Poland tightens controls and hikes prices under martial law
Poland reports severe grain shortages and a continued martial law regime. Radio Warsaw announced transport charges will rise up to 165 percent on rail and inland routes and 118 percent for trucks to cover costs. A Solidarity leader faces trial for urging officials be hanged.
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Warsaw
Jerzy Ozdowski
CARE
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France-Soir
Copenhagen
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Jurczyk
Communist Party
Rampal Receives Cake Frosting Flute On 60th Birthday
Jean-Pierre Rampal celebrated his 60th birthday in Washington with a flute made of cake frosting. Mstislav Rostropovich presented the instrument after one of four joint concerts. Rampal, regarded as a leading flutist, heard a real flute from the frosting instrument, described as a magic flute by Rostropovich who staged a playful reveal.
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Washington
UPI
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Mstislav Rostropovich
National Symphony Orchestra
Rampal
Ford Drive gets OK
The Rancho Mirage City Council renamed Avenue 36 to Gerald Ford Drive after endorsing the change to honor former President Ford. The Country Club Avenue rename was dropped due to cross-community rejection.
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Ford
Rancho Mirage
Calif
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Country Club Avenue
NOW seeks quick Supreme Court ruling on ERA deadline
The National Organization for Women asks the Supreme Court to overturn Idaho Judge Marion Callister’s ruling that Congress acted unconstitutionally in extending the ERA ratification deadline. NOW and 39 allies urge fast action before June 30, arguing Congress may set any deadline. The Justice Department may oppose expedited action.
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National Organization For Women
Supreme Court
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American Civil Liberties Union
U.S. District Court
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Boise
Callister
Mormon Church
Eleanor Smeal
Harvard University
Laurence Tribe
James Fitzpatrick
House
Thomas O'Neill
Dmass
House Judiciary Committee
Peter Rodine
D-N.j
Department
Reagan Nominates Stoessel for No 2 State Post
President Reagan named Walter Stoessel Jr a career diplomat and Europe expert to be the State Department’s No. 2 official. Stoessel, 61, would replace William Clark who moved to the White House as national security adviser. Stoessel currently serves as undersecretary of state for political affairs, the department’s third ranking post.
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Washington
Department
Welfare rules relaxed aid for poor with large gifts
Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Schweiker will grant states limited authority to let poor recipients who receive large charitable gifts remain on AFDC. The move could save Betty Jean Meshey and her daughter from losing $150 monthly aid after Florida threatened to cut them off following a Christmas Eve gift report.
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Health and Human Services
Richard Schweiker
Clearwater
Fla
Florida
AFDC
Betty Jean Meshey
Jessica
Clearwater Sun
Priests Freed After Guatemala City Kidnapping
A Belgian priest Pablo Gerard Shimermann and Guatemalan Roberto Paredes Calderon were released unharmed at the Vatican office in Guatemala City after being abducted Tuesday from their Nueva Concepcion parish. The fate of Sister Victoria de la Roca remained unknown.
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Guatemala City
UPI
Pablo Gerard Shimermann
Roberto Paredes Calderon
Vatican
Nueva Concepcion
Reagan Denies Meese Leaving White House
President Reagan dismissed reports that Edwin Meese may leave the White House to become attorney general. He called the Post story an invention and said there is not one shred of truth. Mrs. Reagan and aides denied pushing for Meese’s move while Meese sat in the Oval Office.
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