Cardinal Condemns Beatings During Polish Corpus Christi
Cardinal Jozef Glemp denounced police beatings of Solidarity supporters in a Corpus Christi outdoor sermon. He referenced the death of Grzegorz Przemyk and urged end to persecution while noting Pope John Paul II will meet Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski during his upcoming visit. Government opposition to amnesty for jailed Solidarity activists is also reported.
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Solidarity
John Paul II
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jozef Glemp
Labor Federation
St. Ann’s Church
Grzegorz
Grzegorz Przemyk
Adam Lopatka
Polityka
Jaruzelski
Communist Party
Lopatka
Glemp
Henryk Jablonski
White supremacist J B Stoner surrenders ending nationwide hunt
J B Stoner, the four month fugitive and bomber of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, surrendered at a federal courthouse in Montgomery. He arrived with bail bondsman Sonny Kyle Livingston and called himself a political prisoner while stating he would face state charges. Stoner explained he gave up to prevent his friend from losing the $20 000 bond and said he would have remained free until death without the money. He was to be turned over to Alabama authorities and sent to Birmingham.
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Ala
J.B. Stoner
Birmingham
Stoner
Sonny Kyle Livingston
Livingston
Alabama Capitol
Bethel Baptist Church
U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama
U S reviews Mideast peace efforts pause
Assistant Secretary of State Nicho las Veliotes told a House subcommittee that the formal peace process is at a pause and will be reviewed next week. He said Syrians must withdraw from Lebanon and noted Habib will lead talks in Washington with other ambassadors.
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U.S
Middle East
State Department
Congress
Nicholas Veliotes
House Foreign Affairs
Europe and the
Lebanon
Reagan
Mideast
Veliotes
Philip Habib
United States
Habib
NATO Defends Plan for Nuclear Missiles in Europe
NATO defense ministers reaffirmed plans to deploy new American nuclear missiles in Europe by year end despite objections from Denmark and Greece. They endorsed deterrence and arms control as core to alliance security, after approving force goals for the second half of the decade. Greece did not join in endorsing the final communique sentence reaffirming determination.
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Denmark
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
NATO
Suburban school board votes to censor school operas
Anne Arundel County School Board approved a new policy after member Patricia Huecker objected to Gian Carlo Menotti The Medium. Board President John C. Wobensmith said performances must be appropriate for students. The policy followed concerns raised in March.
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Anne Arundel County
Gian Carlo Menotti
John C. Wobensmith
Patricia Huecker
Carter accuses Reagan on environmental leadership failings
Former President Jimmy Carter charged the Reagan administration with abandoning U.S. leadership on environmental and global resource issues. He cited export of banned hazardous chemicals, not signing the Law of the Sea treaty, and deep cuts to EPA USGS and NOAA research as examples during a Global Tomorrow Coalition conference.
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Global Tomorrow Coalition
Telethon pledges trimmed after phony calls found
Democratic Party officials reduced their totals for last weekend's telethon after computer checks uncovered phony pledges blamed on Republicans. Genuine pledges now estimated at 12 to 15 million dollars, down from 16 to 20 million.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Bob Neuman
Neuman
Denmark Blocks Further Funding for New Missile Deployment
Denmark's fragmented Parliament passed a motion last week to block any further Danish financial contribution to the costs of deploying the new missiles, signaling possible stalemate if progress in arms control talks with the Soviets stalls.
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Denmark
Argentina cuts zeros as new peso debuts
Argentina replaces the old currency with a four zero reduction, creating the peso Argentino worth 10,000 old pesos. The dollar trades around 8.1 new pesos. salaries prices and quotations shift to the new peso amid a two day bank holiday to adjust.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Vietnam to hand over U S remains of MIAs in Hanoi talks
A Vietnamese Embassy spokesman said Vietnam will turn over an unknown number of U S servicemen remains missing since the 1975 end of the war. The delegation in Hanoi is negotiating the transfer amid humanitarian gestures and goodwill. Nine sets were found and three other identifications were discussed in March, but exact counts were not disclosed.
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Thailand
Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
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America
United States
Falklands War fuels Britain election clash
Last year's Falklands War becomes an emotional issue in Britain's general election. Labour's Denis Healey accuses Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of glorifying slaughter, provoking a sharp exchange as Conservatives and Liberal Democrat spokesmen defend Thatcher.
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Britain
Denis Healey
Labor Party
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Healey
Liberals
Social Democrats
Gazette Wire Services
Kean Orders Dioxin Shutdown Near Newark Plant
Gov. Kean uses emergency powers to close a regional food distribution center near the abandoned Diamond Alkali site in Newark Ironbound. He urges about 100 residents to relocate, prohibits local fish consumption, and plans health screenings.
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N.J
Thomas Kean
Kean
Passaic
Diamond Alkali
Federal
Environmental Protection Agency
Trenton
Oregon
New York
House votes to restore EPA budget to pre Reagan levels
The House approved restoring the EPA budget to the pre Reagan era level of 1.3 billion dollars, with Rep. Timothy Wirth adding 220 million to the committee's increase. Rep. Albert Gore Jr. called it a key environmental vote to undo damage at EPA. The chamber also backed 227-136 to drop sanctions against local governments meeting compliance plans under the Clean Air Act.
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EPA
Reagan
Timothy Wirth
D-Coro
House Appropriations Committee
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