Sweden Forces Submarine Surface Near Baltic Coast
Swedish ships fired depth charges to flush out a suspected Soviet submarine trapped in Horsfjorden Bay near Musko naval base. A navy spokesman said the vessel could only escape through two rock passages. helicopters, sonar, and a frigate assisted the search.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Baltic
Horsfjorden
Navy
Bertil Lagerwall
Musko Naval Base
Soviet Union
Atlantic Ocean
Army sweeps in West Beirut arrest hundreds
Lebanese army detained hundreds in Muslim West Beirut in its largest show of force since 1975 76. Some detainees may be deported. security sources say 450 seized. Police questioned by Lebanese intelligence as French troops provide limited support. U S Marines plan for rainy season facilities.
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Lebanon
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PLO
Jerusalem
Uri Porat
Menachem Begin
Israel
U.S
Morris Draper
Begin
Porat
Amin Gemayel
West Beirut
Larry Seals
Cmdr
Mark Stull
Labor Dept Seeks Back Pay in $5 Million Overtime Settlement
The Howard Johnson Co will pay $5 million in back wages to more than 5,000 workers for unpaid federally mandated overtime. The settlement, filed Sept 23 in Massachusetts, covers manager trainees and assistants earning under $250 weekly plus hourly assistants who worked between August 1977 and March 1982. Instructions urge affected workers to contact the Boston office or Labor Department offices for claims.
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Washington
Howard Johnson Co
Labor Department
Labor
Raymond Donovan
U.S
Massachusetts
Boston
Employment Standards Administration
Department
Bolivia elects Hernan Siles Zuazo as civilian president
Congress in La Paz elected Hernan Siles Zuazo 68 former president in exile as Bolivia's first civilian leader in nearly two decades of military rule. He heads a center left coalition with Jaime Paz Zamora likely as vice president and Communist Party support.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Hernan Siles Zuazo
Ziles Zuazo
Peru
Jaime Paz Zamora
Siles Zuazo
Communist Party
Iran Jets Force Return of Hijacked Plane in Gulf
Iranian air force jets entered UAE air space and ordered a civilian military transport hijacked by four Iranians seeking asylum to return to Iran. Persian Gulf sources declined to state whether UAE granted permission or if the overflight was illegal.
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United Arab Emirates
UPI
U.S
Iran
Persian Gulf
Emirates
Sanctions Hit Two West German Firms Over Pipeline Help
The United States imposed trade sanctions on AEG-Kanis Turbinenfabrik GmbH of Essen and Mannesmann Anlagenbau AG of Dasselsdorf for assisting the Soviet Siberian gas pipeline. The measures ban export of U.S. oil and gas technology to these firms, part of actions tied to the Polish crackdown.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Siberian
U.S
Aeg-Kanis Turbinenfabrik Gmbh
Essen
Mannesmann Anlagenbau AG
Dasselsdorf
Reagan
Poland
Gazette Wire Services
Lawmakers clash over defense in LWV sponsored debate
Democratic and Republican spokesmen reached broad agreement on strengthening the nation’s defenses while rejecting a nuclear weapons freeze. House Leader Jim Wright and Sen. Sam Nunn argued for a strong stance against the Soviet Union, while John Tower and Jack Edwards pressed Reagan era defense budgets and warned against letting defense spending crowd other programs.
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Washington
League of Women Voters
Soviet Union
House
Jim Wright
Wright
Sen
Sam Nunn
Georgia
GOP
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Tower
Texas
Rep
Jack Edwards
Alabama
U.S
Reagan
Tower
Judge rules starch blockers are a drug not a food
U S District Judge Nicholas J Bua ordered seven firms to stop distributing starch blockers and destroy supplies unless they obtain FDA approval. The ruling centers on intended use and marks the first court finding the product a drug rather than food, with potential appeals anticipated.
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Chicago
U.S
Nicholas J. Bua
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Dennis M. Gronek
Bua
Gronek
Dan K. Webb
New York
Webb
FDA
Newman criticizes Reagan on nuclear freeze push
Paul Newman denounces President Reagan for saying freeze supporters are manipulated. The actor backs a bilateral freeze initiative urging the United States and Soviet Union to halt testing and production of nuclear weapons in a verifiable pact.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Paul Newman
Reagan
Columbus
Ohio
America
United States
Soviet Union
Wife of astronaut Joseph Allen faces launch
Bonnie Allen, wife of Indiana native astronaut Joseph Allen, says she is uneasy about his space shuttle Columbia flight planned for November 11. She notes he has chosen a risky path, and she will support him though concerns remain. Allen, 44, has 14 years with NASA as a nuclear scientist and astronaut.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Allen
Joe
Bonnie Allen
Houston
Allen
Indiana
Columbia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mrs Begin in Serious Condition in Jerusalem Hospital
Aliza Begin, wife of Prime Minister Menachem Begin, was in serious condition in Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital with respiratory and circulation problems, according to Israel Radio.
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Israel
Aliza Begin
Menachem Begin
Jerusalem
Hadassah Hospital
Israel Radio
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