Senate filibuster stalls labor revision bill in tense opening
The Senate sparred over the labor revision bill as Republican filibusters began, with Strom Thurmond predicting a long battle and AFL-CIO lobbyists saying they have the votes to prevail eventually. Debates promised hundreds of amendments to delay final action, while first-day speakers laid out detailed talking points.
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Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Senate
Chaplin’s Body Recovered. Two Suspects Arrested
Police recovered Charlie Chaplin’s body near Villeneuve in Switzerland after thieves demanded ransom. A Pole and a Bulgarian were arrested following calls to police, with over 50 investigators involved in the final search. Chaplin died in 1977 and was buried at Corsier-sur-Vevey. the coffin weighed 325 pounds and remained in the village grave.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin
Jean-Daniel Tenthorey
Villeneuve
Lake Geneva
Corsier-sur- Vevey
Chaplin
Oona
Jean- Felix Paschaud
Tenthorey
Los Angeles bids for 1984 Olympics amid breakthrough claim
Athens reports that Mayor Tom Bradley led a LA delegation to IOC talks and declared a major breakthrough in the bid for the 1984 Games. Killanin cautioned the process remains open as the 80-member IOC votes, with Montreal ready to step in if LA fails.
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Athens
Greece
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
International Olympic Committee
Bradley
IOC
Lord Killan
Southern California
Olympic Committee
Acropolis
Killanin
Moscow
Montreal
Kilanin
Paratroopers Rushed to Aid Mobutu in Kolwezi Battle
Mobutu ordered paratroops and airlifted forces into southern Zaire to retake Kolwezi from rebels led by exiled Lunda tribesmen from Angola. U S and Belgian units were alerted for possible deployment while diplomats report Europeans killed or held hostage near Kolwezi. 76 Americans, mainly Morrison Knudsen staff, plus about 400 French, remain in the province amid fighting and evacuations.
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Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Kolwezi
Mobutu
Air
2Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Brussels
Carter
U.S
House
John Rhodes
Rariz
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S. State Department
Morrison-Knudsen Firm
Boise
Idaho
Prague jokes mock Remek space mission in satire wave
Soviet project target of jokes backfired as Czechoslovakia mocks their first spaceman Vladimir Remek and cosmonaut Alexei Gubarev. The satire centers on Soviet dominance, Remek’s red hands and media coverage, amid a Prague visit after a week in space and a new endurance record by other Soviet cosmonauts.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vladimir Remek
Remek
Soviet Union
Space
Alexei Gubarez
West Germany
Josef Remek
Gubarev
Alaska plea bargaining ban speeds trials and raises sentences
ANCHORAGE Alaska in a three year test after Alaska outlawed plea bargaining cases moved faster through courts while judges imposed stiffer sentences. State officials credit the ban with longer violent crime terms rising 50 percent and felony terms up 200 percent for white collar crimes. Drug convictions jumped 300 percent as the Alaska Judicial Council study found results contrary to expectations.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Avrum Gross
California
New York
Mike Rubinstein
Alaska Judicial Council
Teresa White
Tension as Army halts Dominican election tally
In Santo Domingo the Dominican Army stopped vote counting after Antonio Guzman built a lead over President Joaquin Balaguer. Police and troops surrounded the Central Electoral Board while results showed Guzman ahead 326,076 to 218,073 with about a third of the capital counted, amid clashes and casualties nationwide.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Guzman
Joaquin Balaguer
Central Electoral Board
Guzman
Balaguer
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Santiago
Reform Party
Salvador Jorge
Blanco
PRD
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Alternative Energy Institute
West Texas State University
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