Kennedy rebuts South Africa over race policy during visit
U S Senator Edward M Kennedy labeled an attack by South Africa's Foreign Minister on U S blacks as untrue while defending American racial disparities. Kennedy, invited by Desmond Tutu, pressed dismantling apartheid during meetings with two ministers and argued black infants in South Africa face far higher mortality and poverty than whites, citing census and health data.
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South Africa
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Desmond Tutu
America
R.F. Botha
Botha
United States
U.S. Census Bureau
National Center For Health Statistics
Peace Corps seeks 600 agriculture volunteers for Africa drive
Peace Corps plans the most intensive recruitment since 1961 to recruit 600 agriculture specialists to help two dozen African nations avoid famine like Ethiopia. Director Loret Miller Ruppe cites a 10 year plan to build local agricultural capacity and aims for 10,000 applicants, with 400 inquiries already logged via toll free line.
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Peace Corps
Ethiopia
U.S
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Patti Raine
Castro Attends Nicaragua Inauguration With Ortega
In Managua Fidel Castro attended the Ortega inauguration as Nicaragua swore in Daniel Ortega to a six year term. Ortega, 39, charged the United States with aggression while calling for Contadora peace plan ratification and possible U.S. normalization of relations. Castro arrived unannounced and was warmly welcomed at the Plaza of the Revolution alongside Lake Managua.
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Nicaragua
Fidel Castro
Daniel Ortega
United States
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Ortega
Somoza
Battista
Cuba
Carlos Nunez
National Assembly
Lake
Central America
Arms talks may delay MX vote in Congress
Rep. Dante Fascell says renewed arms talks with the Soviet Union could postpone April votes on continuing the MX missile program. Secretary of State George Shultz urged lawmakers not to undermine talks by killing MX, warning a defeat could hurt U.S. bargaining position. House leaders have not decided, but a delay is possible as pressure to trim the deficit grows.
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D-Fla
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Fascell
Senate
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D-Mass
Shultz
U.S
House Armed Services Committee
South Carolina executes Shaw in first state death since 1960s
Joseph Carl Shaw, a former altar boy and military policeman, was executed by electric chair at Central Correctional Institution after being found guilty of killing Tommy Taylor and Carlotta Hartness in 1977 and pleading guilty to the related deaths. He received a separate life sentence for raping and killing Betty Swank. Witnesses reported mixed reactions as supporters praised the execution and opponents demonstrated outside the Capitol. Shaw, 29, had urged no further appeals and acknowledged his fate as Governor Riley had denied clemency requests.
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