Reagan Tentatively Flags Split UN Sessions Between Moscow and New York
President Reagan endorsed the idea that unhappy United Nations members could split sessions between Moscow and New York, suggesting six months in each city to illustrate two ways of life. He noted the suggestion, while stressing it was not official policy, and cited U.N. delegate Charles Lichenstein’s call for moving the headquarters if U.S. hospitality fails.
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New York Times Service
Washington
Reagan
United Nations
New York
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
White House
Charles Lichenstein
U.S
World Organization
America
Larry Speakes
State Department
Lichenstein
U.N
General Assembly
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Watt apology over joke sparks nation storm in coal policy clash
Interior Secretary James Watt apologized after a controversial remark about a mixed group including a black person a woman two Jews and a cripple sparked criticism from lawmakers minorities and lobbyists. The incident followed a Senate vote to bar further coal land leasing while a commission reviews the policy and potential reforms.
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Washington
James Watt
Senate
Commission
Congress
Watt
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Commission On Fair Mar
Interior Department
Coal-Leasing Bank
House-Senate Conference Committee
House
Secretary of the Interior
America
Coal Leasing Commission
U.S. Jobs Bill Passage Sparks Debate in House
Democrats push a 35 billion public service jobs bill to create about 500 000 local government and school repair jobs. Target workers include the long term unemployed. Senate Republicans show little interest in advancing the measure.
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Washington
House
Reagan
Senate
US embargo delays Soviet gas pipeline project officials say
Washington says the Western halt on gas pipeline equipment shipments to the Soviet Union achieved a delay in the project. A Reagan administration trade official notes the move could recur even if it strains allied relations, arguing the gains outweigh the small ally-offense cost. The embargo's effects include a measurable postponement, according to Commerce Department undersecretary Lionel Olivier.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Reagan Administration
United States
Lionel Olivier
Commerce Department
Reporter Freed in Hitler Diaries Case in West Germany
Hamburg AP reports Gerd Heidemann, the Stern journalist who bought the forged Hitler diaries, was released from investigative custody after a judicial review. His lawyer says he is completely cleared of involvement in forging the 62 volumes or handling part of the 3.75 million payment. An internal Stern probe found no evidence Heidemann knew the diaries were fakes.
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Hamburg
West Germany
Stern Magazine
Holger Schroeder
Gerd Heidemann
Schroeder
Konrad Kujau
Stern
Heidemann
Boy in plastic bubble marks 12th birthday in isolation
In Houston AP report a 12 year old boy known as David who has no germs defense celebrates his birthday in a sterile bubble. He has lived his life in a sterilized environment since birth with filtered air and toys cleaned with chemicals.
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Houston
David
Memphis Press-Scimitar to Fold After 102 Years
Memphis will be left with a single daily paper as the Memphis Press-Scimitar ends its 102 year run with the final edition slated for October 31. The downturn in circulation and shifting reader habits prompted the closure, leaving The Commercial Appeal as Memphis’ only daily newspaper.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Press- Scimitar
Tennessee
Press- Scimitar
Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Verdict in actress killing in Santa Monica Calif
A former restaurant chef was convicted Wednesday in the killing of an actress in Santa Monica California AP reports. The verdict concludes the high profile case with jurors finding the defendant guilty of murder as prosecutors portrayed a fatal incident tied to the victim's on set and personal disputes.
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Dominique Dunne
John Sweeney
Miss Dunne
Sweeney
Santa Monica, Calif
Court orders treatment for preacher's cancer patient daughter
A Tennessee appeals court ordered immediate medical treatment for Pamela Hamilton, a 12 year old with deadly bone cancer, despite her father's claim that their religion forbids medicine. The state Supreme Court justice refused to block the order pending appeal, allowing doctors to begin treatment as soon as ready.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
Pamela Hamilton
Slower Lung Growth Tied to Mothers Smoking
Boston researchers report children born to mothers who smoke show slower lung growth. Over five years non-smokers exposed to maternal smoking grew lungs at 90 percent the rate of peers with non smoking mothers. Smoking children studied separately, with slower growth when mothers smoked as well.
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Boston
Ira B. Tager
U S to admit Salvadoran political refugees in 200 numbers
The Reagan administration informed Congress it will admit up to 200 Salvadorans as political refugees, drawn from 554 former political prisoners and their families released in the summer amnesty. Officials say the move follows extensive internal debate and signals recognition of political persecution in El Salvador.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
United States
el Salvador
State Department
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