Marcos ties Reagan visit to Philippine bases operation
Marcos warns cancellation of Ronald Reagan's Philippines visit could harm the nation and strain base agreements at Subic Bay and Clark Air Base. He links the visit to base leasing, U.S. security aid, and potential economic impact amid anti-Aquino protests and martial law anniversary tensions.
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New York sniper tied to anti Semitic shootings
Police linked a weekend expressway killing and student wounding to three anti Semitic shootings near Yeshiva University in Manhattan using ballistics from a high powered rifle. Mayor Koch called the attacks despicable as detectives expanded campus security and offered a 15000 reward.
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White House cites new justification for Nicaragua covert aid
Secretary of State George Shultz and CIA Director William Casey presented Congress with a new finding to justify covert U S aid to anti Sandinista rebels based on pressuring the Sandinista government to halt exporting revolution The shift moves away from stopping arms flow to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador toward a broad aim tied to Nicaragua s behavior in Central America The briefing sought Senate Intelligence Committee approval to continue the 80 million aid program and followed Goldwater remarks seeking a plain statement of goals in the region
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Reagan Returns to Conservative Proposals in South Carolina
President Reagan, speaking at the University of South Carolina, revived several conservative ideas including tuition tax credits and a constitutional school prayer amendment. He touted federally financed vouchers for poor families and warned that special-interest groups would resist while noting progress on classroom standards.
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U.S. protests suspected Soviet harassment over KAL 007 search
Defense officials said American ships heard a KAL 007 flight recorder but could not recover it amid a Soviet harassment of U.S. vessels in the Sea of Japan. Washington protested Moscow over the naval maneuvers hindering the search and noted no Soviet reply.
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Deficit estimate lowers from $210 to about $200 billion
Washington officials say the 1983 budget gap may reach about $200 billion, roughly $10 billion below the administration’s earlier $210 billion forecast. Martin Feldstein warns that even a $10 billion shift would have little economic impact and the deficit remains horrendous.
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Mob figures tied to hotel unions skim dental plan funds
A Senate subcommittee heard that organized crime figures have siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars from excessive dental insurance payments for hotel workers. Officials testified mobsters in Las Vegas Chicago and Philadelphia controlled and skimmed funds from Locals 226 and 54 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union.
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Manatt and Askew Clash Over Nuclear Freeze
Democratic National Chairman Charles Manatt urged a mutual and verifiable nuclear freeze in remarks to Georgetown students, aligning with seven Democratic presidential hopefuls. Former Florida Governor Reubin Askew protested the stance, challenging the plan during his own campaign.
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Ban on coal leasing sparks Senate action
The Senate joined the House 63 to 33 to moratorium federal coal leases under Interior Secretary Watt. Grassley Jepsen voted yes. amendment tied to an $8 billion Interior budget bill. sends leasing review to a special commission with 10 billion tons at stake in 1984.
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Roger Jepsen
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Court halts welfare coercion over tax return access
The U S Court of Appeals ruled the Reagan administration unlawfully pressured four million SSI recipients to reveal asset values by threatening benefit denial. The court barred the IRS from sharing confidential tax returns with the Social Security Administration and admonished improper coercion.
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Amnesty International cites mass killings in Peru by security forces
Amnesty International reports hundreds of Andean Indians killed or disappeared in Peru during counter insurgency operations this year. The group says abuses occur with impunity and marks a shift for Peru in human rights concerns, noting prior absence from such lists.
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Amnesty International
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Peru
U.S. envoy remarks about UN headquarters drawn back
The State Department said Ambassador Charles Lichenstein did not reflect official policy when he suggested UN members could choose a new headquarters and sail into the sunset. The department reaffirmed the United States hosting of the UN in New York.
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Afghan Rebel Attacks Hit Soviet and Afghan Forces
Islamic Afghan rebels killed many Soviet and Afghan government troops in four attacks this month in Pakistan. They destroyed at least two MiG jets, three helicopters, five tanks and numerous trucks. Guerrilla losses were not reported according to Western diplomats.
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