Diplomats protest East German border controls in Berlin
West German and NATO diplomats denounced East Germany on Monday as border guards blocked officials at Checkpoint Charlie and announced stricter controls to extend East German sovereignty in Berlin. Libyan diplomats were barred from crossing, and Honecker signaled openness to a formal frontier.
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Speed of sound revised by Canadian scientist
A Canadian researcher reports the speed of sound in air is 741.1 mph, slower than the long accepted 741.5 mph. Dr. George Wong found a 1942 calculation error that persisted in literature, prompting a recalibration of basic acoustic constants.
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Charles E. Yeager
George S.K. Wong
National Research Council of Canada
Wong
Earthquakes Rattle Fiji Islands With No Immediate Damage
Two powerful quakes rocked isolated Fiji islands but not the main population centers, officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and it was unclear if the affected isles were inhabited.
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Assad to Visit Athens in Rare Western Outreach
Damascus reports Syrian President Hafez Assad will depart for Athens on Monday marking a rare official visit to a western country as part of broad diplomatic outreach.
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Aquino forms constitution panel including opposition group
The Philippines' commission to draft a new constitution will include an opposition faction led by Blas Ople, a former cabinet minister who broke with Marcos. Aquino named 45 members and set aside five seats for opponents, a move seen as splitting loyalties from within the deposed regime.
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Ferdinand E. Marcos
Corazon C. Aquino
Blas Ople
Marcos
Ople
Arturo M. Tolentino
Arturo Tolentino
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Tolentino
Aquino
Phone bills rise by $1 starting Sunday nationwide
The FCC raises the federal subscriber line charge from $1 to $2 per phone line per month. Residential and small business customers began paying $1 last June, while large users pay up to $6. The extra $1 helps long-distance firms offset costs for central office connections. AT&T says its plan would cut about $10 from the average residential long-distance bill.
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Federal Communications Commission
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U S veto blocks Helsinki human rights compromise
The United States alone vetoed a proposed Helsinki pact aimed at expanding East West human contacts. The move blocks a six week experts meeting from issuing a joint resolution, despite Soviet Union agreement on several points. Ambassador Michael Novak cited insufficient improvement by the Soviet and East Bloc states in human contacts.
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Soviet Union
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George P. Shultz
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West
Michael Novak
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Filling up seven days a week becomes a church in Jasper
Roy and Gail Broussard run an Exxon station in Jasper Texas six days a week and host the Bread of Life Church on Sundays The couple were ordained as Gospel ministers in January turning the former Bible study space into a sanctuary They moved from Moss Bluff Louisiana two years ago and Broussard runs a sign shop next door with gas proceeds funding renovations for a small congregation of about 30 The back room houses the sanctuary while the other two rooms serve as family space for five residents
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