Soviet Union re elects entire Politburo at congress
Leonid Brezhnev and all 14 full Politburo members were unanimously re elected as the Soviet Union’s leadership at the 26th Communist Party congress. Eight alternates hold non voting status. Analysts expected possible retirements but the leadership remained intact.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
Communist Party
Eee
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Reagan
Arvid Pershe
Israel Radio
Detective suspended after parade shooting injures three
Veteran New Orleans detective John Walters, plainclothes Family Services Division, is suspended pending investigation after firing into a Mardi Gras parade. Ray Johnson, 17, and John Barker, 20, were shot and stabilized at Charity Hospital while Gary Bartley suffered eye burns. Police remain baffled and cite no motive for the band-chaperone altercation.
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New Orleans
John Walters
Family Services Division
St. Augustine High School
Ray Johnson
John Barker
Plaquemine
Charity Hospital
Gary Bartley
Walters
Greensboro
N.C
Nazi Party
Stars to Ski Aspen For U S Ski Team Fundraiser
Hollywood stars Kate Jackson Jill St John Desi Arnaz Jr and Cliff Robertson join Hamilton in Aspen Colorado for the Aspen Winternational fundraiser for the U S Ski Team. Also covered Paul Sorvino Streisand and Rooney headlines and other arts notes.
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Aspen
Colo
Kate Jackson
Jill St. John
Desi Arnaz, Jr
Cliff Robertson
U.S
Zorro
The
Gay_Blade
Hamilton
Hollywood
Paul Sorvino
Town Hall
New York
Servino
Warren Beatty
Sorvino
Seattle
Defense plan seeks $38 billion boost with new bomber carriers
Pentagon sources say the administration will ask for a 38 billion expansion for defense for fiscal 1981 and 1982. The package includes a new bomber a second nuclear carrier two battleships and a nuclear submarine plus upgrades to an Indian Ocean base Diego Garcia runway extensions.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Indian Ocean
Caspar Weinberger
Jimmy Carter
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Uuten
Carter
Diego Garcia
El Salvador Warns Of War Footing Amid Arms Aid
El Salvador's President Duarte said the nation remains on a war footing as long as the Soviet bloc and Nicaragua arm leftist guerrillas. The Reagan admin plans 25 more military advisers and $25 million in economic aid, doubling U.S. aid to $50 million, while House Democrats criticize the approach as Vietnam like.
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Calif
Tallahassee
Central Islip
N.Y
Vietnam
David
Emily Sheridan
Robert
Sheridan
Jim Shaw
Shaw
Birmingham
Ala
United Press International
San Salvador
el Salvador
UPI
Jose Napoleon Duarte
U.S
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Cuba
Nicaragua
House Democrats
State Department
FEI
Russia
Fonseca Bay
Salvador
Defense Ministry
Gue
Politico
Washington
Reagan
Gerry Studds
D-Mass
Eople
Special groups blast budget cuts in Reagan plan
Washington UPI reports special interest groups denounce Reagan austerity while the White House defends a plan to merge UDAG with Community Development grants into a new program. Reagan presses for targeted cuts, with lawmakers debating totals and timing for 1982 spending, tax relief, and social program protections.
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Carter
Robert Packwood
R-Ove
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Packwood
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Brezhnev
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