Perez de Cuellar weighs second term amid UN crisis
UN secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar questions seeking a new five year mandate as the organization faces its worst financial crisis in 41 years. He seeks assurances from the Reagan administration that dues will be paid and urges other nations, including the Soviet Union, to contribute. He plans talks with President Reagan and hopes for a summit with Reagan and Gorbachev this year.
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Common Market and Comecon begin formal talks in Geneva
European economic blocs the Common Market and Comecon open three day exploratory talks in Geneva, aiming to restore dialogue severed in 1980. Expect no major decisions yet, but a possible joint declaration later this year to establish relations and expand cooperation.
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Poles cheer Walesa at Czestochowa pilgrimage
Thousands of Polish workers cheered Solidarity leader Lech Walesa at the Jasna Gora shrine while church officials withdrew permission for him to give a direct address. A clergyman read a trimmed statement as Solidarity eyed delicate talks with the government ahead of Pope John Paul II's planned June visit and possible amnesty impacts.
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Iran trains fighters in Lebanon against SLA
Iranian troops in Baalbek are training Shiite guerrillas for a semi conventional war against the SLA in southern Lebanon. Israeli sources say some Iranians may have joined attacks on Israeli positions. A mortar strike wounded three Israeli soldiers in the security zone, and the SLA has suffered at least 12 fatalities in the past month from pro Iranian attacks.
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Toy robot gives voice to S D man
Paul Werner lost his voicebox to cancer and a failed speaking device, but a $10 toy robot found at home lets him verbalize thoughts. At the University of Nebraska Medical Center speech pathologists now stock the toy for laryngectomy patients, finding it surprisingly effective for some. Werner says the robot can be easier to understand than expensive prosthetics, though not a perfect substitute.
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Corn Rain Falls on Suburban Colorado Homes
In Evans Colorado three Pleasant Acres Drive residents report corn kernels raining from the sky onto roofs and yards for four years. Neighbors and reporters observed kernels with no nearby cornfields, grain elevator, trees, birds, or planes to explain the mystery.
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