Solidarity Leaders call for protests across four cities
In Poland Solidarity underground leaders urge workers in Nowa Huta Krakow Gdansk Warsaw to stay home for protests against the ban and new union restrictions. Violence deaths rise as 20 year old Bodgen Wlasik dies amid clashes and a memorial gathers in Nowa Huta.
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China and France Communist Parties Resume Ties
China and the pro Soviet French Communist Party renew relations after a 17 year break. Hu Yaobang accepted a French invitation to visit, signaling broader moves toward improving Moscow ties and possible normalization of state relations with the Soviet Union.
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Beckley dealer offers Reagan son a car sales job
Ron Reagan, 23, unemployed after leaving the Joffrey Ballet, is offered a sales job at AMC Renault in Beckley by Charlie Earehart. Earehart promises wages, commission, and travel costs, saying Reagan could draw customers from the West Virginia area. Local residents question why a national figure's son is targeted.
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Liddy urges better treatment for Vietnam veterans at rally
G Gordon Liddy told a Soldier of Fortune convention crowd that the Vietnam war was not immoral but veterans deserve more. He praised today’s students as more patriotic and recalled a campus clash with a professor from the 1960s. Mary Tyler Moore rodeoed into hospital after a fall but was released with no serious injuries.
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Zoo keeper charged in chimp napping case
Chicago police say David Kahn a zoo keeper on medical leave has been charged with burglary in the abduction of Eve the chimp from Lincoln Park Zoo. Two other men Edward Glick and Alfred LaDoux were indicted for burglary and felony theft with narcotics possession. Eve was found at LaDoux apartment dehydrated but healthy otherwise and returned to the zoo.
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Defecting Chinese pilot offered over two million by Taiwan
A Chinese MiG pilot who defected to South Korea after flying across the border was offered more than 2 million by Taiwan to surrender the aircraft. The defection, near Seoul, highlighted Chinese radar weaknesses and could embarrass Beijing in a propaganda bid.
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Military push to halt guerrilla advance in El Salvador
Government soldiers, after being repelled by a guerrilla offensive, moved to retake two northern villages Las Vueltas and El Jicaro as troops in San Miguel and Chalatenango cities remained alert. The aim was to blunt what authorities called the biggest rebel drive in six months.
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Contamination fears spread after Tylenol cyanide case
Authorities pull Lavoris from shelves after four bottles were laced with acid amid a wave of contamination scares linked to Tylenol cyanide deaths. Reports also note Visine A C warnings, a Colorado incident, extortion letters, and a Kansas City extortion probe tied to the Tylenol case.
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