U S to join in Honduran maneuvers
About 900 U S Army Navy and Air Force personnel will join large scale drills in Honduras starting Feb 1, including a helicopter lift of Honduran troops near the Nicaraguan border. The exercise Big Pine aims to develop defense procedures, deployment techniques and logistics with no U S ground combat forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Air Force
Honduras
Pentagon
U.S
United States
Panama Canal
Nestor D. Sanchez
inter-American Affairs
Nicaragua
Big Pine
Gracias A Dios
Managua
Group seeks ban on blood donations from gays
The National Hemophilia Foundation urged a ban on donations from gay men and a halt to plasma collection in areas with high AIDS rates. It advised donor questioning for homosexuality and AIDS testing of blood, while calling for tests on the blood product to prevent transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National
Hemophilia Foundation
Foundation
Alan Brownstein
Brownstein
LA NOW Leader Indicted. Bail Denied in Murder Case
Ginny Foat, president of the California chapter of NOW, sits in a Los Angeles courtroom as a judge denies bail after her indictment in Louisiana on a first degree murder charge. The Jefferson Parish grand jury brought the indictment after testimony from Foat’s ex-husband John Sidote, who received immunity in the 1965 tire-iron killing of an Argentine businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginny Foat
California
National Organization For Women
Los Angeles
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
Foat
John Sidote
Thatcher says inquiry clears her govt in Falklands war
In Commons Thatcher states a government inquiry found no blame on her government over the Falklands crisis and that she could not have foreseen the Argentine invasion. An independent panel faulted Britain’s intelligence response as too slow during the 74 day war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Britain
South Atlantic
Labor Party
Watt Calls Indian Reservations Example of Socialism Failure
Interior Secretary James Watt told Satellite Program Network reservations illustrate failure of socialism with Indian communities suffering drug abuse unemployment divorce and venereal disease on 50 million acres under federal supervision He said liberal Democrats in the House block efforts to aid natives and blamed federal policy for social ills among 1.4 million tribal residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
James Watt
Tulsa
Okla
Watt
House of Representatives
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Russia
America
Prince Charles valet recalls mornings and discreet romances
Former royal valet Stephen Barry recalls waking Prince Charles from 1970 to 1982 and notes the prince was always in bed alone. He says relationships were highly discreet and guests who boasted would be dropped from lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Prince Charles
Stephen Barry
England
Barry
Charles
Good Housekeeping
Roberts
Nakasone pledges air defense build to stop Soviet overflights
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told President Reagan he would push Japan to strengthen air defenses to detect and halt Soviet Backfire bombers. He also said his aim is to block Soviet Pacific fleet ships in the Sea of Japan by controlling key straits, a plan requiring a major force buildup beyond current schedules. The State Department expelled PAP correspondent Stanislaw Grabinski in retaliation for Ruth Gruber’s expulsion, prompting a Polish protest in Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Reagan
Japan
Soviet Union
Washington Post
Sea of Japan
U.S
Stanislaw Grabinski
Miss Gruber
Warsaw
Francis Meehan
Grabinski
PAP
Zealots Target Radio Broadcast in Memphis Siege
In Memphis a siege ended with the death of Lindberg Sanders and six followers after a 30 hour standoff as police stormed his house. A hostage, Patrolman Robert S. Hester, was found beaten to death with hands cuffed behind his back. Six sharpshooters fired 12 rounds during the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
John D. Holt
Lindberg Sanders
Sanders
Robert S. Hester
Gazette Wire Services
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thatcher
Namibia
Windhoek
Council of Ministers
South Africa
Danie Hough
National Assembly
Hough
China
Peking
Communist Party
Wang Zhong
Guangdong
People’s Daily
Wang
Islamabad
Pakistan
Khost
Kabul
26Th Street
Marion
Iowa
Livingston Hearing Aid Service
Jesus
Evangelist
Tower of Faith
Denver
Gary Hart
D-Colo
Denver Post
The
Rocky Mountain News
Hart
State Department
United Press International
Ruth Gruber
Poland
True Value
Winter Magic
Vaddin
True Value Farm & Home Stores
50Th Street
Equator
Mal Questic
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!