Man charged in Palme murder in Stockholm
Swedish prosecutors charged a man in custody as an accomplice in the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme. The Times of London named Victor Gunnarsson, 32, as the suspect. Authorities hold suspects up to five days without charges.
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Palme
New York Times
Stockholm
Sweden
Olof Palme
K.G. Svensson
Times of London
Victor Gunnarsson
Svensson
United Press International
Lisbeth
NASA wastes billions in budget figures glare
The Miami Herald reports NASA cut safety features due to funds and wasted up to a third of its 8.3 billion dollar budget last year citing dozens of FOIA audited reports. Former auditor George Spanton compares waste to defense spending, while NASA officials deny broad waste amid post disaster scrutiny.
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NASA
Miami Herald
Pentagon
George Spanton
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Kennedy Space Center
The
Herald
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Presidental Commission
Pope to visit synagogue in historic Rome trip
The Vatican said Pope John Paul II will visit the central Rome synagogue on April 13. Church officials framed the trip as a historic step to improve Roman Catholic Jewish relations, noting it would be the first papal visit to a synagogue in this century.
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New York Times
Rome
Vatican
John Paul II
Joaquin Navarro Valls
Navarro
Marcos loses bid to protect papers
A federal judge cleared the way for the Reagan administration to turn over 1,500 pages of documents to a Philippine government commission investigating Marcos. The judge said foreign policy concerns outweighed Marcos’s privacy rights, enabling the transfer though photocopying delays occurred.
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Washington
New York
Ferdinand Marcos
Dominick DiCarlo
Court of International Trade
Marcos
Justice Department
Terry Eastland
Penn State artificial heart implanted at Hershey Medical Center
Doctors implanted a Penn State designed artificial heart into 48 year old Robert Creswell of Huntingdon after heart rejection from a transplant. Surgeon Dr. William S. Pierce began the procedure at 1 p.m. at Hershey Medical Center, a Penn State unit, as hospital spokesman Carl Andrews said no time estimate for completion. Creswell suffered cardiac arrest en route to surgery Monday.
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Hershey, Pa
Penn State
Hershey Medical Center
Robert F. Cresswell
Huntingdon
William S. Pierce
Carl Andrews
Mitterrand to name right wing prime minister after vote
President Francois Mitterrand said on television he will appoint a right wing opponent to head a new government tomorrow after a narrow opposition victory in parliament. He also pledged to retain influence on foreign policy while the outgoing prime minister Laurent Fabius resigned. A high speed train bombing near Paris injured 10, with no arrests or claim of responsibility.
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Gazette Wire Services
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
France
Mitterrand
Laurent Fabius
Fifth Republic
Lyon
Reagan predicts House vote on Nicaragua aid package
Reagan administration officials predicted House approval of a 100 million dollar aid package for the contras with two key Democrats signaling support and House Majority Whip Foley expressing confidence it will fail. Pentagon officials floated buying SA-7 missiles on the black market if approved, while CIA funds reportedly supported such arms for Afghan rebels. White House polls aimed to build cross regional backing amid a tight, likely narrow margin outcome.
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Washington Post
Washington
Reagan
House
Congress
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Pentagon
United States
U.S
General Dynamics
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Honduras
Costa Rica
Guatemala
el Salvador
Edward P. Djerejian
Mellencamp Seeks Aid For Farmers At Murfreesboro Show
Rock star John Cougar Mellencamp urged support for American farmers during a Murfreesboro concert at Middle Tennessee State University. He warned 106 farms per week were failing in the state and asked fans to write to lawmakers for aid. Vice President Bush and Barbara welcomed a new grandchild, Pierce Mallon Bush, in Denver. Separately, Debra Winger and Timothy Hutton wed in a private Big Sur ceremony.
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Mellencamp
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Middle Tennessee State University
George Bush
Barbara
Pierce Mallon Bush
Rose Medical Center
Denver
Colo
Bushs
Neil
Sharon
Winger
Hutton
Debra Winger
Timothy Hutton
Big Sur
Damascus blast blamed on Iraq with 200 casualties
Syria blamed Iraq for a truck bomb at a Damascus compound holding Soviet advisers. A Beirut radio reported more than 200 killed or wounded, saying a Lebanese man carried out the attack on orders from the Iraqi secret service. Soviet advisers in Syria numbered about 2,500.
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Syria
Iraq
Ahmed Hassan Eid
Lebanon
Tripoli
Secret Service
Hafez Assad
Ment
Voice of Lebanon
Beirut
Abbassien
Soviet Union
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Norland
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