent homicide law. Perley Ryder Lynda Ryder and Daniel Moody argue the neighbor’s heart attack resulted from the dispute.
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Ossipee
N.H
New Hampshire
Perley Ryder
Lynda Ryder
Daniel Moody
Donald Dodier
Carroll County Superior Court
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John Zaccaro
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Mexico
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