Waite Briefs Bush on Efforts to Free Hostages in Lebanon
Anglican envoy Terry Waite met Vice President George Bush at the White House and spoke of possible ways to secure the release of Americans held by captors in Lebanon. He stressed no special requests and reaffirmed U.S. policy against negotiating with terrorists.
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Washington
Anglican Church
Terry Waite
George Bush
Lebanon
Waite
White House
Bush
Reagan
United States
California
U.S
Kuwait
New York
West Wing
Debates Endorsed as Formal Part of Presidential Campaigns
The Republican and Democratic Party chairmen endorsed making candidate debates a formal part of presidential campaigns. They admitted the parties cannot compel nominees to participate. The Commission on National Elections proposed the plan and would take over sponsorship. Paul Kirk and Frank Fahrenkopf, commission members, signed the agreement at a news conference.
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Washington
Commission On National Elections
Paul Kirk
Frank Fahrenkopf
L A accused of bias in Los Angeles district lines
The Justice Department charges Los Angeles discriminated against Hispanics in City Council redistricting. It says the plan approved in September 1982 violates the Voting Rights Act and the 14th and 15th amendments by lowering Hispanic voting strength and participation. City officials deny the suit.
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Los Angeles
Justice Department
Schmitt Marries Teresa Fitzgibbons in Santa Fe
U.S. Senator and former Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, age 50, obtained a marriage license in Santa Fe with Teresa Fitzgibbons of Albuquerque. His office declined further comment.
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Harrison Schmitt
U.S
New Mexico
Schmitt
Santa Fe
Teresa Fitzgibbons
Albuquerque
Bonner Returns to Moscow for Abroad Treatment
Yelena Bonner 62, wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov, left internal exile in Gorky to Moscow to prepare for foreign medical care. Police guard her apartment. reporters were barred. She expects eye treatment in Italy on Dec 2 and then U S heart surgery per planning agency.
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Moscow
Yelena Bonner
Andrei Sakharov
Gorky
Bonner
United States
Italy
Guerrillas Mine Roads Near Zimbabwe Border in South Africa
Gen defense statement reports two land mine blasts injuring a black driver and damaging a farmer’s pickup near the Zimbabwe border. Officials say three black men seen earlier were likely ANC terrorists who fled into Zimbabwe after planting the mines.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Defense Force
African National Congress
Atlantis lifts off on spectacular 700-foot flame show
NASA reports Atlantis rises on a 700-foot fire geyser, delivering a flawless 6:29 p.m. CST liftoff. Seven astronauts reach orbit about 200 miles high as Mission Control lauds the smooth countdown. Over the mission, Ross and Spring will perform two spacewalks to build a 45-foot beam and a 64-pound pyramid during orbital construction tests.
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Fla
Shuttle
Atlantis
South Carolina
Key West
Atlantic Ocean
Brewster Shaw
Mission Control
Houston
Gene Thomas
Columbia
S.C
Here
Miami
Shaw
Africa
Jerry Ross
Sherwood Spring
NASA
RCA American Communications
Ross
Spring
Bomb attack on Athens police bus kills officer
A remote controlled car bomb exploded as a police bus passed in Athens injuring 14 officers and killing one. Two policemen were in critical condition. Anarchists protested Parliament after riots last week and a teenager was shot by police during the unrest. No group claimed responsibility.
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Athens
Greece
Volkswagen
Andreas Papandreou
Televi
Sion
Athens Hilton
GAO Faults IRS Centers in Tax Filing Crisis
GAO reports at Philadelphia Fresno and Austin centers were understaffed, mismanaged, and hit by a new computer system. Tax letters destroyed, refund checks mutilated, and forms left in restrooms as 80 hour weeks and high turnover plagued processing. IRS says review is underway and 1.9 million returns remain unprocessed.
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General Accounting Office
Capitol Hill
GAO
Congress
John Heinz
R-Pa
Internal Revenue Service
Philadelphia
Heinz
IRS
Ernie Acosta
Fresno
Calif
Austin
Texas
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