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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1985

Page

2

Hussein proposes international peace conference for Middle East

King Hussein urged a Soviet backed peace conference with Palestinians to negotiate a durable Mideast peace based on UN 242, telling President Reagan the PLO accepted UN stand while U S officials noted caution on PLO commitment and terrorism.

Washington Jordan Hussein Soviet Union Israel Reagan Palestine Liberation Organization U.N United States Hosni Mubarak Mideast U.S Middle East U.N. Security Council China Britain France PLO

Former sub commander arrested in Navy spy case

FBI arrested former Navy Lt. Cmdr. Arthur James Walker in Virginia Beach on espionage charges linking him to his brother John Anthony Walker Jr and nephew Michael Lance Walker who were named in a separate indictment for spying for the Soviet Union.

Washington FBI Soviet Union William Webster Navy Arthur James Walker Virginia Beach John Anthony Walker Jr Michael Lance Walker Nimitz Baltimore Arthur Walker U.S. District Court Norfolk U.S. National Defense Chesapeake Webster John Lane Bonner U.S Gilbert R. Swink Michael Walker Daniel Klein Jr Walker

Reagan Team Pushes Tax Overhaul Plan

President Reagan said an overhaul of the tax code is all but inevitable and vowed changes will ease costs for many. Treasury officials and aides staged a broad push, arguing the plan shifts burden toward higher earners while aiding low income families and non itemizers. A two-earner $45,000 couple could see a $300 rise without children, or a $165 cut with two dependents.

Washington Reagan White House East Room Larry Speakes Treasury James Baker Congress Baker George Bush Rotary International Kansas City Donald Regan Henry Bloch H&r Block

Turkish guard testifies he provided gun used on pope

Omer Bagci testified in Rome that he gave Mehmet Ali Agca the 9mm Browning pistol four days before the May 13 1981 pope shooting in St Peter's Square. He said he did not know why Agca wanted the weapon and suggested other Turks could be involved. Prosecutors weigh legal action and note indictments of seven for complicity in the attempt.

Rome Mehmet Ali Agca Agca Omer Bagci Antonio Marini Bagci Milan Agea John Paul II St. Peter’s Square Bagei Italy Marini

Pentagon expands drug testing to civilian DoD workers

The Defense Department will mandate drug testing for civilian employees in three critical categories including law enforcement and those protecting property or personnel from harm. The directive from Deputy Defense Secretary Taft IV takes effect Saturday amid concerns that drug abuse could disrupt operations. In Towson Maryland authorities moved a 491-pound man with heart problems to an ambulance after police, medics and firefighters removed a room partition and a stair railing. The man, Ralph Ronald Monger 51, died soon after hospital admission following obesity related health issues. Monger reportedly refused treatment and a sister obtained an order to commit him to a hospital.

Washington Defense Department Defense William Taft IV Towson, Md Ralph Ronald Monger Monger Diane Hiederman

NRC OKs reopening of Three Mile Island reactor

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission authorized the restart of TMI unit 1 in Pennsylvania by a 4-1 vote, despite the 1979 accident. The ruling allows startup after appeals are addressed, with conditions to submit a gradual restart schedule and to expand NRC oversight capabilities.

Washington Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Three Mile Island Pennsylvania Three Mile Island Alert Harrisburg 3Rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Commission NBC Frank Ingram Middletown William Kuhns General Public Utilities Corp GPU GPU Nuclear Nrcs Nunzio Palladino TMI James Asselstine Asselstine

Norasia Rebecca Attacked in Persian Gulf Off Qatar

A West German container ship Norasia Rebecca was hit by two unidentified warplanes Wednesday in the Persian Gulf east of Qatar. The 21 crew members were unharmed as the Hamburg based vessel continued to Karachi under its own power, after Iran and Iraq traded air and artillery strikes for the fourth day. Captain Hans Juergen Wiebe reported final destination Karachi.

Baghdad Iraq Persian Gulf Iran Qatar Hormuz Hans- Juergen Wiebe Karachi Pakistan

China to require students pay tuition under new education rules

China plans a new financing framework for higher education in which university students would, for the first time in theory, bear tuition costs. The proposal comes from the Ministry of Education.

Peking China Ministry of Education

Chinese tuition policy unclear as reforms described

A press conference outlined a new education reform policy with uncertain tuition costs and unclear enactment dates. Most Chinese students would still receive government grants or scholarships. Separately, the ANC claimed responsibility for a bombing in Johannesburg killing a policeman during South Africa's anti apartheid campaign. Superpower arms talks opened in Geneva with both sides seeking progress on space weapons and related research.

Communist Party Johannesburg South Africa Geneva Switzerland U.S

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