Andropov Becomes President of the Soviet Union
Yuri Andropov, former Communist Party chief, is elected president by the Supreme Soviet completing his takeover of Brezhnev era posts. He inherits the presidency after serving as party head and military council chief, with Chernenko seen as rival influence.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Yuri Andropov
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Supreme Soviet
Chernenko
Andrei Gromyko
United States
KGB
Commission urges 20000 payout to living interned Japanese Americans
A federal commission urged Congress to award 20 000 to the 60 000 living internees from the 120 000 West Coast Japanese Americans held in camps after Pearl Harbor. The panel backed a 1.5 billion fund and a formal apology, plus a separate 5 million educational fund and 5 000 payments for a few hundred surviving Aleuts.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Federal
United States
Commission On
Congress
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Watt victory as appeals court backs offshore drilling plan
The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge by six states and seven environmental groups to Interior Secretary Watt's plan to offer nearly all U.S. coastline for oil and gas leasing. The Interior Department said the ruling affirms the integrity and balance of Watt's five year schedule.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
James Watt
U.S
Watt
Interior Department
U.S. backs Pan Am in China flight dispute
The Reagan administration refused to replace Pan American World Airways for China flights, signaling potential retaliation if Pan Am is barred. Pan Am had resumed service to Taiwan, straining Beijing relations amid wider tensions over arms sales, asylum cases, and other policy moves.
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Washington
Peking
Pan American World Airways
U.S
China
Pan Am
Taiwan
Dan McKinnon
Civil Aeronautics Board
Protests and Clash Mark Soweto Seventh Anniversary
In Soweto protests after a church service marking seven years since the riots, police used tear gas as crowds burned a bus and stoned vehicles. Police reportedly arrested over 50 at Regina Mundi Church for displaying ANC symbols.
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Soweto
South Africa
Regina Mundi
African National Congress
Congress
Baptists reject nuclear freeze at annual convention
Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention 126th annual meeting refused a nuclear freeze unless it did not compromise national security. They backed church state separation and supported women in church work but did not endorse women ordination.
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Pittsburgh
Southern Baptist Convention
Bank VP Kills Wife Then Himself Over Divorce
A Chase Manhattan Bank vice president, Michael Pugliese, 32, lured his estranged wife Maureen, 32, to meet for divorce arrangements in New Hyde Park New York, then stabbed her with a steak knife and killed himself. Police said he had been despondent since she served divorce papers in February.
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New Hyde Park
N.Y
Chase Manhattan Bank
Michael Pugliese
Maureen
Joseph Husty
Two Klansmen charged in 1981 Michael Donald slaying
FBI identified James Knowles 19 and Henry Hays 28 of Mobile County as the two Klansmen charged with civil rights violations in the March 21 1981 beating and hanging of 19 year old Michael Donald. Knowles pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights count. Hays faced state court charges with bond set at 1 million.
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Mobile
Ala
FBI
Moss Stack
James
Tiger” Knowles
Henry Hays
Mobile County
Knowles
Hays
U.S
Jeff Sessions
David Bagwell
Michael Donald
Dan Runzel
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Washington
Stack
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McCloy
Franklin Roosevelt
Feds
Mississippi
Jesse Jackson
William Bradford Reynolds
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Kourou
French Guiana
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European Space Agency
Santiago
Chile
Codelco
Augusto Pinochet
KCRG
Jello
Lindale Mall
Honda
Cedar Rapids
Honda Holley’s Shop For Men
Mid-Continent
Bottlers
1St Ave
Exec
The
Cedar Rapids/ Marion
Bracemore
Linden
Paul Smoker
C.R. Symphony
Chasei Koto
C.R. Dixieland Band
Steve Armstrong
C.R. Symphony Brass
Marie Johnson
Sweet Adelines
C.R. Choral Associatio
Electronic Music V.I.P. Area
C.R. Art Museum
Gil McNaughton
Dance Center of
Iowa City
Foggy Mountain
Old Creamery Theatre
All City High School Musical
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Neil Simon
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Sessions
Dad
Darrel
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8Th Ave
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RCA
3Rd Ave. S
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