Mass protests across Europe urge peace and disarmament
Hundreds of thousands joined demonstrations in Denmark Switzerland Italy West Germany and Romania amid U S Soviet talks in Geneva on cutting medium range missiles. Danish marchers numbered about 22 000 in snow squalls while Bern drew roughly 20 000 to 40 000 and Bucharest attracted about 300 000 in government backed rally.
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Italy
West Germany
Romania
Europe
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Soviet Union
United States
Copenhagen
Nordic Countries
Moscow
Baltic Region
Hamburg
Libyan government denies plot to kill Reagan
Tripoli Libyan officials dismissed U S reports of an alleged Libyan plan to assassinate President Reagan as CIA fabrication. Khalifa Azzabi called the claims a disinformation campaign and said no hit team operates under Libyan orders. The one page statement appeared from Azzabi in Tripoli.
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Libya
Reagan
CIA
Fantasy Farm
Jamahiriyah
Khalifa Azzabi
Director of Foreign Information
U.S
Muammar Khadafy
Azzabi
United States
Khadafy
Mediterranean
Sahara Desert
French town renames square for American WW II hero
Sarreguemines France honored Maj. Robert Henderson Bennett of Matawan New Jersey by renaming a main square after him. Bennett arrived December 21 1944 with a small unit and ferried food water and medical supplies under heavy shelling during the winter of 1944 45 before being ambushed and killed on April 17 1945. His widow Mildred and two sons attended the ceremony in the 26 293 population town about 220 miles east of Paris.
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France
Sariguemines
Santa Claus
Robert Henderson Bennett
Matawan
N.J
Bennett
Robert Pax
Mildred
Peter
Clinton
Richard
New York City
Paris
Lariguemines
Hausmann
Canada braces for a brutal winter of layoffs and high rates
Ottawa reports Canada facing its deepest 27 year slump with 8.2 percent unemployment, 12.7 percent price rise, and mortgage renewals rising sharply. Ontario farmers form Survival Association to resist foreclosures while homeowners struggle with unaffordable payments and no mortgage interest deduction. Prime Minister Trudeau tightens austerity, sparking criticism from left and right as U.S. Reaganomics impacts Canada.
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U.S
Canada
Ontario
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Reagan
Canadian Labor Congress
Dennis McDermott
Afl-Cio
New York
William Davis
Liberal Party
United States
Bob Rae
New Democrats
House of Commons
Survival Association
Parliament Hill
National Hockey League
Allan MacEachen
Rae
Solidarity chief seeks help of Polish Archbishop Glemp
Lech Walesa met Archbishop Jozef Glemp for 90 minutes in Warsaw seeking aid to calm union anger amid a threatened general strike. Talks focused on the economy and the ongoing crisis with Solidarity facing clashes over a mando raid. A TV debate on the economy was set with government and Solidarity experts.
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Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Jozef Glemp
Walesa
Glemp
Independent Union
Wojciech Jaruzelski
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