Reagan fights to salvage AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia
Secretary of State Haig denounces opponents as dangerous, insisting the United States must press forward with an $8.5 billion AWACS arms deal for Saudi Arabia. Reagan draws bipartisan backing from former leaders and officials, warning that rejecting the sale could undermine U.S. credibility and regional security. Senate leaders signal a veto risk as Congress weighs its options.
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Carson debuts in London as ITV airs weekend show
British critics mocked Johnny Carson on ITV as Independent Television launched a 13 week weekly broadcast using a tape of his 19th anniversary show. Dennis Hackett faulted him for self-satisfaction while Herbert Kretzmer and Nancy Bank-Smith noted the sidekick Ed McMahon impressed more than the host. The station reported over 50 viewer calls.
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Redgrave accuses Israeli director of banning Playing for Time
London AP Vanessa Redgrave accuses director Isaac Shimoni of crude Zionist propaganda for banning Playing for Time over her support for the PLO and Israel elimination claims. Loren Ponti theft ruling and Cardinal Cody hospitalization also reported in brief from Rome and Chicago.
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Karpov Korchnoi chess match ends in draw in Merano
In Merano Italy Karpov and Korchnoi drew the third game of the world title match. Karpov leads 2-0 as the first to six wins claims $260000, Korchnoi to receive $160000. The draw followed their first words sinceThursday.
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Food safety fight vows coalition to oppose Delaney clause change
Washington based coalition led by consumer, labor, environmental and health groups announces opposition to Sen. Orrin Hatch proposed changes to federal food safety laws. They argue the Delaney Clause bans cancer links even in tiny traces and with beneficial uses. The Hatch bill would require proving a significant risk before removing substances.
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Smith urges no prison terms for struck controllers
Atlanta officials report Attorney General William French Smith directs U.S. attorneys nationwide to treat contempt charges against 33 striking air traffic controllers as petty offenses and abstain from seeking prison terms under back-to-work orders. Assistant U.S. Attorney Howard Wientraub confirms the policy.
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Nepal Flood Toll Climbs After Monsoon Disaster
Katmandu reports the worst floods in 30 years killing about 1,500 people and leaving thousands homeless as monsoon rains flood hills and plains near Uttar Pradesh. The death toll may rise as reports reach the capital.
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British cabinet approves Northern Ireland prison reforms
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet approved prison reforms for Northern Ireland and planned to announce them within days. The changes aim to apply to all inmates and follow the end of a hunger strike by Irish nationalist prisoners at Maze. The Northern Ireland single issue violence faded after ten hunger-strike deaths and a protracted sectarian conflict, as authorities denied concessions to the IRA.
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Polish Soviet talks amid Solidarity protests in Gdansk
In Moscow Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Jozef Wejacz and Soviet official Leonid Ilyichev held talks after Solidarity demonstrations against price hikes in Gdansk. Tass cited a vague discussion of mutual interests and quoted Rzeczpospolita claiming Poland will face political battle to counter Solidarity, urging nationwide mobilization and a choice between chaos and rebuilding.
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Folk singer Jud Strunk dies in Maine plane crash
Folklore star Jud Strunk aged 44 and Richard Ayotte 43 owner of Ayotte's Country Store were killed when an antique open cockpit plane he had recently bought crashed in Carrabassett Valley Maine Strunk wrote the hit Daisy A Day and appeared on Laugh In as an anchorman reading News From Kingfield.
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