Over 800 Arrested in Poland Rally Crackdown
Rioters and riot police clashed as more than 800 people in seven cities were detained for attempting Solidarity protests and an eight hour nationwide strike. An American student was arrested as a spy amid the crackdown.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Solidarity
Polish Academy of Sciences
Jerzy Urban
Roman Laba
Laba
U.S
Wroclaw
Soviet Bloc
Bush in Senegal on Africa tour urges Angola troop withdrawal
Vice President George Bush arrived in Dakar Senegal after a stop in Cape Verde where he pressed President Aristides Pereira to help remove Cuban troops from Angola. He aims to show U.S. concern over Africa's economy as he visits Nigeria Zambia Zimbabwe Kenya and Zaire on a two week trip.
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Dakar
Senegal
George Bush
Cape Verde
Aristides Pereira
Angola
U.S
Africa
Bush
Atlantic
Nigeria
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Zaire
Washington
South-West Africa
Namibia
Ex Albanian PM Said to Be Longtime Spy and Self-Destruct
Albania's ATA news agency reports former Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu spied for the United States before World War II and later for the KGB and Yugoslav UDB. Enver Hoxha says Shehu killed himself last December after being ordered to assassinate Hoxha, calling him a dangerous traitor.
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Vienna
Austria
Albania
Mehmet Shehu
Communist Party
Enver Hoxha
ATA
Shehu
Secret Service
KGB
UDB
Hoxha
Reagan salutes Marines on 207th birthday in Rose Garden
In a brief ceremony in the Rose Garden President Reagan congratulated the Marine Corps on its 207th anniversary and praised Marines serving in Lebanon. Commandant Gen. Barrow sliced the cake with a ceremonial sword, replacing the traditional eldest-youngest handoff.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
Marine Corps
Lebanon
Robert Barrow
Ban on Strauss lifted in Israel radio airwaves
The Israel Broadcasting Authority lifted a 35 year ban on Richard Strauss amid allegations of Nazi era ties. Igor Markevitch urged the move to include Strauss in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra repertoire, noting Strauss’s 1933 34 role and Hitler’s dismissal after a letter to Stefan Zweig.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Richard Strauss
Radio Authority
Strauss
Germany
Israel Broadcasting Authority
Igor Markevitch
Jerusalem Symphony
Markevitch
Associated Press
German Musicians Association
Adolf Hitler
Stefan Zweig
IMF approves emergency loans to Mexico and Argentina
The International Monetary Fund tentatively approves $3.8 billion for Mexico and about $2.1 billion for Argentina to help meet large foreign debts. Both nations must implement belt tightening measures at home as a condition. Together they owe foreign lenders roughly $120 billion.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Mexico
Argentina
IMF
British spy Geoffrey Prime jailed 35 years for treachery
Geoffrey Prime, a former translator for British intelligence, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to 35 years for passing top secret information to the Soviet Union between 1968 and 197? and for sexually assaulting girls. His wife discovered espionage gear at home and Prime confessed after arrest. The court heard Prime knew every monitored Soviet message and code broken at Cheltenham GCHQ.
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London
Geoffrey Prime
Britain
Prime
Rhona
NATO
Lord Lane
George Carman
Cheltenham
Royal Air Force
Old Bailey
Michael Havers
Igor
Vlaya
Air Force
West Berlin
Rowlands
East Berlin
England
Foreign Office
Retiree Fights Headphone Ban in Woodbridge
Oscar Gross, 64, convicted for wearing stereo headphones on a public street, received a $50 suspended fine and plans to appeal. He said he preferred jail to draw attention, claiming the Oct. 7 violation aimed to challenge the ordinance banning headphone wear on streets or while driving.
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Woodbridge
N.J
Oscar Gross
New Jersey
New York City
Joseph C. Dunn
Gross
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Solidarity Union
Reagan Salutes Corps
Navy Department
Jack Weinstein
Richmond
Weinstein
Congress
Indianapolis
Donald Bogard
Legal Services Corp
Bogard
NEW York
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Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Hollings
Senate
Third Ave
Gazette
Middlesex County
Downtow
Cedar Rapids
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