IMF Withholds loan to Philippines amid Marcos reform delay
The IMF, backed by the Reagan administration, delays a 453 million loan to the Philippines over promised economic reforms. Senate testimony warns of civil war on a massive scale unless reforms and a military purge of entrenched generals are pursued. NPA guerrilla numbers near 16 500 amid insurgency concerns.
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Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Senate
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Paul Wolfowitz
NPA
Wolfowitz
Reagan
IMF
Marcos
U.S
Right wing gains seat in South Africa parliamentary races
The National Party won three parliamentary seats in mid term elections seen as a gauge of white support for reform. Ultra rightists captured one seat in Vryburg, Stolberg defeating NP rivals in a tight vote. Home Minister Stoffel Botha won in Port Natal while P W Coetzer lost Springs by 749 votes. Bethlehem also went NP, as the whites only chamber fills vacancies amid apartheid tensions.
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South Africa
National Party
Northern
Cape Province
Vryburg
Pieter W. Botha
Sasolburg
Louis Stolberg
Reformed National Party
Stolberg
Port Natal
Durban
Stoffel Botha
Springs
P.W. Coetzer
Bethlehem
Orange Free State
Sky King star Kirby Grant dies in traffic crash en route to space launch
Kirby Grant 73 died after attempting to pass another vehicle on State 50 near Titusville. He was en route to Cape Canaveral to watch the space shuttle Challenger liftoff. Grant starred in the 1950s TV series Sky King as The Songbird’s pilot.
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Fla
Kirby Grant
Grant
State 50
Highway Patrol
Mike Kirby
Jess
Parrish Hospital
Cape Canaveral
Challenger
U.S
Kirby Grant Hoon Jr
Butte
Mont
Northwest Territory
Yukon
Northern Patrol
Arizona
Penny
Gloria Winters
Clipper
Ron Hagerthy
Navy helicopter crash on training mission kills three
A UH-1N helicopter crashed during a training flight near Mustang Island between Corpus Christi and Port Aransas, killing three crew members and injuring three others. Names of the victims were withheld pending relatives’ notification.
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Corpus Christi, Texas
Mustang Island
Corpus Christi
Port Aransas
Terry Reese
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
House reverses on MX missiles funds in Pentagon bill
The House voted 359 to 67 to freeze Pentagon spending and then restored $1.7 billion for MX missiles after an initial move to delete the funds. The vote shift followed debate over Star Wars anti missile research and nerve gas money. Senate talks will set final levels including SDI funding.
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Capitol Hill
Barney Frank
D-Mass
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Congress
Reagan
Senate
Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
United States
Reagar
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
Italy PLO stance toughened in coalition pact revival
In Rome the five party coalition agreed a tougher line against the PLO as part of Craxi era negotiations to revive the government after a collapse over the Achille Lauro hijacking. Spadolini pressed for a policy linking PLO participation to full compliance with peaceful talks.
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Italy
Palestine Liberation Organization
Bettino Craxi
Achille Lauro
Giovanni Spadolini
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PLO
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Hani al-Hassan
Yasser Arafat
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Hershey, Pa
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