Soviet price hikes trigger Moscow buying rush
Thousands of Muscovites queued in the rain to stock up on luxury goods ahead of broad price increases announced by State Committee on Prices head Nikolai Glushkov. Gasoline and jewelry prices rose sharply while primary foods stayed unchanged, with warning that alcohol taxes aim to curb consumption.
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Nikolai Glushkov
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Tass
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Izvestia
U.S. hints Soviet hands in yellow rain biowarfare
Washington officials disclosed preliminary evidence that tri chothecene mycotoxins were used as a yellow powder in Cambodia with possible Soviet support. The United States urged a UN led campaign against biological warfare and pressed for investigations across Laos and Afghanistan while denying its own possession of biological weapons.
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Southeast Asia
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Afghanistan
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Vietnam
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Kurt Waldheim
Bangkok
Thailand
Thatcher reshuffles cabinet amid monetarist row
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fired three senior critics of her monetarist program and reassigned ten others in a major cabinet shuffle. Sir Ian Gilmour Lord Christopher Soames and Mark Carlisle were ousted, with Gilmour lamenting his sacking. James Prior was made Northern Ireland secretary in a surprise move.
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Margaret Thatcher
Ian Gilmour
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Christopher Soames
House of Lords
Zimbabwe
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Gilmour
Thatcher
James Prior
Northern Ireland
Norwegians Oust Labor Party in Election Landslide
Oslo reports the Conservative Party won a parliamentary majority in Norway, ending nearly five decades of Labor rule. Kate Willoch leads the Conservatives with a surge tied to discontent over taxes, inflation, and government intrusion. Bruntland expected to step down as prime minister mid October.
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Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
IRA gunmen kill Protestant security officer at hospital
In Magherafelt Northern Ireland a Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve member in his mid twenties was shot in the hospital parking lot after visiting his wife and newborn son. Two men fled in a stolen car as police hunted them. Other items note a hunger strike at Maze Prison and Cold War era politics through Namibia and Solidarity tensions in Poland.
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South Derry
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Irish Republican Army
Maze
Britain
Gerard Hodgins
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Indictment Draws Watergate Break-in Case Forward
On this date in 1972 two former White House aides and five other men were indicted on conspiracy charges over the break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, marking a key step in the Watergate saga.
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White House
Democratic National Committee
Washington
United Nations condemns South Africa over Namibia independence
The U N General Assembly ended its special session condemning South Africa for denying independence to South West Africa Namibia. The vote was 117 to 0 with 25 abstentions including the United States and Western allies, signaling support for a negotiated settlement and independence for Namibia.
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Japan
Crash tests revamped with no pass or fail grades
Washington AP says the government will continue auto crash tests but discard pass or fail labels. NHTSA chief Raymond Peck says public misperceptions and fairness concerns motivated the change and will publish numerical results for public judgment. Clarence Ditlow of the Center for Auto Safety criticizes the move as reducing consumer and manufacturer incentives for safety.
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Washington
Raymond Peck
National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration
Clarence Ditlow
Center For Auto Safety
Whale lured away from fishing boat near Monterey
A humpback 50 to 65 feet long refused to move the 36-foot Mary Syres as it idled in the Pacific off Monterey. A 44-foot Coast Guard cutter positioned between boat and whale and led the animal away toward open sea while the boat's crew regained headway. Marine experts called the behavior unusual and nonaggressive.
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UPI
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Norman Longacre
Mary Syres
Longacre
Richard Hallbrook
Jim Taylor
Tom Dahl
Center For Coastal Marine Study
Santa Cruz
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