Reagan tells Soviets U S no threat and seeks peace
President Reagan told the Soviet people that the United States does not threaten them and never will while warning against mistaking freedom for weakness. He spoke ahead of the Geneva summit with Mikhail Gorbachev and urged a season of peace and expanded dialogue.
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Reagan
Voice of America
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Geneva
U.S. News and World Report
Gorbachev
Afghanistan
United States
Central America
Africa
White House
Larry Speakes
U.S
Moscow
Leningrad
Eisenhower
VOA
Robert McFarlane
Alaska man survives five hours after boat capsizes
George Shayen, 41, survived a five hour ordeal off Ketchikan after a capsize left his friends Joe and Le Crissa Walker and their dogs dead. He clung to the skiff and to his companion Jinx Walker as cold water and fading hope pressed in before rescue at Hump Island.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
George Shayen
Ketchikan Daily News
Shaven
Knik
Joe
le Crissa
Jinx” Walker
Joe Walker
Deep Bay
Shayen
Bandit
Jinx
Coast Guard
Mrs. Walker
Enik
Hump Island
Clover Passage
Royal couple begin 3 day U S visit in Washington scene
Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana arrive at Andrews Air Force Base Maryland for a three day itinerary. Diana visits a hospice speaking with elderly residents while Charles meets architects in Savannah and Baltimore. The couple shares a White House tea with President and Mrs Reagan at the start of a busy social and diplomatic schedule.
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Britain
Prince Charles
Princess Diana
White House
Washington
Diana
Andrews Air Force Base
Charles
Washington Home
Dorothy Miles
Mary Scott
Mary Bryan
Michael Shea
Queen’s Press
Barbara Bush
United States
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Savannah
Baltimore
Charles Zucker
National Endowment of the Arts
Prince
Zucker
Octagon Museum
Institute
James Madison
Pennsylvania Avenue
Madison
Ghent
National Archives
Mary Means
AIA Foundation
Poland offers clemency reviews for political prisoners
Poland announces start of clemency proceedings for political prisoners with case by case review. 368 prisoners may be considered but leaders of Solidarity are largely excluded and some rearrests complicate the measure. The proposal labeled humanitarian aims for limited relief amid Western criticism.
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Poland
Warsaw
Solidarity
PAP
Adam Michnik
Wladyslaw Frasyniuk
Bogdan Lis
Cigar Spark Forces 747 Diversion to London
A TWA Boeing 747 diverted to Heathrow from Athens due to a disturbance over a man smoking in a no smoking area. Police arrested a 52-year-old Mississippi man on endangering the aircraft after a skirmish with other passengers. no charges filed. The plane later resumed to New York after a four hour delay.
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TWA
Heathrow
Athens
Greece
Mississippi
Brenard
New York
Prisons Hunt Three Escaped Florida Inmates
Three dangerous inmates escaped Union Correctional Institution in Raiford Florida after cutting through ten foot fences and razor wire. A tower guard fired but no injuries were reported as police and prison officers search surrounding counties for Paul Smith Joseph Santos and Donald Wilson who fled Friday night.
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Fla
Bill Hicks
Union Correctional Institution
Florida
Hicks
Paul Smith
Joseph Santos
Donald Wilson
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