Reagan to visit China next April amid arms talks
Defense Secretary Weinberger announced plans for President Reagan's first China visit in April following Premier Zhao Ziyang's January U.S. trip. He said talks with Chinese leaders could lead to rapid transfers of weapons systems, with China showing interest in air defense and anti-tank arms. He noted Deng Xiaoping favorably on U.S. cooperation to modernize China's armed forces.
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Reagan
China
Zhao Ziyang
United States
Caspar W. Weinberger
Weinberger
Zhang Aiping
Deng Xiaoping
U.S
Korean Air asks MDL panel to consolidate multi state suits
Korean Air Lines asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer lawsuits over a Soviet air attack on a KAL jet to one federal court. The motion aims to consolidate cases filed in New York California Michigan and Washington with a November 1 hearing in Savannah Georgia.
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Korean Air Lines
KAJ
California
Michigan
Washington
U.S. District Court
KAL
George Tompkins Jr
Javits Opposes 18 Month Marines Stay Compromise
Former New York senator Jacob Javits who helped draft the War Powers Act opposes a compromise allowing Marines to stay 18 months in Lebanon. He supports Congress enforcing the War Powers Resolution but calls 18 months too long and urges a much shorter period. Javits spoke after a news conference while in a wheelchair due to sclerosis.
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Jacob Javits
New York
U.S
Lebanon
Congress
Javits
Reagan
Jackson urges homosexuals to join his crusade
Rev. Jesse Jackson appealed to homosexual activists at the Human Rights Campaign Fund dinner in New York urging them to join his Rainbow Coalition and move beyond self, framing sexuality and nuclear weapons as issues. He did not announce a presidential bid but urged a new coalition and leadership amid gay rights support.
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Jackson
New York
Jesse Jackson
Rainbow Coalition
Human Rights Campaign Fund
Chicago
Socialite found guilty of first degree murder
New York socialite Frances Schreuder was found guilty of first degree murder in Salt Lake City for persuading her teenage son to kill her millionaire father. The seven women and five men jury deliberated three hours before the verdict, carrying a possible death sentence or life imprisonment. Schreuder, 45, a New York City Ballet board member, had faced charges tied to the July 23, 1978, slaying of Franklin Bradshaw in a Salt Lake warehouse. Her son, Marc Schreuder, then 22, was already convicted of second degree murder for the same killing.
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Salt Lake City
New York
Frances Schreuder
District Court
Schreuder
Franklin Bradshaw
Salt Lake
Weather Map and Listings Note
Inside The News TV Listings and Movies section includes weather map reference D-16-11 and a brief ad words feature. Shakespeare quote about praising lost things appears as a quoted wisdom line.
Music From Unexpected Places Inspires Aveline Allen
Aveline Allen notes music can emerge from greeting cards and even toilet paper dispensers in a quirky look at creativity. Montgomery County officials welcome Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. to Maryland with ceremonies featuring traditional Japanese dances and local welcome events.
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Aveline Allen
Montgomery County
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co
Maryland
Weather Forecast Regional Update for Maryland
Fair skies tonight give way to increasing clouds Thursday as Tropical Storm Dean brushes the Eastern Shore. Rain and gusty winds mainly along the extreme eastern Maryland coast with dry conditions elsewhere. Western Maryland sees fair skies with highs in the mid 70s and mild nights, Maryland mountains stay pleasant with near 70 daytime highs, farm forecast shows light northerly winds shifting to northeast and then northwest by Friday. Temperatures yesterday include Frederick 78, Hagerstown 73, Westminster 76, Mt. Airy 77.
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Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington Counties
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Unionville
Westminster
Mt. Airy
County Officials Back Referendum on Blue Laws in Frederick
Frederick County Commissioners urge a voter referendum on abolishing Blue Laws which limit store openings to four Sundays a year. The move, to be part of a state legislative package, draws support from several commissioners and local lawmakers who say the public should decide. The group also proposes a plan to fund a new 40 bed Adult Rehabilitation Center at Ballenger Creek jail, with Frederick County seeking 49 percent cost share.
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Frederick County
Richard L. Grossnickle
Chamber of Commerce
Sterling E. Bollinger
Galen R. Clagett
John W Derr
Frederick Washington
Del
Thomas H. Hattery
D-Frederick
Hattery
Charles C. Smith
J. Anita Stup
General Assembly
Ballenger Creek
Frederick County HRC seeks subpoena powers and broader authority
The Frederick County Human Relations Commission seeks county law to expand powers to issue oaths and subpoenas, conduct studies, file complaints, and hold hearings. A draft proposal mirrors Howard County and calls for a public equality policy, broader protected classes, voluntary affirmative action, and an administrator outline. The commission awaits county commissioners and aims to forward to Annapolis delegates.
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Frederick County Human Relations Commission
Annapolis
HRC
Anna Johnson-Winegar
Ms. Johnson-Winegar
Human Relations Commission
Frederick
Howard County
BBC
Frederick County
Appeals board slows ruling on Tauraso Gotach Center
Frederick County Board of Appeals delayed a decision on whether Dr. Nicola M. Tauraso ran a school or casual classes at Gotach Center on Taurus Estates in 1976. A hearing featured one hour of testimony from supporters and opponents as the panel studies evidence, with the outcome hinging on timing of when classes began in March 1876 and the zoning implications under a 1977 ordinance amendment.
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Board of Appeals
Gotach Center
Nicola M. Tauraso
Taurus Estates
Frederick County
Tauraso
Clover Hill Estates
Frederick City
Frederick J. Lowndes
Tauresd
Tauraso’s
Cease-fire panel meets in Lebanon amid clashes near Beirut
In Beirut area, Lebanese troops repelled an attack by Druse militiamen while a four nation security committee met at an abandoned bank to police the three day old cease-fire. The U S and Saudi mediated truce aims to end three weeks of civil war as clashes persist around the airport and southern Beirut neighborhoods.
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Sheraton Inn-Frederick
Gail Bowerman
Frederick
Elizabeth C. Draper
Rita 5
Gordon
Bob Leverane
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Lebanon
Kfarchima
Shweifat
United States
Saudi Arabia
Army
U.S. Marine
Bandar bin Sultan
Washington
U.S
Amin Gemayel
United Nations
Divided House near vote on Marines in Lebanon
The House faces a tight vote on a compromise war powers resolution allowing 18 month stay for U S Marines in Lebanon as part of a multinational force. Democrats split over limits, with a Senate vote also expected, and leaders predicting passage amid concerns over presidential powers.
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Washington
House
Reagan
U.S
Beirut
Senate
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