Brezhnev Warns of Retaliation Amid Detente Push
Brezhnev used the Bolshevik Revolution anniversary to reaffirm detente while warning the United States of a crushing retaliatory strike against any aggressor. He spoke from the Kremlin during a Red Square parade, with Chernenko rising as a leading successor candidate and Kirilenko’s health fueling speculation.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
United States
Brezhnev
Red Square
Lenin Mausoleum
Sub
Konstantin Chernenko
Chernenko
Yuri Andropov
Tanks and protests mark Bolshevik Revolution anniversary
Armored personnel carriers roll through Red Square in Moscow as the 65th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution is celebrated. Anti nuclear war demonstrators march in the parade carrying a sign reading No to nuclear war.
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Red Square
Moscow
Soviet G rocket to power 110 ton space station core
Soviet sources say Moscow is building the world’s most powerful space rocket code named G to launch the 110 ton core of a manned space station in 1985. Cosmograd would be a year round orbital city for research crews and space construction.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cosmograd
Dragster Tragedy Kills Cedar Rapids Driver in Illicit Race
James L. Anderson, 28, of Cedar Rapids died after his oversize slick tire dragster spun out and rolled multiple times on a Linn County road south of Walford during an improvised drag race. The other car, a black Chevrolet, fled the scene. Anderson died at St Luke’s Hospital from multiple injuries. about 100 spectators watched the event at the makeshift track.
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Cedar Rapids
James L. Anderson
22Nd Ave
Walford
Linn
Iowa State Patrol
Anderson
Linn County
Israeli General Testimony Challenges Sharon on Sabra Chatila Slaughter
In Beirut testimony Sunday Brig. Gen. Amos Yaron suggested approval to continue the massacre was given by chief of staff Lt. Gen. Raphael Eytan at a Sept. 17 Beirut meeting. Yaron contrasted Defense Minister Ariel Sharon who said the sweep ended by Sept. 17 noon.
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Britain
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Sweden
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Yaron
Raphael Eytan
Tion
Sharon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Eytan
Iran troops push into Iraq across border in Muharram offensive
Iranian forces reportedly crossed six miles into Iraq on Sunday advancing toward a Tib-yan area near a 3,000 resident town and a nearby village. Iraqi sources say three miles of the central front near Meisan remain in fighting.
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Iraq
Hashemi Rafsanjani
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Rafsanjani
Saddam Hussein
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Defense Council
INA
Meisan
Khomeini
Hamrain
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Jonathan Reed
Gazette
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Supreme Court
Aharon Barak
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