Bishops Clash With White House Over Nuclear Strategy
The Reagan administration and Roman Catholic bishops argue over a planned pastoral letter denouncing U.S. nuclear strategy and urging a nuclear freeze. A seven page White House reply to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops is circulated as debates continue.
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White House
Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Reagan
U.S
National Security
William Clark
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
John Krol
Philadelphia
Bishops
Soviet Union
Clark
Raymond A. Lucker
New Ulm, Minn
Florida study weighs cost of school restroom construction
In a $45,000 effort funded by the 1981 Legislature, researchers at Florida A&M and Tallahassee Community College observe restroom use in three North Florida counties. Students from FSU and FAMU earn $5 hourly watching traffic to evaluate if current codes lead to excess facilities, amid privacy concerns and careful monitoring.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Tallahassee Community College
Brian Dunmyer
Tim White
Florida A&m University
White
Tallahassee Democrat
Florida State
Florida A&m
Community College
Brink's suspect arrested in Belize in 1.6 million robbery case
FBI officials said William R. Johnson, 34, wanted in the 1981 Brink's armored truck heist that killed one guard and two Nyack police, was captured in Belize on narcotics charges and identified by fingerprints matching a federal warrant. In Nebraska, a propane line leak caused a Co op Grain Co. explosion killing four and injuring three, with ignition suspected near a heater under the office.
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Miami
Nanuet
N.Y
Central America
FBI
Brink
Nyack
William R. Johnson
Belize
Johnson
Freeman
Raymond
Neb
Co-op Grain Co
Wally Barnett
Co-Op
Wanganui
New Zealand
Justice Department
Pianist Haig Dies at 58 in New York
New York AP reports pianist Haig died at 58 after a heart attack. Haig, a bebop pianist part of the Charlie Parker Quintet during Swing Street days, was struck down at his Manhattan home Tuesday.
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New York
al Haig
West 52Nd Street
Swing Street
Manhattan
Haig
Charlie Parker
Three Americans Freed From Angolan Jail Return Home
Three U.S. men arrived back in New York on a Thanksgiving day welcome. Geoffrey Tyler, held since 20 months after a forced-plane landing in Angola, hugged his mother Marjorie Tyler. Gary Acker and Gustavo Grillo, imprisoned since 1976 as mercenaries, were also reunited with families.
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New York
U.S
Marjorie Tyler
Seabrook
Geoffrey Tyler
Tyler
Angola
Gary Acker
Gustavo Grillo
Whales Stranded on Cape Cod Bay Island
Sixty five pilot whales stranded on Lieutenant Island near Wellfleet Cape Cod Bay with about half dead by Wednesday. The males females and youngsters up to twenty feet long gathered Tuesday afternoon in a marshy area that would become their death site.
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Wellfleet
Mass
Cape Cod Bay
Lieutenant Island
South
Reagan to expand Washington Moscow hotline and talks
President Reagan plans to expand the Washington Moscow hotline and push for confidence building measures including notice of missile tests. He aims for progress with Moscow toward principles for substantial nuclear weapon cuts, while not backing SALT II or a less comprehensive pact. Senators Jackson and Nunn propose adding a crisis center for rapid U.S.-Soviet exchanges.
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Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
Washington-Moscow
Moscow
U.S
Geneva
Vienna
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Henry Jackson
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Wheelchair-bound man given four year home burglary sentence
Demetrius Lacaze, 26, of Springfield, was sentenced to four years under a 1981 law for armed home burglary. Prosecutors offered probation for a guilty plea to a lesser charge, but Lacaze rejected it. His attorney planned an appeal, calling the term inappropriate.
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Springfield
Ill
Demetrius Lacaze
Don Cadigan
Sangamon County
Cadigan
Lacaze
Harvey Beam
Tom Appleton
Appleton
Commander is counseled over Andropov remark
U S forces in Japan chief Air Force Lt General Charles Donnelly was counseled after calling Soviet leader Yuri Andropov nastier than a snake during a Kiwanis Club Q A in Agana Guam. Officials said he spoke for himself and not for the Defense Department. Dolly Parton vows she will not retire after abdominal surgery and hospital stay.
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Washington
U.S
Japan
Yuri Andropov
Pentagon
Air Force
Charles Donnelly
Andropov
Agana
Guam
GOP mistakenly honors maverick GOP nominee in California letter
The California Republican Party sent a letter of appreciation to Gary Richard Arnold, the GOP congressional nominee told to "shut up" by President Reagan. Arnold, defeated by Democrat Leon Panetta, said the letter showed no party support or funds and sparked anger. Party chairman Tirso del Junco expressed regret for the error and disavowed Arnold as a party representative.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
California
Republican Party
Gary Richard Arnold
GOP
Reagan
Tirso del Junco
Arnold
Leon Panetta
del Junco
Gary Arnold
IRA says it executed Lennie Murphy in Belfast
The Irish Republican Army claimed the slaying of Lennie Murphy 29 a Protestant suspected killer known as the master butcher Murphy was shot by at least 20 bullets as he sat in his car in North Belfast. Police called him a notorious unconvicted killer.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Lennie Murphy
Murphy
Glencairn
Haddad Denies Role in Beirut Massacre Conduct
Maj Saad Haddad head of Israeli backed forces in south Lebanon tells a Israeli inquiry his troops did not take part in the Beirut killings. He asserts his forces followed a pact with Israel to stay south of the Awali River well away from Sabra and Chatila refugee camps.
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Jerusalem
Saad Haddad
Lebanon
Beirut
Judicial Commission of Inquiry
Haddad
Israel
Awali
Sabra
Chatilla
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Raleigh
N.C
United Methodist Council of Bishops
Joseph L. Bernardin
Chicago
Shultz
George Shultz
Organization of American States
General Assembly
Lus
David L. Brockway
M.A
P.O. Box
Clinton
Iowa
Gateway Seed CO
Japs Andropov
Dolly
Nashville
Tenn
Dolly Parton
Indianapolis
IRA
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
UPI
South America
Democratic Social Party
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Maj
Dexter
Seiferts
Jackie
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