Iran elects first clergy head of state
Ali Khamenei, 42, clinched Iran’s presidency with nearly 96 percent of votes amid low turnout and a heavily pro Khomeini media. The regime reported 30 more executions and said Kurdish forces were crushed in Bukan as clashes with leftist opponents erupted in Tehran.
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Lebanon
Ali Khamenei
Iran
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Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran
Khamenei
Islamic Republican Party
Interior Ministry
Khomeini
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Rajai
Hojatolislam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pars
Bukan
Woman indicted for gun abortion in Chicago case
Lorrie Gray an 18 year old from Robbins and Nicholas B Hamilton also 18 were indicted by a Cook County grand jury on abortion law charges after Gray allegedly shot herself in the abdomen to end a six month pregnancy A fetus died and prosecutors say the case may be the first use of the 1975 Illinois abortion statute in an abortion related indictment each faces up to 14 years if convicted both were jailed on bond pending further proceedings.
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Chicago
Lorrie Gray
Robbins
Cook County
Illinois
Nicholas B. Hamilton
William E. Opilatka
Oplatka
Miss Gray
Hamilton
Cook County Sheriffs
Soviet backed Afghan offensive widens arms blockade
A Kabul based source reports fierce battles over the past week near four towns in Logar and around Jalalabad and in Kunar as Soviet backed forces seek to cut insurgent supply lines from Pakistan. hundreds affected by shelling and destruction of homes, with 85,000 Soviet troops already in Afghanistan.
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India
Pakistan
Kabul
Afghanistan
Logar
Jalalabad
Kunar
Anwar Sadat
United States
Radio
Sadat
Islamabad
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Shiwaki Benihisar
Hoodkel
Babrak Karmal
Regan urges Fed to ease policy amid flat economic period
Treasury Secretary Regan says the Fed should loosen tight money but stop short of an easy-money approach. He warns a recession may require countercyclical action and cautions against premature, excessive easing that could misinterpret market signals. He notes inflation expectations and budget deficits complicate the decision.
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Washington
Treasury
Donald Regan
U.S
Washington Post
Federal Reserve
Regan
Fed
Moral Majority admits fundraising letter contains false welfare case
Mississippi Moral Majority leader Karl Falster says the letter about a supposed nine year old Timmy snatched by Welfare Department workers is a composite of several cases from multiple states. Welfare spokeswoman Mari Martinez refutes the claims and says the department does not investigate home discipline without a court order.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Moral Majority
Timmy
Welfare Department
Karl Falster
Miss Martinez
Mississippi Welfare Department
Fourth polar bear dies at Philadelphia Zoo after arrival
Officials report the 10 month old cub died of heat stress within 15 hours of arrival from a Nebraska zoo. The death marks the zoo's fourth polar bear death in 15 months as zookeepers tried cooling efforts after the seven hour flight.
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Philadelphia
Philadephia Zoo
Nebraska
Mormon Conference Opens Amid Kimball Illness
Mormon Church leaders opened the 151st General Conference as President Spencer W. Kimball, 86, watched from bed at LDS Hospital in serious but stable condition after skull surgery. Elders urged faith, service, and caution against get rich quick schemes during the televised opening.
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Salt Lake City
Spencer W. Kimball
Kimball
LDS Hospital
Robert D. Hales
First Quorum of the Seventy
God
Jesus
Tass denounces Reagan defense plan as nuclear threat
The Soviet news agency Tass denounces President Reagan's plan to base MX missiles in silos and build 100 updated B-1 bombers as a move toward military superiority. Moscow promises countermeasures and warns the United States not to threaten Soviet security.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Reagan
Soviet Union
U.S.A
Karpov Leads In World Chess Championship Adjourning
In Merano Italy title holder Anatoly Karpov and challenger Victor Korchnoi adjourned after 41 moves and five hours ten minutes. Karpov, with white, sealed his 42nd move and held a pawn up with a stronger position as experts predicted a Karpov win this game. U S Grandmaster Robert Byrne said Karpov should win.
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Merano
Italy
Anatoly Karpov
Victor Korchnoi
Karpov
U.S
Robert Byrne
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