Public backs INF treaty in polls despite limited knowledge
Americans show broad support for the forthcoming U S Soviet pact to eliminate intermediate range missiles. ABC News The Washington Post find 52 percent approve 8 percent disapprove 39 percent no opinion while Times CBS poll reports 63 percent approval 26 percent disapproval 11 percent no answer.
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Settlement ends 11 day Cuban inmate uprising at Atlanta prison
Amid tense moments 89 hostages exited the federal prison as Cuban detainees agreed to a noon surrender and transfer to other facilities. The eight point pact seeks a moratorium on deportations and guarantees medical care plus immunity from prosecution for riot damage. FBI and Justice officials awaited full head counts while former hostages reunite with families.
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Dole confronts Reagan on INF treaty remarks
Senate Republican leader Bob Dole pressed President Reagan over comments that conservative critics of the INF treaty are uninformed. John Warner said a strong exchange occurred in a White House meeting, while negotiations continued and conservatives formed an Anti-Appeasement Alliance led by Richard Viguerie.
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Reagan Dole INF treaty stance fuels Capitol Hill notes
Howard Phillips calls Reagan a useful idiot, while Warner says Dole did broach the treaty issue at the White House. Warner backs the pact but notes some senators lack time to study it. Dole’s support remains undecided. Riker declined comment on the meeting. House Speaker Jim Wright referenced the summit.
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Club seeks redress for Knight no show
The Lawrence Cosmopolitan Club seeks to recover funds after Indiana University coach Bob Knight did not appear at a charity dinner on Oct 12. Attorney Andrew Ramirez represents the nonprofit group in investigating liability and negotiating settlements with Knight, his office staff, and Garvey Marketing Group which booked the engagement for 35 dollars a plate.
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Unemployment hits decade low as November adds jobs
The Labor Department reports unemployment at 5.9 percent in November, a ten year low, with 315,000 more Americans employed. Manufacturing added 70,000 jobs, bringing gains since June to 300,000 as the jobless rate falls to 5.9 percent and employment rises to a record share of 61.9 percent.
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Sunny Saturday with possible rain at night and finances
The forecast calls for sunny weather with a high of 56 on Saturday and a 30 percent chance of rain Saturday night. Ted Juneau has nine members of Lawrence High's state championship football team on his LHS basketball squad. Page 1B notes a spending bill shaping a $587 billion government package and its implications for deficit cutting.
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KU president joins Washington rally for Soviet Jews rights
KU student body president Jason Krakow and 17 other students plan to march in a D C rally to press Mikhail Gorbachev on emigration and basic human rights for Soviet Jews. The noon Sunday event near the White House Ellipse aims to spotlight human rights at the Reagan Gorbachev summit.
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Reagan says 1987 was terrible year for first lady
Nancy Reagan recounts a year marked by her husband’s prostate surgery, her mastectomy, her mother’s death, and estrangement from her daughter. She calls 1987 the roughest year and says next year must be better. October was the worst month with breast cancer diagnosis.
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