KGB veteran Aliyev named first deputy premier in USSR
Gaidar Aliyev a long time KGB officer was named the Soviet Union's first deputy premier. He is seen as favored to eventually lead the government, with Andropov guiding national discipline and reform. Observers note Aliyev's Azerbaijani roots and prior success in Azerbaijan's economy and security.
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Moscow
Gaidar Aliyev
KGB Security Police
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Aliyev
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
KGB
Yuri Andropov
Nikolai Tikhonov
Kremlin
Andropov
Soviet
Azerbaijan
Transcaucasian Republic
Chicago
Teamsters
U.S
Howard Cannon
Allen Dorfman
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
Cannon
Nakasone Backed for Japan's Top Role on Strong Defense
Yasuhiro Nakasone, a defender of stronger defense, wins a landslide in the Liberal Democratic Party primary and will become Japan's 16th postwar prime minister. He pledges a more assertive role while keeping ties with the United States and the West.
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Tokyo
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic Party
Japan
Nakasone
Liberal Democratic
Diet
Succes
Sor
Zenko Suzuki
Suzuki
United States
FDA may list pill benefits in patient leaflets
The FDA may revise birth control pill leaflets to state the drug's benefits in reducing disease risk. A committee proposal will go to Health Secretary Schweiker, with the new inserts likely due in 1984 and written in plainer English reflecting post-1978 study results.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration Advisory
Health and Human Services
Richard Schweiker
Administration
FDA
Navy panel backs F-18 carrier bomber with range caveat
A Navy panel recommends production of the F-18 as a carrier based bomber but notes range shortcomings must be overcome. Tests show the jet falls about 100 miles short of the 550 nautical mile goal without in flight refueling.
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Washington
Navy
Pentagon
John Lehman
Rawlings claims quick victory over Ghana rebels
Ghana's military ruler Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings says rebel soldiers were defeated within 24 hours. He vows merciless punishment for holdouts and declares loyal forces in control of all units and strategic points. He also calls on those on the run to surrender for safety. In Poland, PRON urges end to martial law and amnesty for political prisoners.
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London
Ghana
Jerry John Rawlings
Rawlings
Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Patriotic Movement For National Rebirth
PRON
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Roy Williams
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital
New England Journal of Medicine
Stevens OR
Iowa City
Iowa
Hoover
Spirit
Jali Gom
High Technelogy
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