U.S. links MX deployment to Soviet disarmament demands
The Reagan administration says it will deploy 100 MX missiles unless the Soviet Union agrees to major cuts in its 818 medium and heavy ICBMs. Officials and senators debate realism and potential for a "fair trade" while Geneva talks continue.
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New York Times
Washington
Soviet Union
Kenneth Adelman
Arms Control Agency
Adelman
Charles Percy
Foreign Relations Committee
William Cohen
Rlaine
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Moscow
Percy
Geneva
United States
Ex-guard convicted of killing 13 in Wilkes-Barre massacre
Former prison guard George Banks was found guilty of 12 counts of first degree murder and one count of third degree murder for the September 25, 1982 slayings in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township. The victims included five of his children and four women who bore them. The prosecution will seek the death penalty.
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Wilkes-Barre
George Banks
Raymond Hall
Banks
Jenkins Township
Donor Found for Baby as Mom Appeals Nationwide
A donor liver was identified for seven month old Julie Bohrer after her mother Cathie Bohrer urged national donors. University of Minnesota transplant team confirmed suitability and planned transplant possibly tonight or tomorrow. Julie suffers Alpha Antitrypsin deficiency. her parents and lawmakers push for a national organ donor information network.
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Minneapolis
Julie Bohrer
Washington
University of Minnesota
Florida
John Najarian
Najarian
Julie
Cathie Bohrer
Wichita
Kan
Shuttle crew readies SPAS release during spaceflight
Commander Crippen orients Challenger to protect the SPAS payload after overheating in the sunlight. Astronauts Ride Fabian prepare to grasp the 3300 pound satellite with the robot arm and release it for recapture. Weather threatens Friday landing at Kennedy Space Center with potential delay into weekend.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Robert Crippen
Challenger
Earth
Sally Ride
John Fabian
SPAS
Space
Kennedy Space Center
NASA
Florida
Crippen
Mission Control
Reagan
Washington quintuplets born to Olney couple
Pamela Pisner 29 and Daniel Pisner welcomed five babies four boys and one girl at George Washington University Hospital after a Caesarean section that began at 4:27 a.m. The family said their lives have been enriched beyond measure and the infants are doing well. It marked the first Washington quintuplets since 1945 and the first in the U.S. since last August.
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Washington
America
Pamela Pisner
Olney
Daniel
Amy Chikaraishi
Chicago
Pisner
George Washington University Hospital
Pope urges Polish trust as future hinges on unity
In Wroclaw the pope told vast crowds that Poland’s future depends on mutual trust across politics and society. He cited Solidarity’s hunger for righteousness and urged safeguarding it from distortion as police dispersed a youth march. The pope then traveled to Krakow ahead of a Walesa meeting.
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New York Times
Wroclaw
Poland
John Paul II
John Paul
Solidarity
Gestapo
St. Ann’s Mountain
Krakow
Lech Walesa
Lenin
Gdansk
Walesa
Senate Defeats Mortgage Backing for Unemployed Homeowners
The Senate rejected a proposal to back emergency loans for unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure by 55 votes to 39. Separately it approved a $49.68 billion FY1984 funding bill for HUD EPA and 15 other agencies, trimming about $4.7 billion from the House version but surpassing the administration request.
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Washington
Senate
House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Environmental Protection Agency
NPR Board Ousts Chairman and CFO Resigns
The NPR board ousted chairman Myron Jones after a six hour meeting and accepted the CFO’s resignation amid a deep budget deficit. A second director announced his resignation during the session.
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Washington
National Public Radio
Myron Jones
Reagan Holds Ground Against Budget Plan
President Reagan rejected an $859 billion budget that would raise taxes and cut half of his proposed Pentagon buildup. He vowed to oppose the compromise crafted by House and Senate negotiators, while Senate budget chief Pete Domenici pressed ahead with the plan.
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Washington
Reagan
Pentagon
House
Senate
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Budget Committee
Hispanic voter drive aims to register 1 million voters
Hispanic leaders announced a national push to register 1 million new Hispanic voters by the 1984 presidential election. San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros called the effort vital to the nation and urged greater voter registration.
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San Antonio
Iran executes Tudeh leader at Evin Prison
Tehran reports that Nureddin Kianuri 75 longtime secretary general of the banned Communist Tudeh Party was executed at Tehran's Evin Prison. The announcement came via the Daily Telegraph citing Tehran dispatches.
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London
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
Nureddin Kianuri
Tehran
Daily Telegraph
Kianuri
Evin
Japan expels Soviet diplomat over alleged espionage near Tokyo
Arkady A Vinogradov a first secretary at the Soviet Embassy left Japan after accusation of undesirable conduct tied to a 1978 industrial espionage case. Police linked Vinogradov with civilian engineer B N Kakorin who tried to obtain tech data from a major Tokyo area computer firm.
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Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Arkady A. Vinogradov
Vinogradov
B.N. Kakorin
Kakorin
Guardian Angels Founder’s Wife Seeks British Volunteer Patrols
Lisa Sliwa, wife of Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, arrived in London to promote volunteer crime-fighting but faced condemnation from Scotland Yard. She warned she expects opposition and will press ahead with her plans.
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London
New York
Guardian Angels
Britain
Scotland Yard
Lisa Sliwa
Angels
Curtis Sliwa
Prague youths clash with police at Freedom protest in melee
About 300 Czech youths disrupted a Peace and Life rally in Prague and gathered in Wenceslas Square where they were attacked by police wielding clubs. Witnesses report several arrests after police moved in at 1 a.m. on a tense, unauthorized demonstration.
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Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact
Liberal Administration
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Wenceslas Square
Old Town Square
World Assembly For Peace
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Freedom
Praguians
Dubcek
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