Poland and church unite on two billion aid for private farms
In a rare move, Poland's Communist government and the Roman Catholic Church agreed to channel about 2 billion in Western aid to private farmers. The plan, backed by Wojciech Jaruzelski, aims to boost agricultural output and ease food shortages. Negotiations shift to drafting a law and finalizing financial details for quick passage.
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Warsaw
Poland
John Paul II
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruze
Solidarity Labor Union
Jozef Glemp
Sandinistas Battle Guerrillas Across Nicaragua Fronts
Defense Ministry reports clashes along northern Matagalpa border and southern areas as 11 guerrillas were killed in a 24 hour period ending at dawn Sunday. No government casualties disclosed.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Sandinis
Defense Ministry
Matagalpa
Trade Conference Closes In Belgrade With Aid Setbacks
The U N Conference on Trade and Development in Belgrade ended after four weeks with 166 nations approving resolutions offering guidance to aid poor countries. Delegates from poorer nations expressed disappointment that richer countries did not commit to an immediate $90 billion in extra aid.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.N
Woman admits self harm in false razor attack report
A handicapped woman, Clara Vitella, 33, confessed she cut herself on both cheeks with a table knife to feign an assault by a razor wielding man. Police say a prosecutor will decide on possible indictment for faking a crime. Vitella, a polio survivor, said she hoped a mother she never knew might recognize her from news reports.
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Rome
Clara Vitella
The Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company published daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids Iowa address. Subscription rates list $1.95 weekly carrier, $9.20 for 7 issues monthly, $95 for 52 weeks, others $125 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service exists. Associated Press rights noted.
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Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
U S agency criticized for auto recall policies
The Center for Auto Safety accuses the Reagan administration of delaying auto recall investigations and keeping tens of millions of defective cars on the road. It urges Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole to review the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration practices amid recalls of 240,000 GM X-body cars.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Center For Auto Safety
Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
Highway Safety Agency
Congress
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
General Motors
Tom Blank
Dole
Nader Group
Roof collapse at discount store linked to storm in Tennessee
Bolivar officials traced the Magic Mart Discount Department Store roof collapse to a heavy thunderstorm that dumped up to an inch of rain, injuring 52 shoppers and briefly trapping 20. Police Chief Don Clifton said 99 percent certain no more victims remain buried in debris after six hours of rescue work.
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Clifton
Water flows over Hoover Dam spillways for first time in 41 years
Record snowmelt sent water cascading 450 feet wide and 175 feet high over Hoover Dam spillways as tourists watched. Lake Mead rose to 1222 feet, with floodwaters expected to continue into July, threatening power generation and prompting officials to consider halting flow through turbines. federal and local leaders surveyed damage along the lower Colorado River while a bridge in Estacion Victoria Mexico reportedly collapsed due to flooding.
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Hoover Dam
Lake Mead Cascade
Arizona
Colorado River
Boulder City
Nev
Colorado
Mexico
Lake Mead
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Hoover
California
Bureau of Reclamation
Clark Germann
Germann
Bureau
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bill Claypool
Bullhead City
Briz
Los Angeles
U.S
Dennis DeConcini
Morris Udall
Estacion Victoria
Three Pittsburg men petition to modify book report sentences
Three men accused of beating a burglary suspect seek to serve their 3 to 10 year sentences on weekdays to keep Monsour Inc. running weekends. They were ordered to write reports on The Ox Bow Incident and pay fines totaling $20,000 plus Larson's medical bills.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Pete Monsour
Danny Peak
Charles Peak Jr
Gilbert Larson
Fred Lorentz
Monsour
Larson
Walter van Tilburg Clark
Crawford County
Monsour Inc
Rick Smith
Pittsburg Hospital
Supreme Court rejects Mississippi bid to overturn stay
Justice Byron White refused to issue an emergency ruling to dissolve the 5th Circuit stay blocking the Wednesday execution of Jimmy Lee Gray. Mississippi officials had flown to Washington to seek the Supreme Court’s intervention as a three-judge appeals panel stayed the death warrant pending a high court ruling on stay guidelines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron White
Mississippi
Jimmy Lee Gray
White
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gray
Appeals Court
Lava eruption at Kilauea slows and ends
A fountain like eruption of glowing lava at Kilauea Volcano sputtered to a stop as the lava flow that had destroyed eight homes slowed to a crawl. Officials said the 12 foot high leading edge was moving only a few feet per hour and no longer threatened homes, prompting the lifting of evacuations and removal of roadblocks.
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Civil Defense
Car rams crowd injuring ten at Nassau concession stand
A 70-year-old driver Alexander Smith of Long Beach lost control when his sandal caught between brake and accelerator. He jumped the curb and struck a crowd at a concession stand in Lido Beach. Ten people injured. two tickets issued for license and registration failures.
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Lido Beach
N.Y
Alexander Smith
Long Beach
Nassau County
John Blauvelt
Smith
Blauvelt
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