Soviet officers demoted after Kamchatka air defense failure
Senior officers in the Soviet Far East command were removed from their posts after the KAL 747 flight over Kamchatka last month went unchecked by interceptors until it reentered Soviet airspace. The incident killed all 269 aboard, with officials noting delayed political involvement and signaling a broader blame game.
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Moscow
Korean Air Lines
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka
Sakhalin
Far East Command
Yuri Andropov
U.S
Piotr Kirsanov
Far East
Communist Party
Pravda
Kirsanov
United States
South 7
Head Over Wheels At Coconut Grove Bike Race
A bike racer crashed during the Coconut Grove Bike Race in Miami sending him and the rider behind him off the course. Both were unharmed and exited the race.
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Coconut Grove
Miami
Administration abandons energy independence goal
The Reagan administration formally dropped the aim of energy independence and said the United States will import oil to some extent for at least the next two decades. The plan predicts oil prices could rise to $90 by 2000 or $110 by 2010 while stressing conservation and reliance on alternatives and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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Washington
Reagan
United States
U.S
Donald Hodel
Nixon
Carter
Hodel
Congess
Reagan calls for 5 percent annual strategic warhead cuts
President Reagan proposed annual 5 percent reductions in both U S and Soviet strategic warheads as part of a new bargaining stance in arms talks. He offered to discuss limits on long range bombers and air launched cruise missiles while noting U S advantage in bombers and cruises.
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Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
Senate Arms Control Subcommittee
Old-fashioned marriage defined by breadwinner role
The statement claims an old-fashioned marriage rewards the husband as breadwinner while the wife handles domestic duties like making sandwiches. It frames traditional gender expectations as defining features of such marriages.
Hawkins pushes 79 word warning on marijuana cigarettes
Sen Paula Hawkins proposes a federal law requiring a 79 word health warning on every marijuana cigarette. Spokesman Henry Hicks says the plan is tongue in cheek and unlikely to be enacted, aiming to deter youth and enforce anti drug laws.
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Washington
Paula Hawkins
R-Fla
Senate
Henry Hicks
Hicks
Iowa delegations seek investors at Zurich conference
Ten Iowans from Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Sioux City, plus the Iowa Development Commission, travel to Zurich for the Invest in America's Cities Conference October 16 20. The group will man three Iowa exhibition booths to lure European industrialists and investors with targets of at least 500 invitations.
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Iowa City
Zurich
Dick Hogan
Ann Mittman Lazette
Iowa Development Commission
Switzerland
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Hong Kong
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Iowa Group
Luca Berrone
The
Commission
Berrone
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