Yanks agree to Israeli contacts to ease Beirut tensions
Gazette wire reports say Marine peacekeepers in Beirut will use a new channel of communication with Israeli forces to prevent clashes. The move ends six months of U S reluctance to direct contact and aims to reduce misunderstandings between Marines and Israeli troops. Officials note Israel rejected US withdrawal proposals and the broader negotiations remain stalled.
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Beirut
U.S
Lebanon
Engineer Suspended With Pay Over TMI Cleanup Allegations
Richard Parks a Bechtel senior startup engineer at Three Mile Island Harrisburg Pa sits for a front of plant interview after being suspended indefinitely with pay. He had complained to federal officials that dangerous shortcuts were taken in the cleanup.
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Richard Parks
Bechtel Corp
Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
Parks
Soviet denounces Reagan ABM plan as breach of treaties
The Soviet news agency Tass said deploying a new anti-missile system would violate the 1972 ABM SALT 1 accords. Tass described Reagan’s proposal as bellicose and aimed at U.S. strategic superiority, while noting no ABM moves from Grand Forks to Washington occurred.
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Soviet Union
Reagan
Tass
United States
Grand Forks
N.C
Washington, D.C
Washington
Adelman Denies Purge Plan At ACDA Nomination
President Reagan's nominee Kenneth Adelman told reporters he never planned a purge or housecleaning at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He said his integrity has been unfairly maligned and blamed misleading reports. The statements followed Senate committee release of 10 pages of documents including a talking points memo provided to Adelman on January 14 by Edward L. Rowny.
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Reagan
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Kenneth Adelman
ACDA
Adelman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ken Adelman
Edward L. Rowny
U.S
Arson fire kills six in Jacksonville rooming house
A three story downtown rooming house in Jacksonville was set ablaze by an arsonist. Six people died from smoke inhalation and three were injured as residents escaped through doors or climbed from windows. Three origin points were found in the rear.
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Jacksonville
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Palms Hotel
R.E. Huntley
Rebels Cross Into Nicaragua Doomed by Government Attack
Government troops intercepted an exiled anti Sandinista column crossing from Honduras into Jalapa Nicaragua killing 12 and suffering three casualties in a clash the Defense Ministry said aimed to annihilate the remaining counter revolutionaries near Jalapa 165 miles northeast of Managua. At the UN Mexico and Cuba backed Nicaragua in a Security Council debate over charges of anti Sandinista guerrillas trained by the United States.
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Nicaragua
Honduras
Defense Ministry
Jalapa
U.N
New York
Mexico
Cuba
Security Council
United States
Test tube twins in Manhass et al. reported by UPI
In Manhass New York United Press International reports a laboratory birth involving test tube twins. The article notes scientific advances and references unnamed researchers and institutions associated with the breakthrough.
Washington Endorsed by Chicago Democrats After Byrne Write-In Drop
Chicago Democratic committeemen unanimously endorsed Harold Washington for mayor after Jane Byrne halted her write-in bid. Yet racial divides resurfaced as 13 of 50 members, all white, abstained. Several abstentions came from longtime Democrats backing Republican Bernard Epton, leaving about half absent or proxy-represented during Washington's endorsement.
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Chicago
Harold Washington
Jane Byrne
Bernard Epton
Washington
Senate committee trims Salvadoran aid and urges talks
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee halves the Reagan administration request for 60 million in military aid to El Salvador and calls for unconditional talks between the Salvadoran regime and leftist guerrillas. It supports diverting 30 million from other programs while urging negotiation efforts. The panel notes reprogramming does not need new approval but seeks joint subcommittee consent.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reagan
el Salvador
United States
George Shultz
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Shultz
Foreign Relations Committee
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
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