Witness links Williams to fibers on bodies in Atlanta trial
A fiber expert testified that fibers and hair from bodies of Payne and Cater were highly consistent with fibers from Wayne Williams home and car. He cautioned no technique proves fiber origin 100 percent and some fibers did not match from other sources. The testimony marked the first fiber linkage to Williams in the lengthy case.
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Atlanta
Wayne Williams
Larry Peterson
Georgia State Crime Laboratory
Williams
Peterson
Free-Lance
Jimmy Ray Payne
Nathaniel Cater
U.S
Payne
Cater
Chattahoochee River
FBI
Harold Deadman
Alvin Binder
Binder
Reagan shifts Drug Enforcement under FBI atop drug war
The Reagan administration moves the Drug Enforcement Administration under the FBI and assigns new duties against drug traffickers while stopping short of a full merger. FBI Director William Webster notes ongoing experiments and potential future cooperation such as wire taps, with Francis Mullen tapped to head the DEA.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration
FBI
DEA
William Webster
Webster
William French Smith
Reagan
Francis Mullen
Mullen
Smith
Polish refugees in Houston receive temporary visas
Eleven Polish refugees in Houston on arrival received temporary visas for asylum. Fourteen refugees arrived in three groups, with seven Solidarity members aboard a Polish freighter granted permits on Thursday.
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Houston
UPI
United States
Immigration and Naturalization
The
Solidarity Union
Coast Guard to Close Installations and Reassign Resources
The Coast Guard will close two district offices in St. Louis and Long Beach California and cut or decommission multiple search and rescue stations and cutters across 11 states. The Coast Guard band will move from New London to Washington, and budgets will be reduced for 16 additional stations as part of a broad restructuring announced by Commandant John Hayes.
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Washington
Coast Guard
John Hayes
St. Louis
Long Beach
Calif
New London
Third Columbia test flight eyed for March 22 launch
Houston space center officials said the March 22 target date for the shuttle Columbia's third test flight remains set. The two astronauts told reporters the mission will test how well the craft's systems endure the extreme heat and cold of space.
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Space Center, Houston
UNESCO task force for mass media bridges East West feud
At Acapulco UNESCO agreed on distribution language for development aid to the Third World. The United States and West Germany opposed wording implying government takeovers of media, while the Soviet Bloc pressed for balanced news exchange. The U S will contribute 650000 dollars through 1983 to aid communications in poor nations.
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Acapulco
Mexico
UPI
Unesco
United States
West Germany
Soviet Bloc
U.S
William Harley
Conference of Unesco
Washington
Paul McCartney Struggles With Photographer At Studio
Paul McCartney allegedly punched a photographer outside a London studio as he arrived for an interview. The Daily Star reported the incident, noting the photographer, Paul Massey, was not seriously hurt and McCartney apologized saying he lost his temper.
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London
Paul McCartney
Daily Star
McCartney
Iva
British Broadcasting Corp
Paul Massey
Massey
Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
James Stacy
Connie Stevens
Kim Darby
India
Stacy
la Quinta
Here
Arab nations call summit after U.N. veto on Israel row
Arab foreign ministers plan Tunis meeting to discuss the U.S. veto of a resolution punishing Israel for the Golan Heights seizure and to seek U.N. General Assembly action in New York. Syria denounces Washington as Israel’s partner in bypassing international law amid heightened Middle East tensions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
U.S
U.N. Security Council
United States
Damascus
Tunis
Israel
Golan Heights
Syria
Middle East
New York
Tunisia
U.N. General Assembly
Saudi Arabia
Palestine Liberation Organization
America
London
The
Arab League
League
Washington
Britain
France
Irish Republic
U.N
US firms kept Libyan sales amid sanctions
U.S. firms sold Libya military goods totaling about 53 million dollars despite President Reagan’s expulsion of Libyan diplomats. Exports last year included planes sighting devices and missile parts, plus artillery, trucks, uniforms, and jet engines. Census data show 2.3 million in military items through November 1981, with secrecy around item types.
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Washington
U.S
Libya
Administration
Reagan
United States
Gulf of Sidra
Khadafy
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
National Security
Alan Romberg
State Department
New York Times
Oshkosh Truck Corp
Wisconsin
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Harvard
Betty Friedan
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John F. Kennedy School of Government
Yale
Columbia
Fountain of Age
Women’s Liberation Movement
Aden
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Golan
Jimmy Carter
Speniel’s
I.R.A
Bohemian Savings
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Reet
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Marion
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