Andropov rises to Soviet leadership after Brezhnev death
Yuri Andropov, former KGB chief, named general secretary succeeding Leonid Brezhnev. Tass quoted him pledging to continue Brezhnev policies as Western analysts debate liberal tendencies. Andropov's rise reshapes day to day policy and media oversight while hardline factions gain influence.
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Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
KGB Secret Police
Tass
Andropov
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Central Committee
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Politburo
Imre Nagy
Hungary
Budapest
Nagy
Socialist Bloc
KGB
Secretariat
Soviet Union
United States
Poland
Italy
Nagutskaya
Northern
Caucasus
CBS Miniseries On The Civil War Good Enough
CBS miniseries The Blue and the Gray presents Civil War through personal relationships rather than strategic history. John Geyser narrates battles with a Walton like family drama, featuring Lincoln played by Gregory Peck, and performances by Stacy Keach Colleen Dewhurst Lloyd Bridges. The eight hour epic is sprawling, entertaining, but not fully dramatic or historical.
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Fred Rothenberg
NEW York
CBS
Bruce Catton
Hammond
Bull Run
Vicksburg
Lee
Grant
Appomattox
John
Jonas
Stacy Keach
Colleen Dewhurst
Lloyd Bridges
Gregory Peck
Abraham Lincoln
Peck
Vietnam Vets Welcome Addition To Holiday Fare
Veterans Day highlights include 20 teenagers laying roses at the new Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington. In New York City 1,500 marchers processed along Fifth Avenue while six World War I doughboys paraded in Sault Ste. Marie. Caspar Weinberger warned against future wars not won, and teach-ins on nuclear disarmament drew students nationwide.
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Andrew Tully
Associated
Greenville
Vietnam
Dale Rilley
New York
Edward Koch
Southeast Asia
Koch
San Francisco
City Hall
Fremont
Alameda
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Spacewalk Looms As High Point For Shuttle Crew
The space shuttle completed its second commercial satellite deployment for Telesat of Canada and prepares for a five day mission with a first postflight spacewalk by Joseph Allen and William Lenoir. The Anik-C satellite will provide telephone and pay television signals to Canada as NASA seeks to credential the shuttle for commercial launches, edging past rivals like the European Space Agency.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Houston
Joseph Allen
William Lenoir
Canada
Earth
Vance Brand
Robert Overmyer
Telesat of Canada
NASA
Anik-C
Pacific
Bell Canada Telephone
Montreal
John Almond
Telesat
Space Agency
Allen and
Lenoir
Allen
The
European Space Agency
Shuttle
Persecution in Russia Spurs Spiritual Revival, Says Solzhenitsyn
Natalya Solzhenitsyn argues Soviet efforts to suppress religion backfire by fueling confessional fervor and baptisms. She notes a rise in adult neophytes and widespread conversions across society, despite intensified state anti religious campaigns and arrests. The Solzhenitsyns live in Cavendish Vermont with three children while Alexander completes The Red Wheel.
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New York
Natalya Solzhenitsyn
Russia
Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
National Council of Churches
Soviet Union
Lenin
Cavendish
Blahoslav Hruby
OSS
Richard T. Davies
U.S. Foreign Service
Europe
The
Research Center For Religion and
Classic Used Cars and Options Headline Sale
A list of vintage vehicles including a 1982 Plymouth Reliant 4 Door white with blue interior and front wheel drive for grip on slick roads, a 1981 Plymouth Reliant 2 Door maroon with front wheel drive, a 1979 Chrysler New Yorker 4 Door gray with V eight and AM FM radio, and a 1980 Dodge Van Sportman one owner with slant six and ample seating.
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Chrysler
NEW Yorker
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Josef Stalin
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the Waltons
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Epic TV
Joe
Abe
Lincoln
Mary
Kathy
John Geyser
Telesat of Canada and
Satellite Business Systems
McLean, Va
Prospector
Plymouth Arrow
R.W
P.U
Monte Carlo
DODGE
ST. Regis
BOB White Motor
Plymouth
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