Ground Zero Week kicks off with antiwar nuclear protest
Americans nationwide join rallies and teach-ins to imagine the impact of a one megaton nuclear blast at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Activists including Billy Graham and city officials press for arms talks while banners along the marathon route illustrate catastrophic destruction.
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Pittsburgh
Reagan
Billy Graham
Yale
San Francisco
Civic Center Plaza
Patricia Flisberg
Daniel Elisberg
Josh Baran
San Francisco Bay Area
Paul Servelle
Rio Hondo College
Whittier
Calif
Los Angeles
Servelle
Boston
Prudential Center
Carlin Defends S-Tax Ally at Town Meeting in Kansas
Gov. John Carlin pressed for severance tax to fund schools and highways during a McPherson town meeting. A farmer, Niles Gibson, urged support, arguing oil profits surged while farmers faced low grain prices. Carlin showed flexibility yet rejected shifting costs to general taxpayers, predicting higher rates or fewer exemptions if needed.
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Mcpherson
Kan
John Carlin
Niles Gibson
Gibson
Sam Hill
Carlin
Kansas Farmers Union
McPherson, Chamber of Commerce
Carlir
Bob Anderson
Anderson
Reagan Seeks Cuba Travel Ban via Financial Restrictions
The Reagan administration moves to restrict travel to Cuba by blocking financial transactions needed for travel and business. Assistant Treasury Secretary John Walker cites Cuban sponsorship of armed violence and notes penalties up to ten years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine. Restrictions rely on the Trading With the Enemy Act, dating to 1962.
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Washington
Reagan
Caribbean
Cuba
John Walker
Treasury
Walker
U.S
Funds To Combat Youth Death Rate
The Robert Wood Foundation of Princeton announced a $12 million grant to 20 institutions in high risk areas to establish clinics in schools and community centers addressing venereal disease drug abuse homicide and mental illness among Americans aged 15 to 24. The aim is to improve access to care as youth death rates rise and reach 50 000 annually.
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New York
New Jersey
Robert Wood Foundation
Foundation
Baing
David Rogers
Rogers
Emporia Juvenile Home Closed After Investigation
Kansas officials ordered 17 youths moved from The Farm Inc., a Lyon County residential program near Emporia, after an inquiry by state and local authorities found inappropriate discipline, alcohol availability, and sexual misconduct. The youths were placed in foster homes in Lyon County. one resident aged out remained at the home.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert C. Harder
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Emporia
the Farm Inc
Lyon County
Department of Health and Environment
Attorney General's Office
Harder
That County
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Associated Press
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Willow
Ottawa
Ea. Am
Magnavox
Eben Allen
Coronado
Maytag
Eureka
Esther Schmitt
Claude Myers
Harold Myers
Clerks
Wanda Kirkland
Elaine Roberts
SAS
Kansas
SRS
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Shino
Wana
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