Reagan pushes MX missile stance with Congress amid arms talks
President Reagan convened his national security team to reevaluate the U S arms negotiating posture with the Soviet Union and appealed to Congress for deployment of the new MX missile. Officials indicated possible shifts to START terms and a move from multi to single warhead rockets as part of a build down option, while Richard Perle warned that MX approval is needed for any agreement.
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White House
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Senate
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Suspected world record bank robber nabbed with $4.20 pocketed
California's famed Paper Bag Bandit Robert Allan Bray, linked to about 70 thousand dollars stolen from multiple banks, was arrested by FBI and Bell Cudahy police at a girlfriend's home after a tip. He carried $4.20 and faced a lengthy heroin habit, with detectives calling the case a possible world record.
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Calif
Robert Allan Bray
California
Los Angeles
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Senate panel approves 20 million for Salvadoran army training
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously backed 20 million dollars in new military aid to El Salvador for training its army this year, while rejecting 60 million sought by President Reagan. The move would raise total Salvadoran military aid to 76.3 million if approved by Congress, with non military aid rising to 140 million this year.
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Nancy Kassebaum
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Libyan arrest of CIA recruited Palestinian over Khadafy plot
Libya says Abdul Kader Mousa Ali-Khatib confessed to CIA recruitment in mid 1982 and planned to kill Col. Muammar Khadafy. He claimed ties to Fatah with a covert assassination aim. The report notes Fatah links and warns of a separate group using the name.
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WHO Warns Half World Would Die in Nuclear War
In Geneva a World Health Organization report by a panel of 10 scientists estimates about half of 4.5 billion people could be immediate victims in a full nuclear exchange. The worst scenario foresees 1.15 billion dead and 1.1 billion injured with medical care barely possible and civil defense unlikely to greatly cut casualties.
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Switzerland
World Health Organization
Rebels cause outage in El Salvador power grid attack
Rebels in El Salvador dynamited power lines east of San Salvador, cutting electricity to Usulutan San Miguel La Union and Morazan for the 21st time this year. The insurgents also destroyed a coffee factory and attacked government positions as authorities say the campaign aims to cripple the economy and strain the government war effort.
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Stern fires Hit der diaries reporter over fake volumes
Bonn West Germany Stern reveals the fake Hitler diaries scam with supplier Konrad Fischer alias Kujau. Gerd Heidemann admits gullibility after paying 9 million marks for 62 volumes and sues for fraud amid a public fallout.
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Disney to pay up to 42 million to paralyzed student
Victor Powell, 21, a Mississippi Valley State University student and trombone player, was paralyzed when a platform collapsed at Disney World's Epcot Center during rehearsals for a opening ceremonies performance. The out-of-court settlement with Granite State Insurance total reaches up to 42 million over 51 years, with Powell receiving annual payments of 90,000 dollars increasing 7 percent yearly, plus prior 1 million for expenses and initial housing arrangements.
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Nuclear Regulators warn of inside sabotage risk at plants
The U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an information notice to nuclear plant operators urging review of procedures against insider sabotage after deliberate incidents at Salem New Jersey and Beaver Valley near Pittsburgh. Officials said no immediate safety problem occurred, but gaps in response procedures were noted. The alert cites lessons from past years and urges enhanced safeguards.
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Beaver Valley
Pittsburgh
Motel deaths probe in Shreveport murder case
A 55 year old woman believed kidnapped and raped was strangled in a Shreveport motel room. A man staying next door was stabbed to death perhaps while trying to help her. Both bodies were found after midnight amid liquor bottles and scraps. Two men were later booked in Atlanta Texas on public intoxication charges related to the case.
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Atlanta
Texas
Melvin Chavis
Houston
Denton
Sam Burns
First American woman astronaut to fly on space shuttle
Sally Ride is assigned to the seventh shuttle mission set for June 18. The crew includes commander Robert Crippen and pilots Frederick Hauck with John Fabian and Norman Thagard, plus Sally Ride the mission’s mission specialist. They will deploy two satellites and a West German payload during a six day orbit with experiments on space adaptation.
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Gacy appeal before Illinois Supreme Court today
Lawyers for John Gacy present oral arguments as the state Supreme Court reviews the 1980 convictions and death sentence for the sex related murders of 33 young men. The key issue is whether Gacy was proven sane. no decision is expected for months.
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Ill
John Gacy
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