Evacuation Plan Bets on Warmth as Italy Seeks Shelter
Amid freezing temperatures and eight inches of snow, Italy races to move tens of thousands from tent cities near the quake zone. Gen Melorio warns of health risks and hospital bed shortages as rescue centers report 2,915 dead, 1,547 missing, and 7,060 injured with 112 rescued alive. The blast of international news follows in a separate China Taiwan policy clash and Polish party purge speculation.
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Elviro Melorio
Melorio
Sensis
Europe
Heeaee
Sunda
China
Taiwan
Xinhua
Ray S. Cline
Cline
Singapore
Peking
Poland
Central Committee of
Communist Party
Five Die In Plane Collision Over Hilton Head Resort
An Ohio family of four en route home from the holidays perished in a midair collision near Hilton Head Island South Carolina. Five people aboard two small planes were killed while one survived briefly before dying in a hospital.
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Tommy B. Reynolds
Painesville
Ohio
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Howard
Katherine
Reynolds Sastacne
TWA
San Francisco International Airport
St. Louis
San Francisco
Actor climbs redwood for movie debut on Vancouver Island
Fragmented remarks mix about an actor from Harry Tracy Desperado and a TV host Cavett, with scattered references to Werner Klemperer, Otto Klemperer, and other figures. The piece hints at film production aid from a telephone company and various unrelated entertainment notes.
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Renee Dera
Satene
Leece
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Harry Tracy-Desperado
Eure Waest Sores
Syria and Jordan brace for border war crisis
War scare escalates as Syria moves about 50 000 troops and up to 1100 Soviet tanks toward the Jordanian border after Abdullah with Assad and Arafat meet. Reports say Jordan reinforces with tanks while Moscow rushes to ratify a new friendship treaty. Despite open border traffic both sides mass forces citing fears of Islamist Brotherhood activity and internal security.
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Assad
Amman
Irbed
Brotherhood
Reagan to tackle economy as first priority
UPI Los Angeles Ronald Reagan plans to focus on fixing the U S economy first after Cabinet selections. He declined to name nominees, saying he will announce names when ready, and expressed intent to begin SALT talks with the Soviet Union soon.
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Edwin Meese
Reagan
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Regan
Brezhnev
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Reagan plans Cabinet calls and a White House triumvirate
Reagan intends to begin telephoning prospective Cabinet members today as FBI and financial checks proceed. He aims to name his team to Congress in January for quick confirmation and to run the White House with a three person staff: Edwin Meese, Mike Deaver, and James Baker. Nofziger spoke of Reagan’s prudent, steady style and limited overseas travel, and noted the president-elect’s fondness for his California ranch near Santa Barbara.
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FBI
Lynn Nofziger
Congress
Nofziger
White House
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Mike Deaver
James Baker
Los Angeles
Nancy
California
Santa Barbara
Congress selects new leaders as lame duck session ends
In Washington the lame duck Congress plans a flurry of minor bills and a possible continuing resolution while the GOP prepares to name its Senate leadership next January. Howard Baker is set as next majority leader amid intra party debates over Packwood Heinz and Hatch moves.
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Communist Party
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Tennessee
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Pennsylvania
GOP
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Heinz
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Idaho
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Robert Dole
Kansas
Packwood
Ao. Percy
Appropriations Committee
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Oregon
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