Soviet Detains Sakharov Won't Let Dissident Leave Country
The Kremlin says dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov will remain in the Soviet Union due to state secrets from hydrogen bomb work. His wife Yelena Bonner appeals to the West to pressure for his release and warns of possible harm. Sakharov has been exiled in Gorky for over three years after detention on Jan. 22 1980.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet Union
Yelena Bonner
Sakharov
Volga
Gorky
Tass
Utica High drops Ho Tai mascot after religious concerns
Utica Michigan AP report says the Utica High School track team voted to shelve a $5 18 inch Ho Tai ceramic statue once seen as a unity symbol after fundamentalist Christian protest. Coaches and administrators agreed the idol project distracted the program and caused controversy among parents.
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Utica
Paul Schroll
Ho Tai
Morrow
Chieftans
Crit Wolf
Calvary Fellowship Church
Chicago council meeting erupts in chaos over veto
Spectators pushed and shouted as Mayor Harold Washington faced an Old Guard bid to reconside r his veto of a council restructuring plan. Edward R. Vrdolyak led the opposition, shouting that Washington is ruining Chicago, while a gallery fight ended the session without charges. Vrdolyak said truce talks could begin next day with enough votes to overturn the veto doubtful.
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Chicago
Harold Washington
Washington
Old Guard
Cook County
Democratic
Edward R. Vrdolyak
Vrdolyak
Edward M. Burke
Bernard Epton
Burke
College Board outlines new prep goals for college bound
The College Board released a 5000 word report urging college bound students to hold foreign language conversations, enjoy arts like music and theater, and use a computer. It shifts focus from years of study to outcomes and asks schools to value arts and humanities amid math and science improvements.
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Washington
Shultz Sees Syria Likely Lebanon Troop Withdrawal
Secretary of State George Shultz expressed confidence that Syria would withdraw its troops from Lebanon along with Israel. He spoke after a White House meeting with President Reagan on efforts to secure a Lebanon Israel pullout and Syrian and PLO withdrawals.
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New York Times
Washington
George Shultz
Reagan
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
Shultz
White House
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Guerrillas Execute 16 Soldiers in Cinquera
Military sources report 16 government soldiers were executed by a guerrilla firing squad in Cinquera, marking a possible new tactic to terrorize troops. The killings occurred before government forces retook the town, following rebels seizure on Sunday.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Cinquera
Nun resigns from order to remain welfare chief
Agnes Mansour, a 52 year old nun heading Michigan's Department of Social Services, announces she quits the Sisters of Mercy to continue serving the poor amid church pressure over Medicaid abortion funding. Brandon Hall dies at 13 months after two liver transplants, mother recalls his fight and fragile condition.
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Lansing
Mich
Agnes Mansour
Michigan
Miss Mansour
Sisters of Mercy
Department of Social Services
John Paul II
Memphis
Tenn
Brandon Hall
Billie Hall
Walnut
Miss
Solzhenitsyn Blasts Anti-Nuclear Protesters
Exiled writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn condemned Western anti-nuclear demonstrators as oblivious to the Soviet threat and equated communist suffering with gradual death. He accused Soviet means and money of backing the protests and rejected Bertrand Russell's idea that red is better than dead.
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London
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
West
Soviet Union
Bertrand Russell
Solzhenitsyn
National Party wins regional elections in South Africa
In Johannesburg the National Party won two of three regional elections seen as a test of reform support. The party looks to push power-sharing with colored and Asian minorities while blacks gain no national voice, though urban autonomy may appear locally.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
National Party
Pieter W. Botha
Botha
Polityka Defends Pluralism as Warsaw Pact Tensions Rise
Poles react to a New Times critique from the Soviet Union accusing Polityka of distorting words and policy. The Polish weekly reaffirms pluralistic policies while denouncing hard liners, amid reported Soviet pressure to suppress Solidarity era opponents.
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Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Polityka
New Times
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Jaruzelski
Andrei Ryzhov
Gazette Wire
Serv
FBI probes conflict claims against Commerce official
The FBI opened an inquiry into possible conflicts involving Deputy Commerce Secretary Guy W. Fiske who resigned after disclosures he discussed a post with Communications Satellite Corp. while guiding a government satellite sale plan. Four talks cited, three before 1982 and one in November, Fiske had denied impropriety.
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Washington
FBI
Commerce Department
Commerce
Guy W. Fiske
Communications Satellite Corp
Fiske
Comsat
Las Vegas MGM Grand Fire settlement tops $140 million
A $140 million out-of-court settlement, the largest of its kind, was accepted by 1,357 MGM Grand fire claimants. The 1980 Las Vegas blaze killed 85 and injured 591 at the hotel casino, with the deal reached between plaintiffs led by John Cummings and 42 defendants including the hotel.
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Las Vegas
Nev
U.S
Mgm Grand Hotel
New Orleans
John Cummings
One Million Fail To Graduate High School Nationwide
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that more than one million of the 3.8 million public high school freshmen in 1981 did not graduate four years later. Most nongrads were dropouts, with some possibly held back or entering college early. Gazette wire services.
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Washington
Federal Education Agency
National Center For Education Statistics
Gazette Wire Services
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