Optimistic pledge on hostage releases from Beirut minister
Defense Minister Adel Osseiran voiced strong optimism that his son Ali, U.S. journalist Charles Glass, and the driver will be released soon as talks with Syria continue. He cited new information but gave no details. In Islamabad, Pakistan, reports say the Soviet Union bombed Bala Marghab after a guerrilla raid killed 85 Soviet soldiers, though official confirmation was lacking.
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Lebanon
Adel Osseiran
U.S
Charles Glass
Syria
Ali Osseiran
Glass
Osseiran
Ghazi Kenaan
Sheik
Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
Hezbollah
Party of God
Ali
Charles
Islamabad
Pakistan
Soviet Union
Takhta Bazar
Turkmenistan
Jamiat-i- Islami
Afghanistan
Abdul Rahim
Jamiat
Tokyo crowd forms 10.4 mile protest around Kadena base
AP reports more than 18 000 demonstrators gathered in a thunderstorm to form a ten mile long human chain around Kadena U S Air Base Okinawa to oppose U S military bases in Japan. Police said the demonstration lasted about one hour in three five minute intervals.
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U.S
Japan
Kadena U.S
Okinawa
Gorbachev criticizes West after Soviet regional vote
Gorbachev told reporters after voting in a regional election that the West shows a deficit of realistic policy and urged concrete disarmament steps. He praised limited district choices but said the nomination process remains party controlled and called for decentralization and faster reform. He warned leaders risk public opinion if they do not act.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Izvestia
West
U.S
Geneva
Europe
Reagan
Passenger shot by passing motorist on Santa Ana Freeway
A motorist fired on a car in the fast lane near Santa Fe Springs, killing 24-year-old Rick Lane Bynum of Orange. His girlfriend Sandra Leigh Tait and his 3-year-old son were unharmed. The shooter, driving a yellow Toyota, pulled alongside and opened fire in frustration at not passing.
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Calif
Rick Lane Bynum
Orange
Santa Ana
Los Angeles County
Fidel Gonzales
Bynum
Sandra Leigh Tait
Miss Tait
Gonzales
Stark attack exposes flaws in anti ship missiles says expert
In Washington AP reports an Australian Air Force weapons expert says the Exocet and Harpoon missiles lack a warhead capable of sinking a modern warship with one hit. Flight Lt Layton wrote that the goal is a single warhead to destroy a surface combatant in an article for the Naval Institute. PUSH seeks funds recovery over 1.4 million dollars in mis spent grants Chicago AP states the Education Department may sue PUSH for Excellence over misused federal funds from a 4.9 million dollar grant program.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
P.B. Layton
Layton
U.S. Naval Institute
Chicago
Department of Education
Push For Excellence Inc
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Former FCC head lauds Reagan veto of fairness doctrine
Former FCC Chairman Mark Fowler praised President Reagan for vetoing a bill to enshrine the fairness doctrine. He argued the veto protects First Amendment rights and that government newsroom oversight is dangerous. House sponsor Dingell criticized the veto, while Fowler predicted court challenges to the equal time rule. Ralph Nader called the veto a corporate-influenced decision.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Mark Fowler
Reagan
Fowler
FCC
Commission
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Ralph Nader
U.S. and Soviet Move on Iran Iraq Peace Plan
Washington reports a top Reagan official says the United States and Soviet Union along with other Security Council members are shaping a peace plan to end the Iran Iraq war. They seek a cease fire, prisoner exchange, and mandatory sanctions with broad support from permanent members.
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United States
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
Michael Armacost
Cbs-Tv
Armacost
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France
China
New York
Persian Gulf
U.S
Iran
Central Asia
Gulf
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House
Armed Services Committee
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