Falklands Cease-Fire Declared as British Victory Seen
Margaret Thatcher announced Argentine forces in Stanley began surrendering while British troops held fire. Brig. Gen Mario Menendez and Brig. John Waters discussed terms for East and West Falkland. Protests in Buenos Aires demanded Galtieri's ouster as crowds praised the British win.
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Stanley
Falkland Islands
House of Commons
John Waters
Mario Menendez
East Falkland
West Falkland
Thatcher
Falklands
Menendez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Britain
Bush heads delegation to Saudi service
President Reagan names a high level U S delegation led by Vice President Bush to attend a memorial service in Saudi Arabia for King Khaled. The group includes Weinberger Percy Johnson Broomfield Allen McFarlane Twinam signaling talks on foreign policy and defense with the new monarch. Foreign dignitaries arrive in Saudi Arabia as condolences flow after the king's death.
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Reagan
George Bush
Saudi Arabia
King Khaled
White House
Prince al-Feisal
Bonn
United States
Bush
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bennett Johnson
D-La
William Broomfield
R-Mich
Lew Allen
Air Force
Robert McFarlane
Joseph Twinam
Index: Don’t worry about computers taking over our lives
A playful editorial note jokes that if machines grow too powerful people can counter with organization. The piece frames technology as manageable and suggests humor about committees governing computers.
Mass arrest of nuclear arms protesters in New York
Police detained more than 1600 demonstrators at UN missions in New York City as part of a civil disobedience campaign against nuclear arms. The arrests followed a massive Central Park rally and precede a nationwide protest effort led by War Resisters League organizers. Rusty Martin of Cedar Falls, IA, among those arrested, is identified as student body president at the University of Northern Iowa.
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United States
Soviet Union
France
China
Britain
Tors
Martin
University of Northern Iowa
Central Park
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New York Stock Exchange
Grace Hedemann
War Resisters League
Israel tightens ring around PLO forces in Beirut
Israeli forces pressed a decisive nine day invasion drive in West Beirut trapping PLO guerrillas and leaders. Arafat vowed not to surrender while Israel held land sea and air routes around a 10 square mile zone. Lt Gen Eytan said Lebanon to decide the fate of captured guerrillas.
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Syria
Stalingrad
Beirut
Baabda
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Raphael Eytan
Tel Aviv
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
Eytan
Red Brigades
Ariel Sharon
Dracula's allergies blamed for vampiric nastiness
Pocatello Idaho expert Dr Thomas McDevitt argues Dracula and Attila the Hun may have suffered allergic addictions to protein rich foods. His theory cited in Diagnosis magazine suggests deprivation triggers bizarre behavior.
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Attila the Hun
Thomas McDevitt
Idaho State University
McDevitt
Pocatello
Vlad Tepes
Attila
Bram Stoker
Dracula
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