Haiti Strikes Loom as Namphy Keeps Election Pledge
Haiti faces a planned national strike after ruling council head Namphy pledged elections within 18 months. Critics Bazin and Theodore demand civilian rule, resignations by Regala and Delatour, and talks with protesters. Elections set for November 1987 with a new president sworn in Feb 7, 1988.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Marc Bazin
Rene Theodore
Communist Party
Council
Henri Namphy
Col
Williams Regala
Leslie Delatour
Namphy
Theodore
Bazin
World Bank
Regala
Delatour
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Francois Duvalier
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic
United States
Afghan rebels down plane raid base
Afghan rebels shot down a Soviet transport aircraft with a SAM 7 missile, killing 15 aboard and three villagers. Three days later they bombed Shindand air base, firing 60 rockets and destroying six helicopters and two jets, with 24 Soviet soldiers killed and fuel storage alight for two days.
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghan Islamic Press Agency
Farah
Shindand
Irwin Improves as Penrose Reports Condition
Former astronaut James B. Irwin, 56, remains awake but disoriented two days after a cardiac arrest. Nursing staff at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs say his condition has been upgraded to serious and stable as he recovers.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
James B. Irwin
Irwin
Penrose Hospital
Dear Ron to Dear Mr. President Tension in U S Canada ties over duties
The article notes a shift from a warm Dear Ron exchange between US President Reagan and Canadian PM Mulroney to formal letters after Washington imposed higher duties on Canadian cedar shakes. Reagan and Mulroney exchange regrets, risking warmth in their relationship amid possible future tariff tensions on steel products.
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New York Times
Reagan
Ron
Brian
Mulroney
U.S
Denver clash of views as NRLC and NOW host parallel events
In Denver, the National Right to Life Convention and the National Organization for Women convene within blocks. NRLC opens Thursday with Reagan’s videotaped address predicted. NOW marks 20 Years of Carryin On with speakers including Margarita Papandreou Pat Schroeder Federico Pena and Dottie Lamm.
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Denver
Colo
America
Right To Life
National Organization For Women
Tm Nrlc
David Murphy
Wheat Ridge
U.S
Women’s Rights Advo
Cates
National
Right To Life Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Reagan
NRLC
Pat Robertson
Jack Kemp
R-N.y
Senate
Bob Dole
Margarita Papandreou
Greece
Women’s Union
Pat Schroeder
D-Colo
Federico Pena
Colorado
Dottie Lamm
Great Salt Lake dike breach threatens I 15 and rail lines
The Great Salt Lake, at a record high, breached a 13 mile dike near AMAX Magnesium Corp and water moved toward Interstate 15 and a Union Pacific rail line about 17 miles away. Officials warned of a major problem while engineers assess safety and options to pump water away.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Union Pacific
John Nielsen
Amax Magnesium Corp
Francine Giani
Norm Bangerter
Giani
Department of Natural Resources
Utah National Guard
Nielsen
Jerry Marshall
AMAX
Briny Lake
Marshall
New York
Standard and Poor
Bangerter
Packwood vows no tax rise for the wealthy in reform plan
Senate Finance Chair Bob Packwood says he will not back any changes that raise income tax rates for high earners. He defends his two tier system with 15 percent for most, and 27 percent above about 17 600 for individuals and 29 300 for couples, with corporate rate at 33 percent.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Senate
Bob Packwood
Oregon
CBS
Packwood
House
Weekend violence toll rises with 20 dead in South Africa
Police report two charred bodies found and one man shot by authorities. Thani Links, 30, was killed by five white assailants in Welkom. Two suspects under 20 arrested as weekend clashes spread across the region.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Welkom
Pretoria
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West
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Janos Kadar
France
Paris
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Lebanon
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Iranian People’s Mujahedeen
Rajavi
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