Pope and Anglican leader vow Christian unity in Canterbury
Pope John Paul II and Archbishop Robert Runcie held an ecumenical service at Canterbury Cathedral and announced a panel to study doctrinal differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A protest at Trafalgar Square urged a halt to the unity movement.
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Canterbury
England
John Paul II
Canterbury Cathedral
Robert Runcie
Church of England
London
Trafalgar Square
Christian Unity Movement
Horatio Nelson
David N. Samuel
Protestan Reformation Society
Britain
Vatican
Samuel
Runcie
U.S
John Paul
Scotland Yard
Metropolitan Police
UPI
Martydom
Thomas Becket
Henry Ll
U.S. Intercepts Defense Exports to Soviet Bloc
The Customs Service seized over 23 million in defense related materials bound for Soviet bloc nations. Operation Exodus targeted air and seaports with teams from customs FBI and Border Patrol. Prosecutions emerged from Brockton offenders for falsifying documents tied to Eastern European shipments.
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U.S
Washington
Customs Service
William von Raab
Viet Union
FBI
Tive Companies
Modern Equipment Services
C.O. Manufacturing Co
Brockton, Mass
Logan International
Boston
John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York
von Raab
Salvador landowners oust peasant farmers in turmoil
In El Salvador landowners with some military backing have ousted hundreds of subsistence farmers from plots since a U S aided reform was suspended. Peasants led by Pedro Cruz returned to tend a 20 acre corn patch despite threats as expulsions rise. The Commons Union cites 3604 evictions between March 28 and May 21 with more feared. The government criticizes a lack of enforcement and notes the suspension targets all crops. The 1980 reform aimed to empower 150000 families but funding shortfalls and political shifts halted its final phase.
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Pedro Cruz
Cruz
Salvadoran Communal Union
Agrarian Lands Financial Institute
Sonsonate
Constituent Assembly
Lands Institute
Agriculture
Jorge Pena
Pena
Christian Democratic Party
el Salvador
Carter
Reagan
Congress
Junta
JFK Birthday Recall Across Boston Harbor Observed
Boston hosted a daylong JFK observance at the Presidential Library marking his 65th birthday. Sen Edward M. Kennedy planted a rosebush from Hyannisport, and a 10 kilometer race accompanied the events while swimmers took part in a 2 mile dip to a public bathhouse.
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Boston
UPI
Boston Harbor
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hyannisport
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
JFK
Susan Lawrence
Rebels Claim Soviet Push in Panjshar Valley
Rebel leader Burhanuddin Rabbani said guerrillas killed 1600 Soviet and Afghan troops damaged 60 tanks and 20 aircraft in a two week old campaign over Panjshar Valley which holds Kabul north supply routes.
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Peshawar
Pakistan
UPI
Panjshar
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Defense Committee
The
Resistance Alliance
Rabbani
Kabul
Afghanistan
Hong Kong Hit by Record Rainfall Killing Dozens
The heaviest one day rainfall in over 50 years pounded Hong Kong triggering floods and mudslides. At least 20 people were killed and 33 injured with 2,472 affected as thousands fled rising waters. Forecasters warned of more thunderstorms to come.
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Hong Kong
UPI
British Crown Colony
Motive sought in IBM office attack
Authorities investigate resentments behind a seven hour shooting spree at an IBM building in Bethesda. Edward Mann 38 of Mitchellville Md is held without bond on murder and assault charges after killing two and injuring ten. He had resigned from IBM two years earlier amid a workmen compensation grievance.
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Rockville, Md
UPI
IBM
Edward Mann
Mitchellville
Mann
Bethesda
Daniel Webber
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Beep
Susan Mary Klages
New Orleans
Kimberly Kirkpatrick
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Jefferson Parish
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Pan American Airways
Intercontinentale Insurance Co
Reader’s Digest
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Eva Gabor
Kanekalon Artelle
Armstrong
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