Summit Gorbachev and Reagan to push on arms talks
Gorbachev headed for a Washington summit with Reagan to curb medium range missiles while Star Wars and Soviet Jews concerns loom. Thatcher joins presummit discussions en route to Washington as diplomats forecast progress toward a bolder accord and a possible Moscow signing next June.
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Washington
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Reagan
U.S
Gorbachev
Margaret Thatcher
London
Moscow
Mos
Reagan bets on calm in Washington for Star Wars talks
President Reagan may count on Gorbachev avoiding a major clash in Washington this week over Star Wars missile defenses. In Geneva two years earlier Gorbachev sparked a confrontation by demanding limits on the Strategic Defense Initiative and later disrupted the Iceland summit.
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Washington
Reagan
Kremlin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
U.S
Gorbachev
Geneva
Strategic Defense Initiative
Iceland
Families of Amarillo victims face delays in Rwanda returns
The ninth Amarillo victim's family members report refusals and shifting explanations from the U.S. State Department about repatriation. They say they were told there was no choice, then faced conflicting stories and a possible plan to bury bodies in a mass grave unless they paid fees.
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Amarillo
Rwanda
Bob Gerald
Nancy Gerald
State Department
U.S. State Department
Nancy Beck
Geraldine Wilberforce
U.S
Gerald
Gains for Cubans in prison sieges
Cuban inmates seized two federal facilities to protest a repatriation agreement. Damage totaled in the millions with one death and over 120 hostages. negotiations produced a vague settlement. The accord covers all 3800 Mariel Cubans in U.S. prisons and sets future reviews by June 30 while allowing some transfers.
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Atlanta
Oakdale
U.S
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Freedom Flotilla
Cuba
Mariel
INS
Marvin Shoob
Tornadoes hit East Texas causing heavy damage
Three weeks after deadly tornadoes in Texas, new storms swept East Texas with no injuries or deaths reported. Anderson County reported three homes destroyed and 22 other structures damaged near Elkhart, Broom City and Slocum while Polk County saw two tornadoes with heavy property damage.
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Palestine
Texas
Anderson County
Gary Thomas
Dallas
Elkhart
Broom City
Slocum
Thomas
Polk County
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