U.S. to Withdraw 18 El Salvador Advisers by July
The Pentagon plans to pull back 18 of 54 U.S. military advisers in El Salvador by July with most remaining officers out by September if the leftist guerrillas gain ground. Rotation is possible if needed, while officials say advisers stay out of combat and focus on training government troops.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
el Salvador
United Press International
Reagan
United States
Panama
Clarence Long
D-Md
el Salavador
Long
Central America
U.S. Southern Command
Soviet Union
Cuba
Iowa high school basketball titles in Des Moines action
Paullina wins Class 1A as Dewitt meets Maple Valley in Class 2A and Dowling faces Wahlert for 3A in Des Moines. Also notes endowment for landmark preservation, new hybrid bass in Iowa lakes, Amtrak cuts debated, and a Senate move on prison farming operations. Also mentions family quirks column and Atlanta vigilante arrests tied to deaths of children.
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Paullina
Dewitt
Maple Valley
Dowling
Wahlert
Des Moines
Atlanta
Politician Says Nice to See You Again Motto
A pithy remark defines a politician as someone who smiles with familiarity even when meeting a person for the first time. The quote underscores public greeting theatrics and political theater.
Harris sentenced in doctor's death case
Jean Harris received a minimum term of 15 years to life for the second-degree murder of Dr. Herman Tarnower, the Scarsdale diet author who spurned her. Judge Russell Leggett ordered prison at Bedford Hills and allowed concurrent sentences on weapons counts. Harris proclaimed her innocence as deputies restrained her.
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White Plains
N.Y
Jean Harris
Scarsdale
Herman Tarnower
Virginia
Westchester County
Russell Leggett
George Bolen
Tarnower
Isabel Peron convicted on corruption charges in Argentina
Former president Isabel Peron is found guilty on two corruption counts by a federal judge in Buenos Aires and sentenced to eight years in prison. She has already served much of the sentence and will be eligible for parole in four months, with exile likely beforehand.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Reagan pledges to back abortion ban and classroom prayer
President Reagan told the Conservative Political Action Convention that he will fight to ban abortion and permit acknowledgment of a supreme being in classrooms. He said the administration has one social and economic agenda and urged decisive action from Congress.
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Reagan
Washington
UPI
George Bush
David Stockman
Raymond Donovan
Congress
Bush
Ing
Stockman
Donovan
Armed mercenaries jailed after Florida jungle camp raid
A 13 man unit dressed in camouflage was jailed in Inverness Florida after being arrested at a ranch where they had set up a jungle warfare training camp. The group led by Joseph Camper and Robert Lisenby claimed no specific mission and charged $350 for two weeks training. Authorities seized several weapons of varied origins though only four semi-automatic guns worked. FBI and ATF investigated possible federal violations.
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Inverness
Fla
UPI
Florida
Charles Dean
Joseph Franklin Camper
Dolomite
Ala
Robert Lee Lisenby
Troy
N.C
Lisenby
Camper
Soldier of Fortune Magazine
Crystal River
Dean
Tampa
Cross Florida
Jack Crandy
Bond
FBI
U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Southeast Asia
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Faith Mitchell
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National Trust
Iowa Lakes
Amtrak
Senate
Iowa
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Mrs. Peron
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