Sandinistas seek UN session over U.S. invasion threat
Managua accuses the United States of planning a grand scale military intervention in Central America and asks the UN Security Council to convene. Ortega withdraws, saying talks with the Reagan administration may wait until after El Salvador elections. D Escoto and Castro held talks in Havana.
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Nicaragua invasion fears rise as D Escoto warns
Foreign Minister Miguel D Escoto told reporters the United States plans an invasion of Nicaragua and could act today. He argued propaganda setbacks hindered Washington while the State Department faced scrutiny over a Nicaraguan confession and killings of four journalists in El Salvador.
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OPEC agrees to 18 million barrel ceiling to prop oil prices
In Vienna, OPEC ministers signaled a production ceiling of 18 million barrels per day to stabilize markets. Saudi Arabia’s Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani affirmed support for maintaining the $34 per barrel benchmark, while Indonesia’s Subroto noted a follow up meeting to secure government approval.
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Reagan weighs housing aid bill amid high rates
President Reagan signaled support for a $1 billion immediate subsidy plan for housing while warning that congressional inaction on his budget keeps interest rates high. Housing leaders urged White House backing for a $5 billion five year program to subsidize mortgages for middle income buyers, sponsored by Sen. Richard Lugar.
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Milk Recall Strikes Minnesota Island Over Contaminated Supply
Consumers queued for refunds as state officials planned distribution of safe milk after tests found most fresh milk on the island contaminated with heptachlor, a pesticide used on pineapple fields, in cows fed chopped pineapple leaves.
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Reagan to Back Balanced Budget Amendment Amid Deficit Talk
President Reagan, facing record deficits, is expected to endorse a Senate bill for a constitutional balanced budget amendment. Administration sources say the move offers Republicans a political exit before the November elections, though the amendment likely takes effect no earlier than fiscal 1986.
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Youth shooter at Valley High kills teacher and wounds two students
In Las Vegas a 17 year old student named Pat Lizotte shot psychology teacher Clarence Piggott 55 in a his class before leaving the building and firing on students nearby. He was wounded by police after a chase and hospital reports list the students as stable.
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