Herzog Defeats Begin Aides In Secret Vote For President
In Jerusalem the 120 member Knesset elected opposition figure Chaim Herzog 61 to 57 over Prime Minister Begin’s choice, Menachem Elon, with two ballots blank. Herzog will start a five year term May 5 succeeding Yitzhak Navon.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Menachem Begin
Chaim Herzog
Knesset
Herzog
Begin
Supreme Court
Menachem Elon
Likud
Israel Television
Porat
Northern Ireland
Labor Party
Yitzhak Navon
Man convicted of rape ordered back to court 10 years later
William Brooks, jailed briefly after his 1973 rape conviction, was released on appeal bond. Clerks uncovering old files prompt a new sentencing hearing with a pre sentence report. his attorney seeks to void the verdict for lack of jurisdiction.
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Albuquerque
N.M
William Brooks
Philip Ashby
Brooks
Ashby
Dale Dilts
James A. Maloney
Dilts
Maloney
Nicaragua Threatens Martial Law Amid Rebel Invasion
Nicaragua nationalized flour sugar and cooking oil distribution to secure supplies and warned it would impose martial law to repel about 1200 right wing exiles said to have landed from Honduras with U S assistance denied by Washington. Police seized a Coca Cola bottling plant alleging it funded rebel activity.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Honduras
Washington
Defense Department
Anastazio Somoza
U.S
John Negroponte
Somoza
Adolfo Calvo Porocarrero
Nicaraguan Democratic Front
Torrential floods kill 115 across Peru and neighbors
Torrents across Peru Bolivia Argentina and Brazil have killed at least 115 people and left over 100000 homeless. In Peru 50 died as floods and mudslides buried seven towns in Ancash with up to 600 missing. rivers Sechin Casma and Yautan overflowed.
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Lima
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Brazil
Ancash
Sechin
Casma
Yautan
Common Market summit ends with no major breakthroughs
Brussels leaders wrap up a two day Common Market meeting in under 90 minutes. Spain and Portugal joining and Britain budget demands are postponed to June 6 in Stuttgart. Officials warn a looming farm produce trade dispute with the United States looms large. Gaston Thorn, head of the executive commission, calls the outlook not encouraging.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Stuttgart
West Germany
Spain
Portugal
Britain
United States
Gaston Thorn
Common Market
Amnesty cites killings by troops and death squads worldwide
Amnesty International reports more than a million people killed by state forces in the past two decades across over 20 countries including Afghanistan and El Salvador. The 131 page report launches a global campaign urging public action and condemns illegal political killings by governments of various ideologies.
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London
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Amnesty International
Human Rights Organization
Afghanistan
el Salvador
Amnesty
David Laulicht
Associated Press
Onondaga Nation Grants Sanctuary to Dennis Banks
The Onondaga Nation chiefs in Nedrow New York say they have granted permanent sanctuary to Dennis Banks the fugitive American Indian activist. The South Dakota attorney general calls for Banks to return to face prison and the FBI pledges to arrest him if he leaves the reservation. Banks 52 has evaded capture since 1975 after his 1973 assault and riot convictions tied to the Custer County courthouse fire.
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Nedrow
N.Y
Dennis Banks
Onondaga Nation
Syracuse
South Dakota
Banks
FBI
Oren Lyons
Custer County
S.D
Davis
Callif
Edmund Brown Jr
Man Led Double Life as College Professors Under 13 Identities
A man identified only as John Doe told investigators he used at least 13 identities across four countries while posing as professors at Shippensburg and Millersville State Colleges. Authorities found letterheads and documents linking him to various names in England Canada Australia and the United States.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
LeRoy Zimmerman
John Doe
Kim Daniel
Daniel
Shippensburg State College
John Bryan Hext
Millersville State College
Peter H. Pearse
Millersville
England
Canada
Australia
United States
Killer asks Florida governor to order execution
Arthur Goode, 27, a twice convicted child killer, asks Gov. Bob Graham to set an execution after claiming prison guards torture him and his TV set is failing. He was sentenced to death in 1977 for the murder of 9 year old Jason Vernow in Cape Coral.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Arthur Goode
Bob Graham
Goode
Jason Vernow
Cape Coral
North Fort Myers
Virginia
Florida State Prison
Starke
VerDon
Florida Supreme Court
Graham
11Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
Reagan Aides Ditch Plan To Narrow Civil Rights Rules
The Reagan administration scrapped a 15 month effort to tighten federal civil rights rules prohibiting discrimination by recipients of federal aid against the disabled women and minorities. Vice President George Bush announced the end in a letter and a Justice Department spokesman echoed the decision. The Civil Rights Division and the regulatory reform task force led the drive.
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Washington
George Bush
Justice Department
Department
Civil Rights Division
Task Force On
Bush
82 named in drug probe in six states
Drug agents arrested 82 people in six states as part of Operation Screamer an 18 month undercover probe into Florida marijuana trafficking. The operation targeted pilots financiers and off load ers with bond hearings set for 40 defendants ranging from 250000 to 15 million before U S Magistrate Patricia Kyle amid waves of arrests.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida
Drug Enforcement Administration
Brent Eaton
Eaton
North Carolina
Colorado
California
Louisiana
Texas
U.S
Patricia Kyle
Court rules generic drugs require FDA approval
A mani ruled ketcd before the FDA approves them, even though their active ingredients are identical to higher priced brand names. The court said generics are new drugs needing separate FDA blessing due to differing inactive ingredients. Justice Stevens notes drug term covers complete products. FDA reiterated support for generics and safety standards. Separately, court eases defenses in illegal price discrimination cases, allowing a broader area based defense when prices meet competition.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic
John Paul Stevens
11Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Generix Drug Corp
Bill Grigg
Grigg
Evansville
Ind
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Bo” Gritz
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