Solidarity counters Soviet accusations across Poland
Solidarity locals met in Gdansk to draft an official response to Tass charges of anti-Sovietism. Polish officials called activists’ statements criminal as Kremlin critics narrowed in on Solidarity's push for independent unions and broader reform amid a severe economic crisis.
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Solidarity
Gdansk
Soviet Union
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Rakowski
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Niedomice
Communist Party) Central Committee
Communist Party
Soviet Bloc
Seven killed as Air Force C 130 crashes in Nevada desert
An Air Force C 130 cargo plane crashed near Indian Springs Nevada during night maneuvers killing seven soldiers and injuring 61. Survivors escaped from rear exits as fuel ignited causing a large fire and explosions. Investigators to determine cause.
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Nev
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Nevada Desert
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Wallace
Dyess Air Force Base
Texas
Fort Lewis
Wash
Fort Campbell
Fort Lewis Air Force
Nellis Air
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Military Airlift Command
463Rd Tactical Airlift Wing
75Th Infantry Division
Helmich cites fear of KGB kill order in spy trial
Joseph George Helmich Jr., 44, a former Army warrant officer, told U.S. marshal he fears the KGB will assassinate him as jury selection proceeds in his case over selling documents and information about the KL Cryptosystem to Soviet agents in Paris during 1963 64.
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Fla
UPI
Joseph George Helmich Jr
U.S
Gary Betz
Helmich
KGB
Betz
Army
Paris
Bombing spree rages in Lebanon with toll rising
A five day bombing campaign across Lebanon includes three blasts in Tripoli on Monday. Police report 36 killed and 157 injured since Thursday with attacks on Tripoli Beirut Sidon and near Moslem districts. No group claimed responsibility.
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Mediterranean
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Haig outlines economic plan for poor nations at UN
Secretary of State Alexander Haig told the United Nations that the Soviet Union and Vietnam threaten sovereignty in Afghanistan and Cambodia. He unveiled a Reagan era strategy favoring private investment over government aid, urging development through free trade, sound policy, and self help with stability as a prerequisite.
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Afghanistan
Cambodia
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Andrei Gromyko
U.N
General Assembly
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Cancun
Mexico
Washington
Hinckley Defense Denied Access to Psychiatric Notes
U.S. District Judge Barrington Parker ruled that John Hinckley Jr.'s lawyers cannot access voluminous government psychiatrists notes. The ruling hinges on the report not yet finished. Hinckley, 26, is charged with attempting to assassinate President Reagan and wounding Brady and others outside a Washington hotel.
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U.S
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Hinckley
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White House
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