Ortega to hold national reconciliation talks with opponents
President Daniel Ortega announced plans to start negotiations with legally constituted parties on Oct 5 and with disarmed rebels only through a third party. He also pardoned 16 Central Americans who fought with the contras and relaxed the law allowing seizure of property from long-absent nationals, though exiles with already confiscated property will not have retroactive relief.
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Oscar-winning producer Mervyn LeRoy dies at 86
Mervyn LeRoy, celebrated producer of The Wizard of Oz and director of many films, died of heart failure Sunday at age 86. He won the 1942 best director Oscar for Random Harvest and received an honorary Oscar in 1945 for The House I Live In plus the 1975 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
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Poll finds Bork unknown to many
A nationwide AP Media General poll shows most Americans know little about Robert Bork and the eight other Supreme Court justices. The survey finds 70 percent have no opinion on Bork, while 17 percent view him favorably and 13 percent unfavorably.
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UAW Prepares for Ford Strike Amid Deadline Pressure
In Dearborn Michigan negotiators rush to avert a Ford strike as the UAW faces a 11:59 p m deadline for 104000 workers. Talks resumed after a late Sunday session with top Ford bargainers ready to stay all night if needed. The union plans a board meeting and has prepared strike rosters and picket signs at many locals.
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Lightning Joe dies World War II general J Lawton Collins
Washington AP reports J Lawton Collins died at 91 from cardiac arrest. New Orleans native, former Army chief of staff, earned nickname Lightning Joe after commanding a division in World War II on Guadalcanal and led a corps at Normandy on D Day. Bradley praised his leadership across Europe.
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Activists detained in Moscow amid protest concerns
Jewish dissidents including Josef Begun were detained by three plainclothes officers for several hours outside their homes in Moscow on Sunday amid fears of a demonstration. Vladimi Sepak said he was questioned and released, with Begun and others reportedly detained and freed. Begun had been told last week he would be allowed to emigrate. In Jerusalem, Israel plans to build a communications satellite named Amos to cover future needs, with details from an Israeli Air Force Magazine report and a government oversight context.
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Iran Rejects Cease Fire Demand Amid Iran Iraq War Talks
U N Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar left Tehran after two days of talks without Iran accepting the Security Council cease fire demand. President Ali Khamenei said Iran would not accept any peace that did not condemn and punish Iraq for starting the war seven years earlier. He proposed a Nuremberg style trial for Iraq as a follow up to identify the aggressors.
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Soviet minister brings optimism on upcoming talks with Reagan
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived in Washington with a letter from Mikhail Gorbachev and cautious optimism. He said outcomes of talks with Reagan and Secretary Shultz would shape a possible summit, noting progress on a treaty to ban intermediate-range missiles but ongoing disputes on warheads and verification.
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