Pope honors slain union protesters in Poznan stop
Pope John Paul II prayed with about a million Poles in Poznan and honored workers killed in 1956 and 1981 protests. He urged calm as Solidarity banners appeared and police cordons controlled the crowds while the eight day pilgrimage drew further anti-government demonstrations across Poland.
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Poland
John Paul I
Solidarity
John Paul
Independent Union
Mickiewicza
Katowice
Wujek
Park of Culture
Martial
Stefan Wyszynski
Cardinal Wyszynski
Ursula Ledochowska
Marian Gray Ursulan Order
Russia
Sweden
Denmark
The
Vatican
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Danuta
Associated Press
Gdansk
Krakow
Jasna Gora
Czestochowa
St. Peter’s Square
Warsaw
Jerzy Urban
Arafat decries violence amid PLO factions in Damascus
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat warned of very serious violence within guerrilla ranks after seven hours of talks in Damascus with aides. He blamed Libyan leader Khadafy for provoking the crisis and said Libyan-supported troops aided Fatah rebels in the Bekaa Valley.
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Syria
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Libya
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
Ezzedine Sherif
Fatah
Sherif
Abu Ziad
United States
United Arab Emirates
al Khaleej
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Bekaa Valley
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Palestine Liberation Front
Khalil Wazir
Chiaura
Beirut
Wazir
Muammar Khadafy
Khadafy
Bekaa
Jihad Saleh
Deng Xiaoping takes chair of State Military Commission
Deng Xiaoping, age 79, elected chairman of the new State Military Commission, giving him control of China’s 4.2 million strong army. He already chairs the Communist Party Military Commission, solidifying leadership of the armed forces. a related work, The Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, will be published in July. Greece ponders closing US bases if talks fail. Saudi Arabia clears path for US Syria talks on Lebanon troop withdrawal. Israel signals redeployment plans with possible delay after Reagan meeting.
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China
Deng Xiaoping
Deng
New State Military Commission
National People’s Congress
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Beirut
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
United States
Syria
An-Nahar
George P. Shultz
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
Damascus
Khaddam
Washington
Israel
Jerusalem Post Today
Yitzhak Shamir
U.S
Shamir
Israel Radio
Jerusalem Post
Menachem Begin
Reagan
Loyalist troops quell Ghana coup attempt in Accra
In Accra rebel forces briefly seized Ghana's state radio but were repelled within hours as Flight Lt. Jerry Rawlings’ loyalists regained control. Broadcasts warned dissidents to surrender and that they would be shot on sight. authorities reported no casualties and staff safe.
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London
Ghana
Jerry Rawlings
Accra
Ghana Broadcasting Corp
British Broadcasting Corp
Rawlings
Provisional National Defense Council
Carlos Halidu Gyiwah
Capt
Quarshiegah
Administration Building Bid Notice for Ector County ISD Odessa
Sealed proposals for an Administration Building for the Ector County Independent School District Odessa Texas are due by 2 00 pm Tuesday June 21 1983. Read aloud in the Board Room 1215 West 10th Street Odessa Texas. Bonds and bidder qualifications required with 5 percent bid bond and 100 percent performance bond. Deposits for drawings 200 dollars per set with draws available from Architect Peters Fields Odessa Texas.
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Odessa
Texas
Bill Turner
Ector County Independent
West 10Th Street
Vernon
ALA
Board of Trustees
Ector County Independent School District
Peters & Fields
AIA
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University of Ghana
Gold Coast
Kwame Nkrumah
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