East bloc power shifting in Hungary leadership change
Vienna report notes Janos Kadar steps down after 32 years as general secretary amid calls for renewal. Karoly Grosz becomes party leader with Kadar moved to ceremonial president role. Transfer seen as prearranged to keep bloc unity amid reform debates and parallels with Czechoslovakia events.
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Vienna
Austria
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Communist Party
Kadar
Karoly Grosz
Janos Berecz
Grosz
Czechoslovakia
Gustav Husak
Milos Jakes
Jakes
Husak
Alexander Dubcek
Gorbachev sees possible US Soviet weapon pact by January
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev voiced optimism that a treaty cutting long range nuclear weapons could be signed by January but warned ongoing Star Wars dispute must be resolved first. He touted glasnost gains while denouncing a dissident as a parasite and accusing him of sponging on democracy. The remarks came in a presummit interview with American outlets carried by Tass Radio Moscow and Soviet television.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Janu Gorbachev
Swaggart Returns to Pulpit After Scandal in Baton Rouge
Jimmy Swaggart resumes preaching at the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge amid a sex scandal, declaring the past is past. He brings his son Donnie and wife Frances on stage, asks for support, and emphasizes repentance while addressing finances stretched to the limit.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmy Swaggart
Assemblies of God
Charlie
New Orleans
Swaggart
Donnie
Frances
Marvin Gorman
Gorman
Feds deadlock over Noriega deal as tabled Panama plan stalls
President Reagan undecided on a deal to have Manuel Noriega step down while Washington keeps recognizing Eric Delvalle as Panama’s legitimate leader. Secretaries Shultz and Powell say no agreement exists, negotiations are on hold, and details remain unsettled with the proposal “on the table.”
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Washington
Reagan
Manuel Antonio Noriega
United States
Colin Powell
Eric Arturo Delvalle
Panama
Noriega
Manuel Solis Palma
Powell
Cbs-Tv
George P. Shultz
ABCTV
David Brinkley
Palma
Shultz
Hhus
White House
U.S
Bizarre puzzle behind terror in Winnetka shooting
In Winnetka Illinois a baby sitter Laurie Dann killed 8 year old Nicholas Corwin at Hubbard Woods Elementary and wounded six others before killing herself. A memorial service was planned for the boy and classes were canceled. Police say she tainted snacks at several homes. Six people remained hospitalized with various injuries.
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Winnetka
Ill
Nicholas Corwin
Hubbard Woods
Laurie Dann
Dann
Madison
Wis
Harold Visotsky
Department of Psychiatry
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago
Dana
Herbert Timm
Nicholas
Amy Moses
Moses
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