Reagan suspends Poland trade status in protest
President Reagan signed a proclamation suspending Poland’s most favored nation status under GATT citing martial law and the outlawing of Solidarity. Poland’s leaders blamed economic breakdown and pledged reforms as martial law entered its sixth month.
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Reagan
Poland
Gazette Wire
Washington
Solidarity
United States
Solidarity Union
Gorywoda
Wojciech Jaruzelski
FBI to probe death of former CIA employee Mulcahy
The FBI will investigate the death of Kevin Mulcahy a former CIA employee serving as a key government witness against an ex intelligence agent accused of arming Libyan terrorists. An autopsy could not determine the cause. Mulcahy was found dead in a Virginia Blue Ridge cabin with no signs of foul play suspected, exposure considered.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
CIA
Kevin Mulcahy
Mulcahy
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Sheik Offers $3 Million to Midland Voters to Back Reagan Boycott
In Midland Pennsylvania a Saudi sheik proposed paying residents to pledge not to vote for Reagan in 1984. Local reactions split between opposition to selling votes and appeals for aid. Federal officials warned the act could violate voting laws and carry penalties.
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Midland
Reagan
United States
George Vorkapich
United Steelworkers Local 1212
Pennsylvania
Sheik Mohammed al-Fassi
Miami
Justice Department
John Wilson
Hoover
Cilli
al-Fassi
Colt Industries
Crucible Specialty
Hirschfeld
Three Irish UN soldiers killed in Lebanon ambush
Gunmen using automatic weapons ambushed a United Nations checkpoint in southern Lebanon killing three Irish soldiers and leaving a fourth in shock. The attack occurred north of Tibnine near the Israeli border as the UN force searches for attackers amid regional tensions.
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United Press International
United Nations
Lebanon
Tibnine
Saad Haddad
Israel
Off-Duty Deputy Foils TWA Hijack On LA Run
A suspect hijacker on TWA Flight 72 at Los Angeles International Airport was knocked from the plane by rookie deputy Dennis Robinson after the man demanded a different destination. The 25 year old Hoffman was hospitalized with serious injuries. FBI charged him with attempted hijacking.
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Los Angeles
UPI
TWA
William Hoffman
County-Usc Medical Center
FBI
Hoffman
St. Louis
Los Angeles International
John Zorn
C. R. Baker
Baker
Dennis Robinson
Robinson
Zorn
U.S. Warns El Salvador on Aid Ties to Repression
A Reagan official will tell Salvadoran leaders that continued aid hinges on ending political repression as about 21 people are reported missing. Fred C. Ikle, undersecretary of defense for policy, will emphasize that disappearances jeopardize U.S. help, though the visit is not said to be a formal warning.
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Washington
Salvador
U.S
Reagan Administration
Fred C. Ikle
Defense
Ikle
el Salvador
San Salvador
Spanish King backs democratic government ahead of vote
King Juan Carlos met with leaders of Spain's main parties at Zarzuela Palace as the government deployed 130 000 police on the eve of a general election expected to install Felipe Gonzalez and his Socialist Workers Party, the first leftist government since the civil war.
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Madrid
Spain
Juan Carlos
Zarzuela
Felipe Gonzalez
Socialist Workers Party
Texas considers removing venereal disease references from textbooks
Texas education officials weigh deleting all mention of venereal and sexually transmitted diseases from new health textbooks. Deputy TEA chief Tom Anderson notes concerns about delicacy in local districts while Education Commissioner Raymon Bynum says a decision is pending. The state Board of Education will meet November 13 to review textbooks and may postpone adoption to January.
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Austin
Texas
Tom Anderson
Texas Education Agency
Raymon Bynum
Bynum
State Board of Education
Appeals court halts Ronald O Bryans planned execution
A federal appeals court blocked the execution of Ronald Clark O Bryan known as Candy Man. The 5th U S Circuit delayed the death by lethal injection set for Huntsville Texas on the eighth anniversary of his son s Halloween poisoning. A Texas AG spokesman said the Supreme Court would be asked to allow the execution to proceed.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ronald Clark O'Bryan
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
O'Bryan
Texas
Huntsville
Texas Attorney General's Office
U.S. Supreme Court
Navy chief shuts ship CCUs after Ranger death
Navy Secretary John Lehman ordered the permanent closing of all correctional custody units on Navy ships and censured two former Ranger officers after an inquiry into Seaman Paul Trerice's death aboard the USS Ranger. Trerice, 20, died of cardiac arrest and heat exhaustion following punishment calisthenics while denied water at Subic Bay on April 14, 1981. His parents filed a $4 million wrongful death suit against the Navy. Correctional custody units housed sailors with minor infractions.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Navy
John Lehman
USS Ranger
Lehman
Paul Trerice
Algonac
Mich
Subic Bay
Philippines
Trerice
Ranger
CCU
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Ed Cilli
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