Chernenko Makes Public Appearance at Kremlin Cosmonaut Ceremony
Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko appeared on television at a Kremlin ceremony honoring cosmonauts and urged a ban on space weapons. The 72 year old, last seen in July, walked in slowly with aides as Tass and television footage aired. Western reporters were not invited and foreign journalists were told no accreditation arrangements.
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Kremlin
Tass
Foreign Ministry
Kremlin Palace
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Yuri Andropov
Andropov
River Rouge High students watch teachers picket on first day
Teachers strike halts school opening as River Rouge High and nine Michigan districts delay start. More than 2,500 district students face extended summer vacation amid ongoing labor action.
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River Rouge, Mich
Block urges line item veto to cut deficit at farmers field day
U.S. Agriculture Secretary John Block told about 1,000 farmers in Louisa County that interest rates will not fall without Congress granting a line item veto and a balanced budget amendment. He cited a debt restructuring plan for farmers and noted record grain exports to the USSR, urging continued support for Reagan policies.
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Iowa
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Bass tourney cheating probe narrows to multi state ring
Investigators focus on a three state cheating ring tied to prize bass tournaments in Texas Louisiana and Florida. As many as eight people face charges while federal agencies Texas Parks and Wildlife and Louisiana State Police pursue leads. The case centers on a Labor Day win by Danny Ray Davis who was later found dead from a shotgun wound near his Grand Prairie home.
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Florida
Dallas Times Herald
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D.S. Burton
Bass
Ex-director charged with embezzling Indian funds
Robert J. Benson former executive director of the Sac and Fox Indian Housing Authority faces three federal counts of embezzling over ten thousand dollars from 1980 to 1982. He allegedly cashed authority checks totaling 10445.93 and used housing authority credit cards for personal purchases. The indictment follows HUD audits and a Cedar Rapids grand jury investigation into federal funds for the Mesquakie Indian tribe. Benson left the director post in April 1982.
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Gating
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Paul Lillies
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U.S. Department of Interior
Budgetary motto quotes rising costs and future
An Index piece mocks fiscal planning with the line I have seen the future and it is expensive. The witty aside reflects concerns about rising government spending and long term financial strain.
Mondale vows Geneva talks on first day as president
Mondale tells American Legion that on his first day he would call the Soviet leadership to meet within six months in Geneva to negotiate a freeze on the arms race and reduce nuclear stockpiles. He criticizes Reagan policies while urging immediate Soviet arms talks in a period of campaigning across the nation.
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Soviet Union
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Sporadi
Chicago
House
Thomas O’neill
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