Contadora diplomats back Latin peace plan for Central America
Nine Latin American foreign ministers endorsed a plan for regional negotiations and disarmament to ease Central American conflicts. The document calls for reduced foreign military advisers and checks on regional arms supplies, aiming for ballots rather than bullets, with U S cooperation urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contadora
Panama City
Panama
Central America
Oydeen Ortega Duran
Colombia
Mexico
Venezuela
Guatemala
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Nicara
Gua
Honduras
Ortega
National Bank of Panama
United States
Reagan
Contadora Group
Mugabe makes US visit with Atlanta stop to meet Young
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe arrived in Atlanta to meet with former U S ambassador and Mayor Andrew Young. Mugabe praised U S relations and hoped the trip improves ties with blacks in America and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mugabe
Andrew Young
Atlanta
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
United States
U.S
Hartsfield Atlanta
Andy Young
Young
United Nations
Rhodesia
South Africa
Mozambique
Sally Mugabe
Federal judge blocks Watt plan on 1.5 million acres
A preliminary injunction stops the Interior Department from development on 1.5 million acres across 10 Western states including California and Utah. The suit argues James Watt rushed the wilderness inventory and ignored public input and environmental requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Watt
States
Sacramento
Calif
Interior Department
Lawrence Karlton
Interior
James Watt
Bureau of Land Management
Public divided on Reagan sanctions after airliner attack
Newsweek poll of 612 Americans shows 52 percent think sanctions should go further while 57 percent oppose breaking diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union and 70 percent oppose ending arms talks. Forty nine percent oppose canceling the grain deal. Margin of error about 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reagan
Newsweek
Soviet Union
Gallup Organization
Education forums outline tougher U S school standards
Education Secretary T H Bell announced four regional meetings to discuss the National Commission on Excellence in Education report A Nation At Risk. Educators, parents and civic leaders will review panel recommendations that schools demand more from students and that teachers be better prepared. Meetings occur in Philadelphia on Sept 20, Athens Georgia on Sept 23, Kingsport Tennessee on Sept 30, and Renton Washington on Oct 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T.H. Bell
U.S
National Commission On Excellence In Education
Philadelphia
Athens
Kingsport
Tenn
Renton
Wash
Students march to demand reopen of Newport schools
In Newport Oregon several hundred students marched demanding classrooms reopen after funds ran out. Officials said the shutdown followed voters rejecting a property tax levy covering about 70 percent of this year’s education budget. Schools stay closed at least until September 20 when a new tax vote is held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Ore
French forces in Chad get real time Libyan movement data
Diplomatic sources say a US satellite network provides minute by minute photographs and intelligence to Brig. Gen. Jean Poli's task force in Chad. The system relays imagery of Libyan backed rebels and their movements across the Sahara. Sources insist on anonymity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N'Djamena
Chad
Sahara
Jean Poli
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Edgardo Paz Barnica
Miguel d’Escoto
Hong Kong
City of Lobito
Robert Dreher
The
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
California
Utah
Arizona
Oregon
Nevada
New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado
Quakers
America
New Friends Church
Cedar Rapids
Juneau, Alaska
Theater Times
the Gazette
Alaska Peninsula
Coast Guard
Dan Dowell
Sherman
Dewell
Unimak Pass
Dowell
Uty
Pella
Pella Window Co., Inc
Colonial Center
2Nd Avenue
S.E
Kodak Room
Eastman Kodak Company
Linn
Sheraton Inn
3Rd Ave
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!