Battle for Stanley Intensifies in Falklands Conflict
British and Argentine troops clash on Mount Kent as Harrier jets hit the air field. About 4,000 British soldiers, reinforced by 3,500 on QE2, press toward Stanley with paratroopers and marines linking up after taking Goose Green and Darwin. Both sides report heavy combat and Italian and Soviet political context noted.
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Argentina
South Atlantic Islands
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London
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Two Sisters
Scots and Welsh Guards
San Carlos
Goose Green
Darwin
Leopoldo Galtieri
Jo Buenos Aires Serguei Striganov
Soviet Union
Argentine rock embraces nationalist turn after Falklands war
In Buenos Aires radio bans English language songs and fans shift to local rock and folk. Protest singers rise again as Mercedes Sosa returns to Argentine airwaves after four years of censorship. The shift includes Latin American tunes gaining airplay and a rebirth of tango and folk traditions.
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Argentina
Florida Street
Mercedes Sosa
Reagan to start arms talks with Soviets June 29
President Reagan announced the United States will begin strategic arms reduction talks with the Soviet Union on June 29 and will refrain from actions undercutting SALT 2 while the Soviets show restraint. He spoke at Arlington Cemetery, urging treaties to reduce nuclear weapons and noting the moral gulf between U.S. and Soviet systems.
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Europe
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Bonn
NATO
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Toward treaties to curb destructive arms
A statement argues that treaties may reduce the terrible arms of destruction and prevent a war more deadly than those that claimed the Americans honored today. It emphasizes guiding peace to avert future losses and honor those fallen.
Polish union leaders call for general strike
Fugitives from Solidarity announced plans for a general strike and urged suspended members to abandon past protests. The leaflet demanded freedom for about 2,000 activists including Lech Walesa, and noted planned strikes in Warsaw Wroclaw and Silesia. A memorial plaque appeared in Victory Square for miners killed near Katowice last December.
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Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Wroclaw
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Katowice
Stefan Wyszynski
Today's Chuckle Free Things In Life Joke
A humorous observation notes that the best things in life are free while the rest drain money, ending with a light copyright remark.
Mayor wounded in home shooting. wife killed in LaPorte
Gunman broke into the mayor Aloysius Rumley’s ranch style home before dawn and opened fire. Frances Rumley, 69, died an hour after the 1 am shooting while Mayor Rumley, 71, was treated for multiple wounds and remained conscious. Police said no suspect was in custody and offered few details.
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Frances Rumley
Aloysius Rumley
Larry Miller
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