Congress approves more MX missiles amid war-scare debate
The writer argues Congress finally authorizes building the MX missile while criticizing arms race logic. He questions disarmament talks as leverage for missiles, cites Reagan's push for strength through weapon buildup, and reflects on Patton to warn against relying on hardware for security.
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Congress
Vietnam
Geneva
Switzerland
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Soviet Union
George Orwell
George Patton
Air Force suspends GE and seeks refunds over profits
The Air Force suspended General Electric from future Pentagon contracts after a federal grand jury indictment alleging falsified $800000 in claims on a nuclear warhead system. It also asked GE and Pratt & Whitney to refund $208 million for excess profits from 1978 to 1983 after an inspector general audit found higher charges and profits.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Air Force
General Electric Co
Pentagon
Defense Department
Verne Orr
Orr
General Electric
Pratt & Whitney Division
United Technologies Corp
Joseph Sherick
Pratt & Whitney
William Shuman
Brian Rowe
Harry Gray
United Technologies
DOD
Inspector General
Chagall dies at 97 in French Riviera studio
Marc Chagall died at his home in Saint Paul de Vence on the French Riviera at age 97. His death followed a collapse reported by his wife Valentine Brodsky. cause not immediately known. Friends say he had been tired but not ill, and he remained active in drawings and watercolors before stopping painting months ago.
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St, Paul DE Vence
France
Marc Chagall
French Riviera
Valentine Brodsky
Jean-Louis Prat
Chagall
Prat
Maeght Foundation
Vitebsk
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Hadassah Medical Center
Jerusalem
la Fontaine
Multinational Crises Heat Up As plane Crash, Warfronts Erupt
A Colombian airliner with 40 aboard crashed into a mountain near Florencia as foggy conditions and a pilot’s ignored warning led to the fatal incident. In Baghdad, Iraq attacked Iranian targets while Saddam Hussein warned of deep strikes, and Hungary named a deputy to Janos Kadar. In Beirut, a terrorist group claimed it kidnapped British journalist Alec Collett, accusing him of spying for Israel and the United States.
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Bogota
Colombia
Satena
Florencia
Baghdad
Iraq
Iran
Kharg Island
Persian Gulf
Saddam Hussein
Beirut
Lebanon
Alec Collett
Israel
United States
Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
Collett
U.N. Relief and Works Agency
Gazette Wire
Test detects Duchenne dystrophy in fetuses via early prenatal screen
NY AP reports a new prenatal test can diagnose Duchenne muscular dystrophy as early as week eight and identify carrier mothers. Researchers from The Lancet study cite accuracies from 96 to 99 percent, though some limitations remain including sporadic mutations and partial applicability to at risk families.
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New York
Egbert Bakker
Bakker
Department of Human Genetics
Leiden
Netherlands
Lancet
Kay Davies
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
England
Donald Wood
The
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Iberia Set to Join EEC in 1986 After Talks
Spain and Portugal reached full terms to become the 11th and 12th members of the European Economic Community, with ratification by member parliaments and 86 date set for Jan 1 1986. France had blocked earlier over wine and fishing limits.
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Brussels
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Common Market
European Economic Community
France
Roland Dumas
Vietnamese student found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
In Santa Ana judge finds Minh Van Lam guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of CSUF physics professor Edward Lee Cooperman in a retrial following a prior mistrial. The incident relates to a shooting at the university.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Vietnam
Minh van Lam
Edward Lee Cooperman
California State University-Fullerton
Orange County Superior Court
Richard Beacom
Lam
Woman admits lying in Dotson rape case
A New Hampshire mother of two says she fabricated a rape story that sent Gary Dotson to prison in 1979, revealing the lie to free him after seeing his anguish. She says her life matters more than her silence and that she wished to turn back time. The judge will consider new evidence in Dotson's case.
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Chicago
New Hampshire
Gary Dotson
Dotson
Country Club Hills
Richard L. Samuels
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Cedar Rapids & Marion
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Manhattan
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Felix McCord
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Joseph White
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