Welsh miner's son wins Labour leadership in Britain
Neil Kinnock, 41, a moderate from Islwyn in Wales, is elected Labour leader with 71.27 percent, promising to move the party away from its radical course. Roy Hattersley secures deputy leadership as Foot exits after Labour’s June defeat. Kinnock vows unity and a path to victory.
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Michael Foot
Kinnock
Hattersley
Denis Healey
Margaret Thatcher
Canada
United States
South Wales
Islwyn
Foot
Thatcher
Six Democrats back female running mate idea at NOW rally
Six Democratic hopefuls courted the women's vote at the NOW convention pledging to consider a woman for vice president if they win the nomination. Gary Hart voiced willingness to run with a woman, Mondale praised feminism, while Glenn and Hollings faced boos for ERA remarks. McGovern urged openness to a woman running mate, reflecting ongoing party debate.
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Washington Post
Washington
National Organization For Women
Gary Hart
Colorado
Walter Mondale
Florida
Reubin Askew
Askew
John Glenn
Ohio
Glenn
ERA
Democratic Party
Ernest Hollings
S.C
Judy Goldsmith
California
Alan Cranston
George McGovern
McGovern
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Eagleton
Marcos warns protests hurt economy and threatens actions
President Ferdinand Marcos told Filipino business leaders protests hamper the economy and must be halted quickly to assure foreign investors of stability. He discussed possible government options with security advisers as street demonstrations in Manila and Makati continued after opposition leader Benigno Aquino's assassination.
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Philippines
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Marcos
Makati
Benigno Aquino
Aquino
Buzz Aquino
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Reagan
Talks end Chicago teachers vote to strike
Chicago Teachers Union calls a strike after 60 bargaining sessions fail to reach a salary deal. 28 000 members walk out as Schools Superintendent Ruth Love proposes raises tied to layoffs and desegregation funds, which the union rejects.
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Chicago Teachers Union
Board of Education
Robert Healey
Healey
Ruth Love
Miss Love
Ms. Love
Carter items up for auction to aid Carter library fund
A jet that carried Jimmy Carter to the Middle East and hickory rocking chairs he built are among more than 300 items to be sold at Sotheby Parke Bennet in New York to benefit the Carter Presidential Library and Carter Center. The collection includes Warhol prints, a BAC 1-11 seating set valued at 4 to 5 million, Johnny Cash tea service, a Gov John Y Brown horse, and a Larry Gatlin guitar.
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Johnny Cash
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Kentucky
Larry Gatlin
Iacocca Confirms He Will Stay With Cars
Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca, approaching five years at the ailing company, says he plans to remain in Detroit and in the auto business rather than pursue office in Washington. He states autos are all he knows after 38 years and cites no desire to conquer more or to earn vast wealth.
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Lee Iacocca
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Lacocca
Detroit Free Press
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Faison honours its space pioneer William Thornton
The town plans a day of festivities to honor native son William Thornton the 54 year old physician who became the oldest American in space on the latest shuttle mission. He is expected to return Oct 15 and will attend a rally and barbecue dinner.
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N.C
William Thornton
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Volcanic Swelling Near Mount St Helens Raises Eruption Odds
USGS and University of Washington scientists report rapid swelling on the south side of a lava dome inside Mount St Helens crater. They warn explosive activity is possible within ten days, with a likely quiet lava extrusion but a chance of explosion. The 1980 eruption killed or left missing 57 people and dispersed ash globally.
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Wash
Mount St. Helens
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
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Kissinger fast tracks Central America panel report
Kissinger said the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America is speeding its work to avoid influencing the 1984 presidential campaign. He hopes the commission can submit its report as early as January 10, before Congress returns, the State of the Union, and the primaries begin.
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Fla
Henry Kissinger
Central America
Italian cargo ship Gabriella burns after collision. crew dead
Reports say the Italian owned Gabriella collided with an unidentified Soviet vessel in the Mediterranean and caught fire. A radio monitor in Tel Aviv quoted a captain and crew losses, while merchant marine officials had no further news. Nearby in Lhasa Tibet five people were executed for major crimes, a move the Dalai Lama had pleaded to spare. it was unclear if these were the dissidents he sought to save.
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Mediterranean
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Gabriella
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Lhasa
Co-Tylenol alert halted after man’s death study
A 34 year old man with a heart murmur died after taking Co Tylenol leading to a statewide pull request by police which was later canceled after autopsy signs pointed to fluid in the lungs. Randall Hummel of East Buffalo Township died Saturday. FBI toxicology tests were requested for analysis.
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Randall Hummel
FBI
James Malcolm
Harold Erdley
Union County Department of Emergency Services
Chicago
Hummel
East Buffalo Township
Johnson & Johnson
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U S pledges arms to Pakistan over Afghan threat
Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the United States will provide advanced weaponry to Pakistan amid a Soviet military threat in Afghanistan. He met Pakistani leaders and visited a refugee camp before departing. A separate report from Zamboanga City notes about 100 communist guerrillas killed 39 soldiers and seven civilians in Mindanao, with eight survivors fleeing into a ravine after an ambush on a weapons carrier.
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Pakistan
Caspar Weinberger
United States
Afghanistan
Weinberger
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Philippines
Mindanao
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