Weinberger hints Israel would retaliate against Syria aid
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger warned the Soviet Union that any aggression backed by Syria would meet a retaliatory force. An official clarified the remark referred to Israel responding if attacked, with Israel vowing self defense. Officials noted the Syria buildup, including SAM-5 missiles and about 5,000 Soviet personnel, likely aims to preserve Moscow’s influence rather than trigger a full clash.
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Caspar Weinberger
Soviet Union
Middle East
Israel
Weinberger
New York
American Jewish Committee
United States
Syria
Soviets
Harel
Moscow
Mediterranean
Lebanon
Glenn tops Mondale in Times Poll for Democratic nomination
A Los Angeles Times Poll shows Sen. John Glenn leading Walter Mondale among registered Democrats. Glenn is favored by 28 percent to Mondale's 26 percent, with Jesse Jackson at 5 percent and Edmund G. Brown Jr. at 4 percent. The survey was conducted May 8 to May 12 after Glenn's April 21 campaign announcement.
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Washington
Los Angeles Times
John Glenn
Ohio
Walter F. Mondale
Glenn
Mondale
Times
Jesse Jackson
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Praise for entrepreneurs fuels Reagan Small Business Week
President Reagan lauded entrepreneurs as the forgotten heroes shaping recovery and jobs. A domed display of a 319-foot wingspan aircraft drew 8,000 to 10,000 visitors during Small Business Week, with a $12 million exhibit and $6 adult tickets. Separately in New Jersey, Salem nuclear plant spilled 100 gallons of slightly radioactive water. the incident followed prior safety failures and a federal $850,000 fine.
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Washington
Reagan
America
Lower
Alloways Creek
N.J
Salem
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
ONeill Plays in Third Annual Boy Scout Golf Classic
Speaker Thomas P. ONeill watches his ball roll toward a hole in Bethesda Maryland during the third annual Boy Scout Golf Classic Friday morning. The event showcases political figures and local scouts in a charity round at the Bethesda course.
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Thomas P. O'Neill
Bethesda
Spruce Goose Returns After 36-Year Gander Debut
Long Beach residents formed long lines Saturday to glimpse the Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes ambitious WWII seaplane. The wooden craft, flown once and stored away for decades, reenters public view as crowds gather for its reemergence.
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Long Beach
Calif
Howard Hughes
Federal agents break marijuana ring with dozens charged
In Chicago federal action 25 people were charged and 13 arrested with 12 sought as part of a six state operation targeting a $100 million annual marijuana ring. The U S attorney described an extremely sophisticated network with pilots bookkeepers couriers distributors and Colombian imports led by John M Aranco and Kevin Aranco.
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Chicago
U.S
Colombia
Dan K. Webb
John M. Aranco
Kevin
Webb
Gazette Wire Services
Taiwan says it can produce nuclear arms but won’t use them
Chaing Ching-kuo, Taiwan’s president, tells Der Spiegel that Taiwan has the capability to build atomic weapons but vows not to deploy them against the mainland. In London, Monsignor Bruno Heim labels unilateral disarmament advocates as blinkered idealists or idiots in a Times letter defended by his spokesman.
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West Germany
Taiwan
Chaing Ching-kuo
Chiang Kai-chek
der Spiegel
Chiang
London
John Paul II
Bruno Heim
Times of London
Heim
Kieran Conry
Global Jewish population trends foresee decline outside Israel
A London based demographic survey released Saturday projects the world's Jewish population outside Israel will shrink by up to 25 percent by 2000 due to lower fertility intermarriage and assimilation. It also predicts Israel's Jewish population will rise by 47 to 57 percent, from under 3 million in 1975 to 4.4 to 4.7 million by 2000, not offsetting the outside decline.
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London
Israel
Reagan denies pardons for 2 Watergate figures
President Reagan refused pardons for E Howard Hunt and Jeb Stuart Magruder while pardoning Eugenio R Martinez, who received credit for being an ordinary burglar. Martinez, Hunt, and Magruder were all previously implicated in the Watergate break in and cover up. Martinez later became a leasing manager in Miami after serving 15 months.
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Reagan
E. Howard Hunt
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Eugenio R. Martinez
Justice Department
Martinez
Watergate
Richard Nixon
Hunt
White House
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Complex
Justice
Judy Pond
Miami
Etna Lava Dig No Faster, Lava Fails To Divert Flow
In Sicily experts set off half a ton of dynamite on Mount Etna to force lava into a canal but the eruption slowed and lava advanced slowly. Civil Defense Minister Loris Fortuna praised the blast as a success though scientists said it did not move as planned. Officials consider steam shovels or bulldozers to clear obstructions in the canal.
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Sicily
Mount Etna
Loris Fortuna
Ernesto Grossi
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