Reagan vows renewed contra aid amid peace process tensions
President Reagan told a Washington audience that he will push for renewed contra aid as the Guatemala peace plan stalls. He called Sandinista democratization a sham and urged Congress to authorize about 270 million for the contras to press for real reforms while the Costa Rica plan proceeds. He also predicted Senate confirmation of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
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Oscar Arias Sanchez
Costa Rica
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White House
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Nicaragua
Castro
George Washington
Cuba
Managua
Robert Bork
Supreme Court
Veteran film star Mary Astor dies at 81
Mary Astor, famed for The Maltese Falcon and The Great Lie, died at 81 in Motion Picture Country Hospital, Woodland Hills, after a long career spanning 45 years and 109 films. She retired in 1964, wrote five novels and two memoirs, and endured a famous 1930s diary scandal linked to her second husband.
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Bermuda Hurricane Emily injures sixteen. no deaths reported
Emily battered Bermuda with gusts up to 112 mph, blowing boats from water and flipping cars. At least 16 people were injured but officials reported no fatal or serious injuries. government spokesman said they were very lucky as the storm raced across the island and strengthened even while moving forward.
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Bermuda
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Medicare Hospital Deductible to Rise to 540 Next Year
Federal officials announced the hospital deductible for Medicare patients will rise from 520 to 540 on January 1. After the one day deductible, Medicare covers full hospital charges for the next 59 days. Poindexter to retire from the Navy next week but not at vice admiral rank pending Iran Contra investigation. Navy secretary approved transfer to retirement list on October 1.
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Reagan
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Irancontra
James Webb
Adm
Poindexter
Judge bars AMA from restricting chiropractors ties
A federal judge permanently barred the American Medical Association from preventing its 275,000 members from associating with chiropractors. Judge Susan Getzendanner found a conspiracy to contain chiropractic practice and ordered the AMA to publish the injunction and inform all members. The AMA plans to appeal, noting policy already shifted in 1980 to allow physician chiropractic association.
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American Medical Association
USS
Susan Getzendanner
AMA
Getzendanner
Journal of the
Justices rule in favor of Shakespeare in mock Supreme Court
Washington observers watched a nine justice panel in a dramatic literary moot court dismiss the claim that William Shakespeare was an imposter and that Edward de Vere wrote the plays and sonnets. The unanimous verdict offered no legal weight but revived debate over authorship and the Earl of Oxford.
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Supreme Court
William Shakespeare
William Brennan
Harry Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
American University
Shakespeare
Edward de Vere
Earl of
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Blackmun
David Lloyd Kreeger
Earl of Oxford
Kreeger
Fireworks bunker leveled in apparent death by own action
In Rialto California an employee 24 year old Eric Garcia reportedly troubled by marital problems phoned his wife to look out her window before a 155 a.m. explosion destroyed a 25 by 60 foot bunker at the Celebrity Fireworks Co plant. The blast ignited multiple buildings, damaged about a dozen others in the area, and injured two. Firefighters found bone fragments in debris and unexpended fireworks remained at the scene. The wife Mary Garcia reported their marital difficulties and mental distress. authorities say death by own action is suspected.
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Ray Hemrikson
Los Angeles
Dave Dowling
San Bernardino County
Bergen Seeks Sixth Cedar Rapids Public Safety Term
Floyd Bergen, returning to public service after a private sector spell, aims for a sixth term as Cedar Rapids Commissioner of Public Safety. He cites EMT training for all 130 firefighters by December 1987 and a new annual fire inspection program, plus costless improvements. He notes strong Building and Zoning results and housing cleanup driven by private community renewal.
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St Vernon Avenue
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