Begin Faces Confidence Votes Amid Land Dispute Fallout
Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin confronts a series of no confidence motions in the Knesset while factions diverge over elections. Foreign Minister Dayan resigns over West Bank autonomy talks, and a Supreme Court ruling orders Elon Moreh dismantling within 30 days for expropriated Arab land. Gates to settlement policy close further.
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Associated Press
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Moshe Dayan
Supreme Court
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Labor Party
Dayan
West Bank
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Elon Moreh
Egypt
Butres Ghali
Cairo
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Nablus
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Elias Freij
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Senate confirms new ambassador to Mexico
The Senate approved Robert Krueger as ambassador-at-large for Mexico after months in temporary quarters. Krueger, who coordinated talks on a natural gas deal and the Bay of Campeche spill issue, said the confirmation signals high priority for U.S. Mexican relations. The vote was 48-35 with party-line splits, Tower voting no and Helms opposing enlarging the diplomatic corps. Mexico will gain the first U.S. ambassador in its capital and a Washington-based coordinator role.
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Bay of Campeche
Texas
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Tower
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
U.S
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Corporate executives should face jail for reckless endangerment
Monsanto Co. chairman John Hanley urged criminal penalties for knowingly dangerous corporate actions. He noted that major environmental laws allow criminal sanctions, but few cases result in punishment.
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Toronto
U.S
John Hanley
Monsanto Co
Industrial Research Institute
Canadian Research Management Association
Hanley
Air Force Academy Allows Juniors car privileges
After 25 years the Air Force Academy granted junior class car access, pending adequate campus parking. Cadets argued mobility needs and transit gaps, while seniors previously held cars. Cadets prohibited from bringing cars until parking is expanded.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Ron Bell
Academy
Hillside Strangler gets six life terms in LA case
Kenneth Bianchi admitted killing five young women in the Hillside Strangler slayings and was sentenced to six life terms as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. He will be eligible for parole in seven years and will be jailed at Chino. Buono faces arraignment on 24 felonies, with potential death sentence if special circumstances apply.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
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Hillside
Superior Court
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Bianchi
Washington State
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Buono
Ronald Bain
California
Glendale
Roger Kelly
Chino
Rochester
N.Y
Times-Union
Bellingham
Wash
Western Washington University
Shah of Iran hospitalized in New York for undisclosed illness
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, deposed ruler of Iran, is admitted to New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center for medical examinations. He arrived at LaGuardia aboard a Gulfstream jet and is described by aides as optimistic about receiving care. officials say the visit is for medical reasons and not residence. The Shah has lived largely in Cuernavaca and faces a death sentence from Iran’s revolutionary courts, with ongoing security concerns cited by authorities and Life magazine reporting on surgical attempts to alter his appearance.
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Iran
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LaGuardia
United States
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Carter
Life Magazine
Life
Revolutionary Court
Ayatollah
Sadeq Khalkhali
Khalkhali
Cuernavaca
Mexico
State Department
David Passage
Washington
Passage
Europe
U.S
Justice Department may file SEDCO suit
The Justice Department may file a federal suit in Houston seeking damages over the Bay of Campeche oil well blowout linked to SEDCO. The claim size is undetermined. Judge Robert O Conor set today as the damage claims deadline while SEDCO seeks liability cap at 300000 dollars.
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Justice Department
SEDCO
Bay of Campeche
Associated Press
Houston
U.S
Robert O'Conor
Bill Clements
O’conor
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